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Cooking with Kids: Breadstick Dunks
2008-02-21 15:55:00 I have one child that is the fussiest eater ever. Well, I won’t hide it from you..it is Kyrie. At age 4 1/2 she is pushing 32 pounds. Whatever. All of my kids are lean. They play hard, work hard, and generally eat enormous amounts. Except Kyrie. But. ... More About: Cooking , Kids , Pizza , Breads
Once A Month Cooking: Shepherd?s Pie
2008-02-20 17:13:00 Shepherd’s Pie is one of Marc’s favorites from my once a month cooking repertoire and it is really easy to make. It is one of those comfort foods, I think, at least in my family. The thing is, that there are a lot of steps to it so I don’t make it as much as ... More About: Cooking , Month
Summer Squash Pudding
2008-02-19 18:02:00 I am getting to Baking Delights late today because I have been blog-surfing. I know, I usually do most of that on Saturday. My schedule has been so crazy since December, what with the holidays, my daughter’s family moving in, Marc losing his job, Marc’s surgery… and dealing with the stresses of ... More About: Summer , Squash , Pudding
A Cookbook Contest?No, Not Mine.
2008-02-18 21:55:00 I don’t have diabetes but I am considered to be at risk for it. All of my babies were gargantuan, although I blame that on Marc. The biggest was #7 at 11 lbs 4 oz, and the smallest was #8 at 8 lbs 9 ozs. I have symptoms of classic insulin resistance. All of them. Blah. ... More About: Contest , Mine , Cookbook
Celebrate President?s Day with Cherry Pie
2008-02-18 13:38:00 When I was growing up we did not have President ’s Day. We had two separate holidays, one for Lincoln and one for Washington, usually giving us two four day school weeks in the middle of February. You ate cherry pie on Washington’s Birthday, and a rolled chocolate cake made to look like a log on ... More About: Celebrate , Pies , Crisps , Tarts
Saturday Surfing: Baking Delights Edition
2008-02-16 18:04:00 I have realized that my Saturday Surfing can get a bit redundant when it is both Kettle and Cup and Baking Delights…Sort of visualize me using an eclair to surf on a wave of coffee and you will have it! No whining from me today. I have coffee. So…Let’s go. First, and foremost, Tartlette has been ... More About: Edition
Valentine?s Day Cupcakes- Chocolate of Course
2008-02-15 16:14:00 Chocolate cupcakes are the best. Dark chocolate cupcakes are better. When you have as many kids as I do everyday is a party. Since we homeschool we plan parties, just like the kids in school do, for the different holidays. Valentine s Day is big around here for a couple of reasons. One, it is the chocolate ... More About: Cakes
OAMC: Vintage Recipe Cherry Chip Slice and Bake Cookies
2008-02-14 13:34:00 While I was checking through old recipes yesterday I found this and it sounded so absolutely awesome that I am posting it. I think I am going to add some pecans to it, though. Cherry Refrigerator Roll Cookies 1-cup shortening 1-cup sugar 1-8 oz. pkg. cream cheese ½-teaspoon salt 2-1/2-cups flour ½-cup chopped maraschino cherries Orange marmalade Maraschino cherry halves Heat oven to 400 ... More About: Recipe , Vintage , Chip
Vintage 4-H Chocolate Cookies??
2008-02-13 23:44:00 A reader, Donna, asked if anyone had the recipe for chocolate cookies from the 1950s 4-H cookbook. It called for cocoa. This is the only one I was able to come up with that might be it. Does anyone else have anything ? If you do, either email me or ... More About: Vintage , Cookies , Chocolate
Red for Valentine?s Day: Red Velvet Cake
2008-02-13 18:19:00 If you have never heard of red velvet cake you probably live on another planet, or something. At the very least you have never watched Steel Magnolias. Red Velvet cake is a southern thing, I think, but rapidly gaining favor across the country. Apparently the red color was a natural reaction between ... More About: Valentine , Cake
Valentine?s Day on B5 Lifestyles
2008-02-12 22:13:00 In celebration of the upcoming holiday, the b5media Lifestyles Channel participated in their own little carnival, hearts and flowers, hugs and kisses? Because of nasty weather and the horrible flu bug going around and the recent server outage, some of the channel wasn?t able to participate. But when it comes to something like Valentine ?s Day, the ...
Romantic Valentine?s Day Dinner
2008-02-12 15:54:00 Making a romantic Valentine ’s Day Dinner can be stressful. Not only does the food have to be great but you have to think about things like spinach int he teeth and garlic breath. Here is a menu that you can do, complete with links, using the food from the aphrodisiac list, for a seduction ... More About: Romantic
Aphrodisiacs for Valentine?s Day
2008-02-12 14:08:00 You know, there was a reason that kings in the Bible ate raisin cakes and honey, right? Those things were considered aphrodisiacs, and with so many wives it probably was one of those things that kings deemed to be necessary. Valentine s Day is one of those holidays that can be very romantic and seductive, but ...
Peanut Butter & Chocolate Ganache Sandwich Cookies
2008-02-11 17:47:00 Being a homeschooler I have many opportunities to witness when something “clicks” with one of my kids and becomes something the understand rather than something they are learning. I love watching that light go on in their heads! Shiloh has a knack for cooking. Somewhere I have a picture of her holding the ... More About: Peanut , Cookies , Chocolate , Butter , Sandwich
OAMC:Once A Month Cooking- Calzones
2008-02-09 18:05:00 I found out that I make Calzone wrong. Apparently, by adding the sauce to the inside of my calzone I am making a stromboli…except I don’t roll it right. So, this dish might better be called a calzon-boli. I like the whole aspect of doing OAMC but a big, frozen pizza is, by my standards, ... More About: Cooking , Kids , Main Course , Month
Triple Layer Devil?s Food Cake
2008-02-08 17:54:00 Chocolate. Yum. I love it. It is one of the basic four food groups for me. Chocolate, Coffee, Tea, and Triple Bacon Cheeseburgers from Whataburger with mayo not mustard.. I know. And the triple bacon cheese burgers? I don’t get them a lot. My middle aged metabolism will not allow it. However, chocolate is readily ... More About: Food , Cake , Devil , Layer
While We Were Away..
