My granddaughter Lina and I made some kid-pleasing dinner rolls based on a recipe in an America’s Test Kitchen cookbook for young bakers. We made a double recipe which we baked in a 13 x 9 inch pan. These could be made in about 4 hours on one day, or they could be made over Read More …
At Scout camp last week there was a Scoutmaster steak dinner, in which the steak was flavored a lot like barbeque. It was good, so I tried this idea at home successfully. Here is what I did for 2 people: A day before I took a NY strip steak and generously sprinkled barbeque rub on Read More …
This is an easy summer-time dessert which Carol made for Father’s Day based on a recipe in Epicurious. Crust 21 chocolate sandwich cookies, such as Oreos ¼ cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces, at room temperature Mousse 12 oz. semisweet chocolate, finely chopped 1 tsp. vanilla extract Pinch of salt 3 cups chilled Read More …
This is a classic condiment which was very good with Grilled Steaks with Corn and Chimichurri and with other grilled meats. (In this morning’s Richmond Times-Dispatch) there was a recipe for grilled chicken with chimichurri). This version of chimichurri is based on a recipe in www.31daily.com. ½ cup fresh parsley, chopped 1 sprig fresh thyme Read More …
This is a very tasty and quick dinner, especially if you already have the Argentine Chimichurri Sauce made. This recipe will serve 2 people and is adapted from www.31daily.com. 12-16 oz. NY strip steak Salt and pepper to taste 1 tsp. garlic powder 1 Tbs. Worcestershire sauce 2 ears of corn on the cob Olive Read More …
The Wall St. Journal recently had an article on drop biscuits, so I made them for a weekend breakfast. They were very good with a tender inside and a crunchy outside due to the amount of butter in the dough and the craggy shape of the biscuits. The quantities below are for 2 servings. ¼ Read More …
The NZ Herald had a few recipes from Philippa Cameron’s new book Winter Warmers: Recipes and stories from a New Zealand high country station. One of them involved pork sausages, and I decided to make it since I had 2 leftover Italian sausages in the refrigerator. (It would normally be made with bratwurst or Cumberland Read More …
I have a large number of cans of high-end canned sardines in my pantry and decided to make a sardine focaccia to accompany a large salad. This will make 4 servings and should be started the night before. 11 oz. bread flour 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. yeast 1 cup warm water 1 Tbs. olive Read More …
Khachapuri is a very popular dish in the Republic of Georgia. Anna suggested it for lunch, and I made it based on a recipe in kingarthurflour.com. It takes a total of about 2 hours, including about 30 minutes in the oven. (I made a double recipe of the dough and used one of them to Read More …
Yesterday we went to a “pick your own” berry farm and picked 6 plastic buckets of strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries. What to do with this abundance? We used up about a third of them by making a blueberry pie, a strawberry cake, and a batch of refrigerator jam, the subject of this post. This is Read More …