In my quest to make most of our bread from scratch I have given both the bread machine and our local library a workout. I went a bit overboard and requested maybe 25 or so titles on bread machines. Some were painfully dated (the early 90's) and some were just badly written. A few have… Continue reading Sandwich Bread from Bread Machines For Dummies
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Almond Pesto from Saveur Easy Italian
For Mother's Day Dinner I adapted a recipe out of SAVEUR's recently released "SAVEUR Easy Italian", a cookbook released as an iPad app. Being that is an e-book, each recipe has its own full color photo and are well laid out for easy reading. The book is laid out into sections covering 30 recipes that… Continue reading Almond Pesto from Saveur Easy Italian
Arugula Pasta from 50 Best Cooking for Two Recipes
While reading my copy of The 50 Best Cooking For Two Recipes: Tasty, fresh, and easy to make!, I noticed the recipe for Arugula Cavatelli on page 31 and realized I had never cooked with Arugula before. The only changes I made was using a different pasta shape - finding cavatelli locally would have been… Continue reading Arugula Pasta from 50 Best Cooking for Two Recipes
A Birthday Day
Yesterday was Walker's second birthday, I decided to try a cupcake and a frosting recipe from Cake Boy, which came out in October of 2011. The frosting is fantastic, easily piped, swirled and spiked onto cakes. Walker had a lot of fun sitting on the floor with a spoon and the mixing bowl scraping it… Continue reading A Birthday Day