lemon-scented german pancakes | The Moonlight Baker Over the past 2 years, the only kind of mail I’ve been getting is – you guessed it – college mail. “Come visit us! You’ll love it here! . . . Lately, the amount of college mail has been dwindling – thankfully! Yesterday when I got home, I had only one piece of college mail waiting for me. Weird. Twilight Zone? After a second, I instantly remembered this letter – writing it, addressing it, sealing it. Eighth grade health class: One of our final assigments was to write a letter to our future selves. But everyone forgot about them – until yesterday. As I read through my letter, I had a few good laughs. But that’s not to say that I haven’t changed at all since 2007. I know I have. And that’s not to say that I won’t change over the next 4 years – or thereafter. I know I will. Despite all the variables in my life, I can say with certainty that cooking will remain a constant. (Sidenote: I’d like to take a moment to apologize if I’ve offended anyone with my above math reference. - 2 Tbsp. - 4 Tbsp.
How To Cook Light With Bananas While one medium banana contains 110 calories, it has no fat, cholesterol or sodium. Additionally, a banana provides 3 g of fiber and is a strong source of potassium and vitamin C. These attributes mean that you can bake with bananas to make light recipes. Use bananas in place of butter, shortening or oil to cut down on the recipe's total amount of fat, saturated or trans fat and cholesterol. You can also use bananas to replace sugar or eggs. However, you might need to take certain measures to maintain the proper consistency of the recipe. Mash peeled bananas with a spoon or potato masher, or use a food processor, to achieve a banana puree. Use the equivalent amount of banana puree as the butter or shortening called for in the recipe. Add more sugar than the recipe calls for to counteract the denser texture caused by the reduced amount of fat. Replace whole eggs called for in the recipe with beaten egg whites; gently fold them into the batter.
Kids Peanut Butter Banana Sushi I have been making Hudson some creative food to eat lately and came across this idea at Peanut Butter Boy. I made this for breakfast one morning, but it would also make a great afternoon snack. Hudson loved it and all of the ingredients are things that I almost always have on hand. You could also spread the tortilla with Almond Butter or Nutella in place of the Peanut Butter. Crème Brûlée Crème Brûlée You make plans and life laughs. That seems to be the motto for the way things have gone in the past two weeks: My husband and I planned to stay with his family in New Jersey for just five days of the holiday, but due to a few feet of unexpected snow, we ended up staying an additional twelve before flying home on January 3. While we all noshed on steak at a cozy restaurant and enjoyed a Hitchcock play in New York City, snow continued to blanket the streets and incapacitate the residents and visitors, delaying our expectedly easy return to New Jersey by hours and hours. A few days later, on the way to board a six hour flight back to Los Angeles, we learned that it was cancelled and couldn’t be rescheduled until eight days later. Pizza, wine and lots of laughs helped medicate our frustration and make the best of the unexpected bump in the road. A few standard-sized round ramekins, a broiler (either a convection or toaster oven are fine), and a baking dish are all you need.
How To Replace Butter With Banana In Baking Although some people say that butter makes everything better, it also adds a whopping 1,600 calories and 177 grams of fat for every cup you use while baking. Fats such as butter are typically used to add tenderness and moisture to breads, muffins, cakes cookies and other baked goods. You can easily lighten up some of your recipes by substituting all, or most, of the fat in your recipe with mashed bananas. Banana isn’t usually used as a measure-for-measure replacement. Start by using half as much mashed banana and mixing the batter. Bananas are sweeter than butter, so you can usually use less sugar than the recipe requires. Although bananas can be used in a variety of recipes, they are pretty dense and shouldn't be used when you want a light or fluffy baked good, says registered dietitian Linda Michaelis. Mashed bananas may also replace all or some of the cooking oil or shortening in baking recipes.
Recipe: Sandwich on a Stick | Sandwiches, Burgers & Wraps This photo originally appeared in FamilyFun Magazine How do you turn a sandwich into a fun snack? Make it a stick-wich! What you'll need bread cheese lunch meat grape tomatoes lettuce pickles olive How to make it Cut up cubes of bread, cheese, and lunch meat (we ordered 1/2-inch-thick slices of ham and turkey at the deli counter). eatingclub vancouver: Turon (Philippine Banana Spring Roll) TS:Turon, how I love you... Lucky for us, JS' godmother, Auntie B, would make turon for us seemingly upon a moment's notice from Mama. Mama tells us that Auntie B's own children have remarked that they themselves are not usually privileged enough for their mother to make them turon! ;) Auntie B is the same person who would also make Bola-bola (Philippine meatballs) for us, seeing as we're a little frying-averse. TS:On one such fortunate occasion, a year or so ago, I took the opportunity of photographing Auntie B's always perfect-looking turon. In the Philippines, one would make turon with a different type of banana (or plantain, actually) altogether,called saba, and perhaps add in some langka (jackfruit) as well. Market Manila: Saba or Cooking BananasWikipedia: Langka (Jackfruit)Wikipedia: Banana-cue, Turon and Arroz a la Cubana See, it's easy! These turon will be the death of me. 2 pieces? More eatingclub Philippine/Filipino food RecipeTuron (Philippine Banana Spring Roll)
A Strawberry Tart – Sweetsonian It’s too easy. It’s too easy to get stuck in a rut, sometimes even more so than it is to spend time actually living your life. You’re probably thinking, what in the world is this girl talking about? Well, here’s the deal. In the last few weeks, I was robbed in the street (good-bye, my cherished iPhone 4s), I decided to apply to graduate school, I took the GREs, I wrote my graduate schools essays, and I’ve been working on my path to freedom: freelance. To some of you, that might sound like a self-inflicted personal hell. On top of that, I ran my third half marathon yesterday morning. Go ahead. So, back to the robbery. Let’s all just admit that we do crazy things when we’re in love, and we’ve invested too much in an unhealthy relationship – too much for us to let go. Not only did I run after him, but I was also shouting expletives at the top of my lungs, and I chased him around a free-standing liquor store… twice. Naturally, being crazy in love, I sprinted to her car and hopped in. Nope.
