Culinary Escapades
Dinner Skills
Thursday, June 17th, 2010One of my goals for the Girls this summer was to give them more exposure to cooking. Last night Annie made dinner, mostly on her own. We had flautas (the premade type from Costco), grapes and refried beans with cheese. Certainly a meal very easy to prepare and a perfect one for Annie. She opened [...]
Shepherds Pie
Monday, June 7th, 2010Naturally Gluten Free Shepherds Pie 1 pound ground beef 1 medium onion diced 8 ounces frozen peas and carrots 3 cups shredded cheese 5 cups prepared mashed potatoes Brown ground beef and diced onions in a large skillet. Once meat is brown add carrots and peas until warm. Pour beef and veggies into the bottom [...]
Tie-dye Easter sugar cookies
Friday, April 2nd, 2010The other day the kids and I baked sugar cookies for Easter. Today we finally had posted on her facebook about cookies she had made using frosting to make a tie-dye effect. When we got to frosting these cookies I decided to give it a whirl. It was super easy, fun and looked awesome. I [...]
Third loaf
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010I baked another batch of the no-knead bread recipe that I posted about the other day. This time I used warm beer from the pantry and it came out better. It rose higher and the bread was less dense. So delicious. I also made another batch but I used bread flour. It was not nearly [...]
2nd bread recipe
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Ever since last April when I made the most dense bread possible I have been itching to make a better recipe. Well, I think I have found one that is tasty and the first time I made it it was not dense, had a good flavor, great crust and the entire loaf was gobbled up [...]