Leftover-fest
Transforming all-American turkey leftovers into Asian comfort food: fragrant pho and crisp egg rolls.
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Thanksgiving Recap 2010
A recap of our Thanksgiving dinner from top to tail: turkey with prosciutto-hazelnut butter and all the fixings.
Caramel Apple Cheesecake Crostata
The November 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was making pasta frolla for a crostata; I chose to use it to make a caramel apple cheesecake tart for Thanksgiving.
Crimson Popcorn
Local heirloom popcorn is coated with a simple blend of peanut butter, honey, and sugar for a totally addictive treat like caramel corn that is neither too hard nor too gooey.
Lamb Dumplings with Yogurt Sauce
An unusual recipe for lamb dumplings in a scorched yogurt sauce, more tasty than it sounds.
And Now for Something Completely Different…
Amid all the Thanksgiving planning, we changed things up and had blackened catfish with sweet potato oven fries and sauerkraut coleslaw for dinner.
Bourani
A Greek side dish to go with all those gyros: bourani, a baked rice dish fragrant with tomato and cinnamon.
Brioche Swirls
Whole grain brioche dough baked two ways: a simple cinnamon swirl and a slightly more elaborate streusel-topped apple swirl. A nice change of pace from muffins for breakfast!
The Potato Eaters
Homemade pizza topped with sauted mushrooms and onion, bacon, and thinly sliced red potato.
Quick Change
Making burgers out of meatloaf---seasoned patties to serve on a bun with sauted mushrooms, or open-faced with brown mushroom gravy.
Lasagna Tre Sorelle
I have been a little overwhelmed by the number of pumpkin recipes that swamped the food blogosphere in the month of October. The ways people have been sneaking chunks and dollops of pumpkin into practically…
Into the Mist
Several applications for pork braised in apple cider and molasses until meltingly tender: Simply served over crisp squash risotto cakes aside cider-glazed Brussels sprouts, or stuffed into a sandwich with sauerkraut coleslaw along twice-baked sweet…