Crêpes

Quite some time ago one of my brilliant cooking teachers, who was from Brittany- France, taught me this wonderful Crêpe recipe. It’s an absolutely terrific recipe that became one of my favorites! First time that I made crêpes, I ended up with (read full article)

Lemon Chiffon Ring CakeAfter rainy days and rainy nights in Auckland,New Zealand... well a little bit of sun shone brightly again this morning. And I knew it was the perfect time to bake something! I've got a feeling of Bake to Celebrate! Let me tel (read full article)

Bethenny's Molten Chocolate Cupcakes

I am a huge fan of Bethenny Frankel (I love the The Real Housewives of New York City and Bethenny Getting Married) and I recently started following her on Twitter.  Every day someone tweets her about how they tried one of her recipes and it was (read full article)

Retake Homemade: Teriyaki Pork Stir Fry

In the freezer section, Bird’s Eye makes a teriyaki stir fry  that’s actually quite tasty.  It includes everything…veggies, pasta, sauce.  As convenience meals go, it’s actually one of the better ones.  But I still set out (read full article)

Whole Wheat bread: first attempt

Bread has always really intimidated me.  I attempted to make bread once many years ago and totally failed, so have stayed away from it since then.  This loaf wasn’t perfect, but the flavor was amazing.  I am excited to try out some new recip (read full article)

Curried Chicken with Yams

This is a very tasty curry chicken recipe prepared in the crock pot. What You Need: Canola oil 2 lbs skinless, boneless chicken legs and thighs 2 large white onions chopped 1 tbsp minced garlic 1 tbsp minced ginger 1/3 cup madras curry powder your c (read full article)

Loafing Around With Baker Babes Bakery

The Baker Babes just got back from a fabulous weekend in Toronto, Canada. We enjoyed visiting some of the wonderful bakeries up north and of course couldn't resist sampling their delicious sweets. The loaf cakes and breads were outstanding, easily en (read full article)

Cornbread Muffins

Cornbread Muffins, adapted from Allrecipes Ingredients: 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup cornmeal 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/3 cup egg substitute 1/3 cup low-fat buttermilk 1 1/2 tablespoons canol (read full article)

CSA Share Week 11 and Parmesan Squash Sticks

I'm going to need a larger car.Maybe even a pickup truck.Every week my farm share keeps getting bigger and bigger.I may need to get a life to boot.Every week I find myself getting more and more excited to see what the share is going to bring me. I'm (read full article)

Blueberry Muffins and Disaster

I hope you took advantage of the in season prices of blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries because the featured food for August are berries. Each Tuesday there will be a recipe featuring one, two or all three berries. The recipe kicking off the (read full article)

Seared Salmon With White Beans & Spinach Topped With Olive-Lemon Relish

Last week I received 4 cookbooks in the mail and then went away for the weekend. So this weekend I had to put the first one to the test. This week's book is Stir Mixing It Up In the Italian Tradition by Barbra Lynch. Since Annette wanted salmon for d (read full article)

Chocolate Frosting or Icing

Icing is a more professional term used when talking about frosting that is stiffer and pipes well. But, it is a much debated topic of discussion. Some feel that frosting is considered homespun or creamier and softer than icing. Others feel that frost (read full article)

Blueberry Oatmeal muffins

I have tried many blueberry muffin recipes to get away from using the packaged stuff.  Up until this recipe I had never found one I wanted to make again.  These are not traditional blueberry muffins – they are even better. Blueberry Oatmeal M (read full article)

Cinnamon Spice Kettle Corn

I came across this recipe thanks to Gwenyth Paltrow's blog, Goop. It looked so delicious that I had to try it!The original recipe turns out a popcorn that is neither too sweet not salty. It's definitely not your regular, summer fair kettle corn but m (read full article)

Your guide to cutting calories without losing flavor

Substitute Oat Flour for refined white flour in equal parts; , It gives you a boost of filling fiber and is heart-healthy.  You can easily find this in grocery stores, but if you can’t, grind regular oats in a food processor. Use Real Extracts (read full article)

Vegetarian Chicken Pad Thai

  Last week I bought Morningstar Farms Meal Starters Chik'n Strips and have been wondering on what to do with them. This morning I just thought of it. Pad Thai! That is something I never made so was looking forward to venture myself into this m (read full article)

Light and Fluffy Whole Wheat Pancakes and Fresh Strawberry Jam

Strawberries are fantastic this time of year and I went a little crazy at the grocery store the other day.  I bought too many to just eat and had to get creative.  I made a cobbler, froze a bunch for smoothies, and made fresh jam.  Fre (read full article)

The Word Cup, A Psychic Octopus and Calamari

From the NY Daily News: CAPE TOWN, South Africa - All of Germany is in an uproar about what an octopus picked for dinner, and that does not bode well for the country's national team.Paul the octopus selected the container that had the flag of Spain o (read full article)

Three Berry Wheat Muffin

My  very first muffin, adapted from How Sweet It Is with a little twist! It's not that perfect since I only baked it in an ordinary oven toaster, but the taste is good! I lessen the sugar and added more berries. 1 1/2 cup wheat flour1/4 cup suga (read full article)

Veggin’ Cookbook Chronicles: Indian Chickpea Spread

Moosewood Restaurant. Just the very words make a vegetarian’s mouth water. This famous vegetarian restaurant in Ithaca, which began in 1973, has spun-off a series of cookbooks and packaged meals that usually don’t steer you wrong.  In f (read full article)