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Saturday Afternoon Cook Off
Posted by Theresa111 • 3/17/10
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Attention All Food Lovers!
This Saturday afternoon is the time to show everyone here what your favorite recipe in the world is. Prepare it and take photos; you can do this the day before.
Bring the recipe and it cannot be one you have posted before, so it has to be your favorite one that we have never seen. Sorry if this makes it hard but we want to see your cooking style and hear the story behind how you decided on the recipe. In fact, I bet most of us can identify with taking a recipe and tweaking it to make it our own. That's the point we want to be co-creators with you.
See you then. 
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I am looking for you to join me for one hour Saturday. Bring the children, too. -
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I have been in the kitchen all day long. Yay!
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Yesterday I was in the kitchen cooking all day long. I am getting ready to upload photos on the iMac upstairs. See you in about ten minutes?
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My sister, Mary celebrated her HBDay march 8th. Joe and I baked her a cake yesterday. Her very favorite is Angel Food.
Forgot to snap a photo of after it baked.
I have one I snapped to show what I had to clean up after a day in the kitchen. the angel food cake is hanging upside down on the wine bottle.
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Anyone around today? it is the first day of spring and the weather is perfect.
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Next, I fixed her Lasagne (from scratch) ! Hadn't done this recipe in a while and I decided to make it have a more intense flavor by changing up how I put it together and decided to saute the onions and mushrooms and garlic separate from the sauce. I pumped up the salt and pepper so when Mary and her husband take a bite, they will ooh and ah.
She phoned me at 1:45AM and told me how much they loved the dinner. I'm making one for Joe and me in about an hour. Just need to cook the noodles and assemble. Glad I made a double batch of sauce!!! I used those no boil lasagne noodles and she said they were great. I am using the old type for ours because I didn't know how the other would turn out. Don't let on she was my testing guinea pig. HA! What little sisters do when the siblings are not watching.
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Theresa your angel food cake batter looks so good!, and all I could think of is a piece of that lasagna with a salad.
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Next I made her favorite Banana Nut Bread.
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While I was waiting for this to bake I decided to make pie dough.
I tucked it up in wax paper and placed it into the refrigerator to allow the water to be absorbed. Actually I am using it today for a tart. -
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Heck, I had everything in place so I went ahead and made Toll House Cookie Dough. She loves my cookies, too. What can I tell you? Mary works very hard, has a two hour commute to Washington, DC, both ways, and deserves me spoiling or treating her. I love her very much. she is the one who taught me about sharing, which was the most important lesson she could have ever taught me. Thanks Mary! I owe everything to you.
Finally I let her unwrap her gift and she was glad. We gave her Corrine Bailey Rae's new CD "The Sea", and the more you listen to her, the more the lyrics sink in.-
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Everything looks delish! It is a blessing to share. You are a good sister.
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Hello Theresa! I shall return here in a little bit for our cook off!
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Okay Catherine. I have to go fix our lasagne. Joe is on his way home after todays recording session. I will keep checking in.
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Busy bee! I love lasagna - wish I'd been there for that We were out today visiting with my oldest at college and headed to the shore tomorrow for the day so I have a few things to get ready for tomorrow and back-to-school day on Monday. -
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Thanks for stopping in Anne! Hope you have a fabulous time at the shore tomorrow. How far away is it?
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ummm we're getting ready to eat lasagne!
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It was so good! Joe had three servings, while I only ate 1 1/2.
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Hi Theresa...I am so sorry that I was not able to make it...my nephew called and we had a little family emergency.
The lasagne does looks scrumptious!
Hugs & blessings to you dear from New York!-
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Catherine, it's fine. Hope everything turned out well. We'll plan better for next time and I'll think up a cool theme. I have photos I am going to upload of our dinner last night. Pictures of sliced and ready to eat portions of lasagne. I out did myself this time. It truly was my best effort yet.
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I missed it I was planting the garden all day. But I did make an apple pie using the apple pie in a jar I canned this last year and Alton Browns Pie Crust. French Bread, and veggies.-
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I think you told us, but I would love your recipe for apple pie in a jar, please. Can you post it on your recipe page here at HHM?
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Here it is. It is a little over thirty minuets to make this but it is oh so good and simple. Sometimes the corn starch part seperates but all you have to do is stir it and you are good to go. (that happened after it set over a year) I will also post it on the Recipe page for every one. I just dont have a picture yet I will get one soon.
Apple Pie In A Jar
INGREDIENTS
4 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup cornstarch
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
10 cups water
3 tablespoons lemon juice
7 quarts peeled, cored and sliced apples
..DIRECTIONS
1.Place a rack in the bottom of a large stock pot. Fill pot with hot water. Sterilize 7 1-quart canning jars, 7 lids, and 7 rings by placing on rack, jars upright. Bring water to a boil. Boil 10 minutes. Remove with a holder and allow jars to air-dry. Save water for processing apples.
2.Combine sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and water in a large saucepan. Place over high heat and cook until thick and bubbly, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice.
3.Tightly pack apples into sterilized jars. Slowly pour syrup over apples, covering them completely. Gently tap jars on countertop to allow air bubbles to rise. Screw lids on jars.
4.Carefully lower jars into pot using a holder. Leave a 2 inch space between jars. Add more boiling water if necessary, until tops of jars are covered by 2 inches of water. Bring water to a full boil, then cover and process for 30 minutes.
5.Remove jars from pot and place on cloth-covered or wood surface, several inches apart, until cool. Once cool, press top of each lid with finger, ensuring that seal is tight (lid doesn't move up or down at all). Sealed jars can be stored for up to a year-
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Awesome. After the thunder storm, I'll go upstairs and print it out. Thanks tons Amybyrd!
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No Problem I love having this stuff on hand for company. All I have to do is dump and cook.
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I have printed it out. Thanks.
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