Adventures in cooking and baking.
This fluffy focaccia with garlic oil and herbes de Provence is crispy and airy, and just the right size for serving four to six for dinner.
This focaccia has a super soft interior with a thin and crispy crust. It takes very little effort make. There's no kneading required... just four stretch and folds every 15 minutes to develop the dough. It rises beautifully and is simple to shape.
This marbled rye bread is a wonderfully flavored loaf. Plus, it's an easy recipe for experimenting with baking bread with rye flour.
I always thought that marbled rye bread was made from two different doughs based on two different flours.. one white rye, one pumpernickel. I've since discovered that it's typically the same dough made from the same flour, with half of it dyed brown with caramel coloring.
I've been on a quest to find an orange chicken recipe that tops the one from the chain with the happy panda.
I'm a little obsessed with orange chicken because, if you ask my oldest grandson what is all time favorite food is, he will tell you that it is orange chicken, and I have been on a quest to find the recipe that beats his favorite take-out version.
These Coconut-Ginger Turkey Meatballs are wonderful as an appetizer. You can also shape them into a larger size and serve them with Asian-style noodles, rice, and/or vegetables for a complete meal.
These Coconut-Ginger Turkey Meatballs consist of ground turkey combined with the flavors of ginger, sesame oil, garlic, coconut milk, scallions, fish sauce, and red pepper flakes.
Beignets, fried yeasted dough treats, are most famous in the U.S. as served by Cafe du Monde in New Orleans.
At the restaurant, they are presented generously dusted with powdered sugar along with a cafe au lait.
These pork and cabbage egg rolls are super crispy and filled with a wonderfully seasoned ground pork and cabbage mixture.
These Chinese-American style egg rolls (meishi chunjuan) are extra large (burrito-sized) and packed with filling. Just one egg roll with a side salad is enough for lunch for me (although you may catch me shaving off a slice or two from the leftovers).
This slow cooker white bean and chicken chili includes layers of flavor from chicken broth, sauteed onions and jalapeños, and bone-in chicken thighs.
This slow cooker chicken chili begins with a base of chicken broth and pureed canned hominy. It's a great way to add a corn flavor as well as thicken the base without a roux.