26 juin 2016
Par Laurie le 26 juin 2016, 18:08 - Healthy breakfast
I have to admit. I eat donuts and cinnamon rolls and plenty of other wonderful stuff for breakfast but sometimes – and note the sometimes, folks – I need something healthier that will make me feel like I'm doing the right thing.
Do you see me rolling my eyes at the whole concept of eating healthy food just for the sake of it? I mean – I'm a baker and a cook at heart and I LOVE food.
Anyway, no way I was gonna eat something boring. So I tried this and I have to admit, it's really good.
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Par Laurie le 26 juin 2016, 17:45 - Trifles, parfait, curds
I know I can find this in the supemarket anytime but what's the fun of it? Better make it at home and eat it fresh. Make only what you need or keep it in the fridge.
I used Sally's Baking Addiction's recipe. Awesome as always.
I use Curd in many different ways. On English muffins or toasts, in cupcakes for filling and frosting. On lemon squares... Use your imagination and tell me how you use it.
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Par Laurie le 26 juin 2016, 17:37 - Bread, buns, biscuits, bagels
I recently heard that Red Lobster might have to close. I was like – what?! You've got to be kidding me! I love the place, for cryin' out loud. Sorry, spent too much time watching Stargate SG1 recently ;)
Anyway, I love their biscuits and shrimp too (see recipe in the fish and seafood section) so I browsed the net to find copycat recipes and this is what I came up with. It was adapted from Kara Cook.
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Par Laurie le 26 juin 2016, 16:37 - Trifles, parfait, curds
I first made this recipe to use as a sauce for New Orleans beignets (see the recipe in the bread section). I only made one fourth of the recipe but you can make more and store it one month in the fridge. Though, if you ask me, it's so easy to make, only make what you need so you can have it really fresh.
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Par Laurie le 26 juin 2016, 16:31 - Trifles, parfait, curds
I use this sauce on top of shortbread squares to make millionaires. Caramel typically uses white sugar whereas butterscotch for which you will find an awesome recipe in this section too, is made of brown sugar.
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Par Laurie le 26 juin 2016, 16:05 - Bread, buns, biscuits, bagels
I love beignets to distraction. They remind me of my granny's baking. She'd do simple things like French toast and beignets for her numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. It was always a treat and I still remember the smell wafting through the air.
Now, though, I'm a grown-up and I'm trying to eat well and avoiding oil as much as possible, opting for oven-baked recipes instead. I came across this recipe on Pinterest not long ago and tried it a couple of times. It's from goodhousekeeping.com. I chose not to make the sauce that goes with them and instead tried them with butterscotch (see this recipe in my trifle, parfaits and curds section). Oh my! It's so good!
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Par Laurie le 26 juin 2016, 12:41 - Bread, buns, biscuits, bagels
Never in my lifetime had I thought I'd be able to make preztels but Sally's Baking Addiction's blog came along and changed my life. She truly is my goddess! Everything seems so simple with her. I started by learning from her how to make bagels. Why am I telling you that? Not rambling, I swear. It's simply because the same principals apply to pretzels. So here we go. This recipe was inspired by The Chunky Chef. Let me walk you through the steps.
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Par Laurie le 26 juin 2016, 12:24 - Bread, buns, biscuits, bagels
This is my favorite all-purpose pizza dough. It's easy to make and use. Half of the amount will make for two individual pizzas.
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Par Laurie le 26 juin 2016, 12:22 - Bread, buns, biscuits, bagels
These are sticks of bread one can add for carbs when eating a salad. It's healthy and tasty. You can also use them for antipasti. I usually only make a few because they're better when eaten fresh.
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Par Laurie le 26 juin 2016, 12:08 - Bread, buns, biscuits, bagels
I have to admit, not my very favorite biscuits but they're lighter than their sour cream version and very easy to make.
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