lives in Boulder, CO, where her husband keeps her from killing their patio pots of herbs. She loves all vegetarian foods she's not allergic to (minus bell peppers, yuck). When not cooking, reading, or thinking about food she is a violist with a day job.
cherries and peaches. I love stone fruits!
something sorta like this sandwich is going to come out of my kitchen this week, but it's going to involve a lot of subs (veggie soy chorizo, skillets, and a griddler instead of a grill), and it is going to be AWESOME! I just had something like this in Austin and was wondering how to recreate it at home. OM NOM NOM!
I think the layer of filling looks like someone stuck a few pieces of used gum between two cookies, smooshed them together, and tried to pass it off as icing. It doesn't look tasty at all, too neon-y.
perfectly ripe watermelon, or cherries, or really almost anything from the farmers market (inc. fresh tortillas, breads, chocolate mint sun tea, etc.)
I look forward to making this with what I thought were a bunch of odd-ball ingredients I have on hand!
to save dishes, you could blanch the cauliflower in the same water you're going to use to make the pasta, just fish it out with a slotted spoon/scooper thing
the dessert tofu at Thanh Son Tofu and their smoothies are AWESOME (red bean smoothie with bubbles = perfect big snack/small meal)
AAAGH! Make me a pizza! I heart Zoombinies!
It's amazing how many other people on here also hear Zoombinies in their head sometimes. Serious Eats is an awesome place :)
can you make your own cajeta, by boiling a can of evaporate goat milk, like you can make your own dulce de leche by cooking a can of evaporated milk? Does it work differently somehow because they're from different animals?
I was about to add the Beard Papa's cream puffs to your list, it WAS in the Pedway off the Blue Line at State, but it appears they've closed. Sad. I remember having some amazing milk tea there too.
I love kaya on buttered whole wheat toast. Mmm, tea and kaya toast, yum!
also, my silpat baking liner made the edges ugly but nothing stuck!
I'm allergic to chocolate so I tried it with Nestle white chips, OMG THIS IS CRACK! I had to give it away to the over-worked ladies at my local postoffice to stop myself from eating the whole batch. I called it "candy cane crackers" on the label :)
GAH!!! that sounds AMAZING, too bad I'll be no where near New York then :'(
sautéed mushrooms with garlic and parsley
I'm currently having a lot of luck with a combo of Weight Watchers and South Beach style carb-limiting
Also, to cut the oreos in 1/2, it worked best to gently saw with a really sharp chef's knife until they snapped. Best to do that part before chopping them to bits so that you can use all the busted ones in the frosting (or just eat them).
I made this for my husband's birthday party yesterday. I made TWO of the cakes and didn't slice them (just stacked then with about 3/4" of oreo whipped cream in the middle) and used only used 2 cups of whipping cream to make the frosting. Otherwise I followed the recipe and it was AMAZING.
I can imagine it would be too much cream and way too rich with 2x frosting and only 1/2 cake... I guess whomever made this recipe really likes their oreos double stuffed. :)
My only suggestion is to not put the decorative topping oreos on top until you're ready to serve the cake, so that they stay crispy and don't soften like the ones in the frosting do.
oy, commenters, you make me smile!
YUM! If you have time to peel them, get real pearl onions (not frozen). I used the frozen ones and they came out all mushy and not too flavorful, I can only imagine that real onions would be better.
thank you, thank you, thank you! we ordered 1/2 a turkey (there's just 2 of us and maybe another couple coming over) for Thanksgiving and 2 extra thighs before realizing that none of us have a clue about how to cook 1/2 a turkey! Other than shaving off maybe 5-10 minutes, I can't imagine why this wouldn't work with my 1/2 turkey just as well as a spachcocked one. WOOHOO!
correction - for PARVE kosher pumpkin pie.... this one could be kosher too, just dairy instead of parve (neither meat or dairy, ex. veggies)
for kosher pumpkin pie I use plain Rice Dream, but I would suggest following a recipe that calls for milk rather than cream cheese and sub Rice Dream for the milk (like the recipe on the can of Libby's canned pumpkin). I've never actually tried the parve cream cheese substitutes, but I can't imagine that they behave like the real thing in a baked good...
PS- Keebler graham cracker crusts are parve and don't get soggy like some store brands :)
Would a healthy shot of Disaronno be good in an Orengina or one of the Palagrino fruit soda flavors (orange, lemon, grapefruit, or bloor orange)? I'm allergic to nuts, including almonds (which is probably why our goof-ball of a friend bought my husband this obscenely large bootle of amaretto), so I really have no idea what to mix it with!
Thanks for the ideas all, and please keep them coming!
I have a good friend who is a recovering alcoholic and she uses apple cider with a splash of cider vinegar in most recipes that call for white wine and a mix of 1/2 apple cider (again, with cider vinegar) and 1/2 grape juice for red. She's a great cook and her juice mix works really well for her
My husband received a HUGE bottle of Disaronno for his birthday. What are your favorite ways to drink amaretto other than on the rocks*?
*Bonus points for mixed drinks that can be put out in a pitcher for people to serve themselves at his birthday party!
I'm going back to the Grand Traverse Area for the first time as an adult (IAA and IAC alumni). I've looked online and there are an overwhelming number of awesome foodie places to visit and eat at!
Moomers is obviously on the list, but ice cream alone for a week will give me a tummy ache. Where should two budget minded and adventurous vegetarians eat or visit?
(We already plan to see the Music House Museum, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan Maritime Museum, and LOTS of shows at Interlochen.)
OK, the whole crazy-request-in-the-online-pizza-ordering-Special-Instructions-box thing was getting a little old. Reddit is full of jokers asking Pizza Hut and Domino's to draw all manner of outlandish scenes on their delivery pizza boxes. Some are funny, most are meh. But this one is a new twist. Slice'r Bill W. emails this one to us: "KNOCK LOUD LIKE THE COPS." More
I've made this recipe multiple times, it's my go-to potluck dish. I didn't have any celery this time and use an apple instead, it was even better!