From the Tassajara Cookbook recipe. Mmm!
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Truffles!
Posted in Recipes, tagged chocolate, cooking, dessert, food, Recipes, truffles on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Squash Birthday Pie
Posted in Recipes, tagged baking, food, frosting, pie, squash on June 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Crust: You can use any pre-made graham cracker crusts, available at most grocery stores.
Pie: I used the One-Pie New England Squash Pie recipe (it’s right on the back of the can!)
+ 1 can One-Pie Squash
+1/s cup sugar
+ 1/2 tsp. salt
+ 1 tsp. ginger
+ 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
+ 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
+ 2 eggs (beaten)
+ 1 1/2 cups [...]
Orange-Avocado Guac
Posted in Recipes, Uncategorized, tagged dips, food, guacamole on April 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yummy and fresh!
Ingredients
1 green bell pepper
3 garlic cloves
1 shallot
2 avocados
1 orange
Lemon juice, salt, and pepper (to taste)
You know the dril. Cut/chop/scoop/sprinkle/smash.
AND ENJOY!
Creamy Mushroom ‘n’ Vodka Sauce
Posted in Recipes, tagged food, mushrooms, sauces, spreads, vodka on April 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m sure this recipe has an actual, fancy name, but I threw this together from scratch for dinner last night and was delightfully surprised with how it turned out. This works as a sauce, and also a tasty spread.
Ingredients
Butter
Flour
Milk
Parmesan cheese
Mushrooms
Salt
Pepper
Sage (preferably fresh)
Vodka (white wine works, too)
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1. Melt butter in a medium-sized saucepan over medium-low heat.
2. [...]
Blueberry Risotto
Posted in Recipes, tagged blueberries, food, fruit, italian, risotto on April 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I know, I know. It sounds crazy. Gross, even. But trust me, blueberry risotto is absolutely delicious!
So, what’s the secret? Fresh blueberries. This is a dish for the summertime, after spending an afternoon dodging poison ivy to collect bucketfulls of plump blueberries. I first tried this dish in Italy. Some family friends of mine run [...]
Food, Food, and More Food!
Posted in Recipes, tagged cheese, chocolate, crudites, dips, fondue, food, guacamole, latkes on February 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On Saturday my roommate and I threw a housewarming party… The two of us and another friend cooked nonstop for four hours, and created what was, in my opinion, a beautiful spread of food. The menu consisted of a cheese board, chocolate fondue, guacamole, and latkes. Needless to say, there were no leftovers!
First cheese board
Second [...]
Guacamole a la Trader Joe’s
Posted in Recipes, tagged dips, food on January 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So, Trader Joe’s sells these wonderful little things called “Guacamole Kits.” They’re nothing more than a container with two avocadoes, two tomatoes, three cloves of garlic, 2 itty bitty onions, a lime, and a pepper. And they yield absolutely delicious guac. I can’t stop eating it. My parents can’t stop eating it. I will make [...]
Black Bean Soup Recipe, Fine Cooking (Jan. 2009)
Posted in Recipes, tagged food, soups on January 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m a whitebread cracker. That’s my favorite white person slur: “whitebread”. The other day, someone came up to me and said, “What’s up, whitebread?” And I was like, “That’s not even an insult. That’s just my race plus a food. I can do that, too, black bean soup! Stay out of this, Asian chicken platter!” [...]