2008-02-08 00:31:00 I have been surfing..you know, blog surfing. There have been some incredible round-ups this week, that you don’t want to miss. I was checking some of my favorite blogs and realized that I hadn’t shared with you, and when you have a really big family like I do, sharing is part and ...
Server, There?s Something in My Blog
2008-02-07 22:56:00 As you may have noticed we have had blog/server/?? issues the past couple of days. It seems to have been resolved, but I wanted to get this message up just in case…I did consider posting a message in an old balsamic vinegar bottle but I figured that the fantastic team here at B5 would ... More About: Blog , Server
Valentine?s Day?Another One from Me
2008-02-06 13:43:00 So, I said that this cake was special. It was baked in 1963 when I was three years old and, officially, it is the first cake I ever decorated. My mom did not bake very much. Hardly at all. But for some reason, that Valentine s Day, she decided to go all out. Maybe I asked if ... More About: Kids , Valentines Day
A Valentine for The Irritating
2008-02-06 01:15:00 To You…You know Who You Are You check my site You steal my stuff, All my recipes are not enough. My images, each one you plunder.. But you will never ever steal my thunder. All who read this on YOUR site know -it You are gonna be eating crow…… Happy Valentine ’s Day, all right, Don’t steal the stuff from Baking Delights. While others may think ... More About: Irritating
Easy Breakfasts: Granola Papaya Muffins
2008-02-05 17:47:00 Muffins for breakfast are just good. The make the kitchen smell good. They fill everyone up. They are not that expensive. Nearly everyone likes them. These muffins are filling, and delicious. The have the crunchy granola on top and super sweet, dried papaya inside. I don’t know what ... More About: Muffins , Easy , Papaya , Fins
Homemade Valentine?s Gift Ideas from the Hearth
2008-02-04 16:41:00 I love the word hearth, it conjures up romantic images of cottages, crackling fires and romantic heroes. And the cake? That picture is from 1963…and I will share the story in a day or so… Anyway, Valentine s Day has become a holiday that is all about how much you spend, just like Christmas and Easter. ... More About: Ideas , Gift Ideas , Gift , Hearth
Letting Off Steam, and I Am Not Making Lobster
2008-02-03 21:28:00 I have a number of children. I have eight children, a son in law, and two grandchildren. They are all perfect (of course) and well behaved (of course) but just living with that many kids, and being married for over half my life, I have had patience forced upon me. Not much ticks ... More About: Lobster , Letting , Steam
Superbowl Recipe Round-up
2008-02-02 19:18:00 These cookies were made with cocoa krispies, and marshmallows! If you have never checked out Ree at Confessions of a Pioneer Woman, you have really missed out on some good reading. When she created a second blog, with recipes, well that was just too cool. She put several Superbowl Recipe s together with her fantastic ... More About: Round Up , Round
January Poll Results: Honing Your Bread Baking Skills
2008-02-01 18:17:00 Well January 2008 is gone, and with it the January poll. This is how the vote went: What Baking Skill Do You Want To Learn In 2008 Bread baking- 9 Pastry making- 8 Cake Decorating-5 Choux Pastry- 2 Those are all skills I want to be better at, so if you voted, you are in luck..I am going to be working ... More About: Results , Poll , Breads
Once A Month Cooking: Easy Dinner Rolls
2008-01-31 16:45:00 Bread with dinner is almost a thing of the past. Mostly we seem to throw things on the table that streamline our lives, help us nourish our body efficiently, and allow us to move on to the next thing in 15 minutes or less. Gone are the days of the family meal, chatting about ... More About: Cooking , Dinner , Breads , Easy , Month
Death By Chocolate Contest
2008-01-31 05:37:00 A few days ago on Kettle & Cup I wrote a recipe for a chocolate & earl grey terrine I had come up with. It is awesome. Well, if it wins this contest Marc and I will be headed to Napa, and chocolate…and a weekend AWAY. If you want to just vote for me ... More About: Contest , Chocolate , Death , Death By Chocolate
Lemon Cream Jelly Roll
2008-01-30 16:59:00 Jelly roll, rolled sponge, rolled cake; call them what you want but they are impressive and really, really good. Most people are intimidated by them because they look difficult to do but, in actuality, they are one of the quickest, easiest desserts around. The sponge takes only about 15-20 minutes to bake, cools quickly and ... More About: Lemon , Cakes , Roll , Cream
101 Easy Peasy Cookie Recipes: A Cookbook Review
2008-01-29 17:49:00 Every once in awhile some one sends me a cookbook to checkout and potentially review. I always like doing that for a couple of reasons. One, I am naturally nosey, so when I can get a cookbook and read someone else’s recipes that is just cool. Second, I have dreams of ... More About: Recipes , Review , Cookies , Easy , Cookbook
Eggplant & Lentil Terrine with Morroccan Spices
More articles from this author:2008-01-28 21:05:00 I have been so busy lately I have not involved myself in the Jousts and the other roundups that I normally do. I wanted to do another terrine for WTSIM… at The Passionate Cook, a savory one this time, and the ingredients Dharm had picked for the Leftover Queen’s Royal Foodie Joust were: eggplant lentils cinnamon And ... More About: Experiments , Main Course , Spices , Eggplant 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
