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Fig Bars
We made home-made fig bars today, from scratch. Nice recipe we found with some modifications. We used fresh figs instead of dried figs to make the filling, we cut down the sugar and we didn’t run anything through a food … Continue reading
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Organic dark chocolate wars, part 1
We got some organic dark chocolate bars today. From left to right we have Grenada 71%, Rapunzel 70%, and Equal Exchange 71%. First let’s look at the packaging. The Rapunzel bar has an old-school foil inner wrapper, giving it a … Continue reading
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Fried Dumplings
Visiting family for Christmas. We made home-made Chinese pork dumplings! And then we fried them! Significant yum.
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Cast iron pear upside down cake
Here’s a nice pear upside down cake, cooked in our favorite cast iron pan. Can’t beat that for simplicity. It came out pretty nice.
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Cookie failure
Well, these cookies didn’t exactly turn out like I’d hoped. Something about my oven temperature, or the amount of baking powder or something, made them flatten out too much. Next time, Gadget. Next time.
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Exotic fruits
We bought some exotic fruit at the grocery today. The first one is dragon fruit. Now, the first thing you’ll likely notice about dragon fruit is that it was brought here to the Earth by space aliens. When you cut … Continue reading
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Basil pizza
Sometimes you make a pizza and it just turns out. This one is made with whole-wheat dough, and fresh basil on top.
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Chicken parmesan
Chicken parmesan. Oh yeah. Someday I might show you how to make this. Crispy cheese on top, all tomatoey and such. Juicy chicken on the inside.
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Peanut butter cookies
We made peanut butter cookies today. We got this recipe from Martha Stewart. That woman knows her cookies. Personally, I’d like them to be a little more chewy. I need to do some homework on that.
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First time crepes
We tried making crepes for the first time today. It nearly almost worked. I can tell you, these things were yummy. But as you can see from the photographs, they came out somewhat irregular. Check out the golden crispiness and … Continue reading
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