Posted in Dessert, baking, cooking, tagged baking, cooking, cupcakes, Dessert, desserts, lower fat cupcakes on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gingerbread Cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp clove
1/8 tsp kosher salt
1/3 cup granulated sugar
6 Tbsp unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup molasses
1 tsp baking soda
2 large eggs
1/2 cup boiling water
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 350*. Spray a 12 muffin pan with cooking spray and set aside.
In a small bowl whisk the flour, ginger, [...]
Posted in Dinner, cooking, tagged cooking, Dinner, quick dinner, quick dinners, quick pasta dish, quick pasta dishes on August 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I had a craving for simple pasta last week and was poking through the fridge and cupboards to see what I could make. I also had a couple ripe tomatoes on the vine outside calling to me….
So out of that came:
Easy Bacon Spaghetti
Ingredients:
1 lb spaghetti
4 thick pieces of bacon (high quality!)
1 large sweet onion, peeled [...]
Posted in Food Gifts, cooking, tagged canning, cooking, Food Gifts, pickels on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well are they modern or are they a throw back? One of my favorite memories of canning with my mom was pickles. We would do bread and butter pickles every summer, hitting up this one farmers stand outside of Longview, Washington (an actual farmers stand, back in the days before all you found was trucked [...]
Posted in Dinner, cooking, tagged Bison, Bison meat loaf, bison meatloaf, cooking, Dinner, meatloaf, mini meatloaves on August 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
While at the gym today I had a craving for meatloaf but needed to get dinner on late/quick so the thought of making mini loaves sounded great. 35 minutes baking time and dinner was ready!
Mini Bison Meatloaves
Ingredients:
1 lb ground bison
6-ounces instant stuffing mix (see notes)
1 tsp Italian seasoning herb blend
1 cup cool water
1/2 cup ketchup
2 [...]
Posted in cooking on August 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I came across a newer section on KraftFoods.com this morning, Budget Wi$e. A mix of recipes and how to cook on the cheap, that while using some processed items can fit into a families meal plan.
I have to say this recipe for Italian Bagel Snacks sound great, the What’s In Season charts are very helpful [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, cooking, tagged Cookbooks, cookbook reviews, book review, soups, Colophon Cafe on August 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Kirk and I spent our weekend in Bellingham, Washington and one of our stops was at Village Books where I spied a copy of The Colophon Cafe Best Soups cookbook.
The book has 48 recipes, ranging from hearty chowders to a number of vegitarian and vegan friendly ones.. There is plenty of options for both meat [...]
Posted in baking, cooking, tagged baking, cooking on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
These sounded fun to make, so I took the original recipe and tweaked it a bit. Quite tasty and very easy to make. They would make a great appetizer for parties and would travel well if chilled after baking.
Smoked Salmon Mini Quiches
Ingredients:
1/2 cup lower fat baking mix
1/2 cup nonfat dairy milk
1/4 cup lower fat [...]
Posted in Dinner, cooking, tagged cooking, Dinner, mac and cheese, quick dinner, quick dinners, quick pasta dish, quick pasta dishes on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I came across Whole Foods recipe for a quick and easy stovetop mac and cheese through their Facebook page.
I liked the idea but changed it a bit, making it a bit more traditional.
Stovetop Mac and Cheese
Ingredients:
8-ounces dry elbow macaroni
2 Tbsp flour
1 tsp dry mustard
1 1/2 cups nonfat milk
1 cup shredded 2% milk cheddar cheese
1/4 cup [...]
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