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Dill/Fennel Yeast Bread

This bread from Simply in Season is in the summer section, but you can use dried spices and make it year round! FOR PRINTABLE VERSION CLICK HERE: Dill _ Fennel Yeast Bread 1 Tbs dry active yeast 1/4 cup warm water 1 cup cottage cheese (I substitute (read full article)

Vegetable Pate and Papo Secos Portuguese Bread - A Daring Cook's Challenge

posted June 14, 2010 in Acquired Taste

Our hostesses this month, Evelyne of Cheap Ethnic Eatz, and Valerie of a The Chocolate Bunny, chose delicious pate with freshly baked bread as their June Daring Cook’s challenge! They’ve provided us with 4 different pate recipes to choose from a (read full article)

My Monday Menu Plan: Beets

posted May 31, 2010 in Kitchen Gadget Girl

We join a community pool for the summer, and starting today, they light the BBQs and members bring picnics and grillables and enjoy the longer days and late afternoon swims. I am starting to plan my menu around food that easily portable. I bought a (read full article)

Italian Parmesan Bread

As you can see, I’ve been making my way through the bread section of Simply In Season. I never thought I would learn to enjoy making bread, but I have! This week I tackled Italian Parmesan Bread. FOR PRINTABLE VERSION CLICK HERE: Italian Parmes (read full article)

Red bean loaf (EatPantry)

posted April 10, 2010 in LookyTasty.com

Here’s the recipe for the Red Bean Loaf I mentioned in my previous post. Ingredients 1/2 cup dried red beans (or canned beans is good too*) 1 onion 3/4 cup panko bread crumbs 1/8 cup whole wheat flour 1 tbsp ketchup 1 tbsp paprika 1 e (read full article)

Savory bread pudding (EatPantry)

posted April 07, 2010 in LookyTasty.com

I mentioned in my recent post that I’m working on eating out of my pantry. My plan is to make meals from the foods I have available in my kitchen, and limit grocery shopping to just milk, fresh veggies, and fruits. The first thing I did was tak (read full article)

Betty Challenge #513: Pizza

posted March 18, 2010 in Mom There's Nothing To Eat

3/4 Cheese, 1/4 Veggie, 1/2 Stuffed Crust... can't get that at Dominos It was pizza night, but I didn’t feel like Domino’s Pizza…well, actually I was being cheap and didn’t really want to spend $30 bucks. You see, I wante (read full article)

3-2-1 Style

posted March 02, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

We’re rollin’ 3-2-1 style this evening! Starting with the 3-2-1 Treadmill Workout I completed after work. You take 6 minute segments and break them up into 3 minute, 2 minute and 1 minute intervals, increasing the speed as you go! Time (read full article)

Pane di Altamura

posted February 16, 2010 in Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino

I like the smell of bread bakeries. They're simply called "forni" here, ovens. You walk in and the aroma is intoxicating! I usually rip off a warm chunk of bread from a just-baked loaf and eat it as I walk home from the forno. The "fornaio" is the br (read full article)

Pane di Altamura

posted February 16, 2010 in Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino

I like the smell of bread bakeries. They're simply called "forni" here, ovens. You walk in and the aroma is intoxicating! I usually rip off a warm chunk of bread from a just-baked loaf and eat it as I walk home from the forno. The "fornaio" is the br (read full article)

Resturant Review: Grazie's Italian Grill

posted February 02, 2010 in Cheese Curd in Paradise

Grazie's is one of my favorite places to eat in Green Bay. They have a large menu, and there is always something for everyone. It is not really a traditional italian restaurant, but it has creative variations of different pastas, salads, wraps, sand (read full article)

PANZANELLA SALAD

posted January 19, 2010 in Food Tastes Yummy

This wonderful classic Italian summer salad is delicious to make anytime of the year. This dish is essentially a bread salad, where you take day old dry crusty bread, cut it into cubes and let the tomato, olive oil and vinegar juices soak into the b (read full article)

Ottolenghi's DRIED CRANBERRY & WALNUT BREAD for BBD, with Roasted Bell Pepper Pasta

posted January 17, 2010 in Passionate About Baking

"Bread is the warmest, kindest of all words. Write it always with a capital letter, like your own name." ...from a café sign Bread Baking Day #26, Bread For a Birthday Party Yay...finally managed to bake bread. No mean task these days. We live in (read full article)

What’s Your “Thing”?

posted January 06, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

The Hawkeyes did it! Our boys pulled off a 24-14 victory against Georgia Tech, in the coldest Orange Bowl in history! Seeing as how they’re coming from the frozen tundra that is Iowa, I’m positive the guys thought it was practically balm (read full article)

Fall colors – Soup of Spinach, broccoli, leeks with whole wheat orzo and mimolette

posted December 17, 2009 in Citron et Vanille

Couleurs d’Automne – Soupe aux épinards, broccoli et poireaux, aux risoni complets et mimolette Winter is soup time, and when I ran into mimolette, I could not resist. I had not seen Mimolette before in the US and I was so excited. I ha (read full article)

Fall colors – Soup of Spinach, broccoli, leeks with whole wheat orzo and mimolette

posted December 17, 2009 in Citron et Vanille

Couleurs d’Automne – Soupe aux épinards, broccoli et poireaux, aux risoni complets et mimolette Winter is soup time, and when I ran into mimolette, I could not resist. I had not seen Mimolette before in the US and I was so excited. I ha (read full article)

The Seasons - Eagle, ID

posted November 20, 2009 in Boise Foodie Guild

OK. So I don't normally do this, but I am looking at The Seasons in Eagle, ID. before I have even been there. It looks intriguing. I received this email from Rachel Hurn, "Bob I met you at Idaho Wine Merchant's warehouse tasting. You really enjoyed o (read full article)

Whole Wheat Goodness

posted November 19, 2009 in Tasty Pastry

I love Focaccia, who doesn't right? A long time ago I had an Italian boyfriend for many years. Great guy, just not for me, anywayssssss,,, his mother got a hold of this Focaccia recipe and we would make it all the time, I just love it. The Focaccia i (read full article)

Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

posted October 25, 2009 in Taste

My dad recently sent me an article from the Wall Street Journal called "Mac ‘n’ Cheese for Hipsters."  The article was all about the new trendy restaurants that focus on a favorite comfort food - Macaroni and Cheese.  (read full article)

Italian Fish

posted October 17, 2009 in Potato Patch Recipes

Italian Fish is probably not the first dish that comes to your mind when you think about Italian food.  But maybe it should be.  Italy is a country with thousands of miles of coast lines, many rivers, and more than just a few lakes.  S (read full article)

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