Easter Fools Mar 27 By Steph Hung On April 1st treat your loved ones to a simple homemade breakfast. There is nothing like a soft-boiled egg with a few pieces of bread to dip in the yolk. Only this time there’s something a little special about the eggs: Looks like the Easter Bunny decided to make an early delivery. Materials you will need: Eggs, powdered gelatin, egg cups (look for opaque cups or else the gig may be up), spoon, bowls, and a measuring cup. Step 1: Use the spoon to crack the bottom of the egg. Step 2: Carefully remove a small part of the shell, and empty contents into a bowl*. Step 3: Prepare the gelatin – Mix each 85g box with just 1/2 cup of boiling water so the jelly will hold up when the eggshells are peeled. Step 4: Allow jelly to set in the fridge for a few hours. (*Make a quiche with the leftover eggs and you’ll REALLY impress your guests) Happy April Fools Day! Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.
Boston cream cake roll | the domestic mama and the village cook Really…it’s not that hard. Keep reading…. I had some leftover cream filling from my daughters birthday, so in the middle of the night I thought this may be a good way to use it. (aside from eating it with a spoon!) beat 5 egg whites till stiff, and then beat in 1/4 cup sugar…1 tbs at a time. now, beat those 5 egg yolks along with 1/4 cup sugar and some vanilla until they are thick and a nice buttery shade of yellow. (5 min or so….) gently fold the two together along with 1/2 cup flour and spread it into a jelly roll pan that had been greased and the bottom is lined with parchment paper. bake at 350 for 15minutes. Trim away 1/4 from each side to make it look nice and even. Now, for the filling- mine was leftover but here are some suggestions: vanilla pudding, raspberry/strawberry jam, cool whip, use your imagination! I melted chocolate chips and some cream to make the drizzles… but later on I thought that “magic shell” ice cream topping probably would have worked, too.
Chocolate and Ginger Cookies | A Spoonful of Sugar One of our family favourite cookie recipes, are these scrummy Chocolate Ginger Cookies that Sarah bakes for us. There is something about chocolate and ginger that works so well together. These cookies don’t last long in our home and are especially good warm from the oven. If you have any left over, they do freeze well so you always have a sweet treat on hand. Ingredients: 200 g (7 oz) dark chocolate (semisweet) 1 1/2 cups, plus 1 tablespoon plain (all purpose) flour 1 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice 1 tablespoon Dutch cocoa 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unslated butter 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, well packed 1/4 cup golden syrup (molasses) 1 teaspoon bicarb soda (baking soda) 1/4 cup sugar (granulated) Method: 1.
Homemade Pizza Rolls I am addicted to Pinterest. Love, love, love it. If you have never visited the site I give you one warning: don't until you have at least half a day to spend on it! It's a place to store all your "favorites" by photo. And you can see what everyone else is "pinning" about as well. I found a quick snack/lunch to try out with the kids this weekend and I wanted to share with you my version. Cresent rolls Mozerella String Chees Pepperoni slices Butter Garlic Salt/Powder Preheat oven to 375 Spray a pan with cooking spray or use parchment paper (my new best friend in the kitchen!) Melt a little butter coated with some of the garlic. Next, roll out your crescent rolls and start adding your pepperoni slices and half a stick of string cheese. Next, start rolling up and coating with the butter as you roll. Finish rolling and coating. I made a couple of pigs in the blanket as well, just in case they didn't like the pizza rolls. G'nite!
Éclairs with Mocha Pastry Cream » Annie's Eats I am a lucky girl in so many ways. One of them is that I have a lot of really wonderful friends who are incredibly encouraging of my love for cooking and baking. (I’m sure this has absolutely, positively nothing to do with the fact that they often reap the benefit of said hobby.) It also turns out that some of them are pretty talented in the kitchen as well, and I thought it would be fun to all get together and have a baking day with the girlfriends. Finding one day that worked for four doctors was the biggest obstacle, but once we got past that, we had a blast! Each of us chose one recipe that we wanted to make and I must say, all the choices were fantastic! Julia made chocolate toffee shortbread bars. Shanon made raspberry mascarpone macarons. Ashley made crab-filled ravioli. And I chose these éclairs filled with mocha pastry cream. Once everyone arrived, I served a simple lunch of fontina mac and cheese, salad, and a fruit, cheese and cracker platter. I am a lucky girl in so many ways.
Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll Cake | Mis-Cakes Oven Adventures I made a cake. A lazy girl’s cake all mashed up with a lazy girl’s cinnamon roll. I wanted it and was eating it within an hour. Ya, that might be a problem for my jeans. It’s pretty in it’s craggy imperfect state, sprinkled with a little confectioners sugar. Or you could totally do that to it, because cinnamon rolls and cream cheese go together like Katniss and the Mockingjay. ??) If you want cinnamon buns and don’t have the time for all that yeast business, make this. This was more like a snack cake. Cinnamon Roll Cake – one 8 inch round cake. 1 1/2 c all purpose flour 1/2 c granulated sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1/8 tsp salt 1 eggs – room temp 3/4 c buttermilk – room temp 1 tsp vanilla 2 tbs butter – melted and cooled Swirl 1/2 c butter – room temp 1/2 c packed light brown sugar 1 tbs flour 1 tbs cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting 8 oz cream cheese – room temp 1/4 c butter – room temp 2 c confectioners sugar 1 tsp vanilla Preheat oven to 350 F. Swirl Cake Adapted from Six Sisters Stuff Enjoy!