What did you Bake/Cook Today?!?!?! :)

[cascadeco]

You must join this cafe Cas, we will all eat like queens! And kings!

Count me in, I love eating!! Tortellini and an absolutely delicious turkish dish provided by me!!!

 

[Patches]

Does anyone have any good recipes that involve rice paper?

I browsed an asian market for fun. And was really drawn to the rice paper. So I bought some. I tried to make some summer rolls with them, but they just tasted bland. I did not do a good job with them.

So now I have hundreds of sheets of rice paper and nothing to do with them. But I desperately want to use them.

 

[Ism]

Had sum rice with soy sauce and sesame seed oil, vegetables, and chili beans.

 

[Pinker85]

Chinese jicama pancakes. I love these things. The recipe is a variation on a ritz cracker recipe using jicama, sunflower seeds, walnuts and green onions.

Because the boy has a sweet tooth, I always try to have stuff he can easily grab from the fridge. These are pumpkin pie bars made out of kabocha squash. I like adding a little maple syrup (not raw, I know!) to mine as I like the flavor of maple syrup and pumpkin. Mmmm.

Sorry the coloring of these photos is a bit off, too lazy to mess around in PS. I haven't been making much for elaborate things lately, so we've been mostly living off quick to whip up soups from the blender or juices.

 

[Ism]

G-g-gonna make some nachos and EAT FOREVER.

 

[Pinker85]

Lazy and quick Asian chop salad with Chinese jicama pancakes sprinkled over top for crunch. I didn't sprout these mung beans. I haven't sprouted much lately, that's really bad . . . just been really focused on music and art lately. I'm slacking off. *clicks tongue at self*

 

[NPcomplete]

Chocolate chip and espresso tea biscuits!

 

[Pinker85]

Herb, tomato and avocado salad with a sweet tahini dressing served with garden flaxseed crackers.

 

[prplchknz]

I made a walnut cake with 7 minute icing for my dad's 67th birthday with a few adjustments to the recipe

I did 4 egg yolks + 1 egg instead of 4 eggs
got rid of the vanilla added a 1/4th cup of walnut liqueur
reduced milk from a cup to 3/4th cup

it was delicious

not the best picture but best i can do we had some last night and my mom took half of it to work

 

[Betty Blue]

I made a walnut cake with 7 minute icing for my dad's 67th birthday with a few adjustments to the recipe

I did 4 egg yolks + 1 egg instead of 4 eggs
got rid of the vanilla added a 1/4th cup of walnut liqueur
reduced milk from a cup to 3/4th cup

it was delicious I'll take a picture later.

7 minute icing? Isn't that a long time for icing?

I made fairy cakes with my daughter last night and the icing (red-was supposed to be pink)took less than two minutes including application time... what am i missing?

Oh also we were happy to find one had naturally made the shape of a heart. Organic red hearts!

 

[prplchknz]

7 minute icing? Isn't that a long time for icing?

I made fairy cakes with my daughter last night and the icing (red-was supposed to be pink)took less than two minutes including application time... what am i missing?

Oh also we were happy to find one had naturally made the shape of a heart. Organic red hearts!

hold on 7 minute icing is a type of icing made with egg whites and sugar and vanilla and you beat the egg whites and sugar together for 7 minutes until stiff peaks have formed http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/7-minute-frosting-recipe/index.html

 

[Betty Blue]

hold on 7 minute icing is a type of icing made with egg whites and sugar and vanilla and you beat the egg whites and sugar together for 7 minutes until stiff peaks have formed http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/7-minute-frosting-recipe/index.html

Oh it's frosting...not icing. Maybe a language thing idk, i'm no chef anyhow.

 

[EffEmDoubleyou]

Technically frosting is creamy and fluffy like what we use for layer cakes, while icing is thinner and glossier like on a coffee cake. But I think they're interchangeable in common usage. I know they are for me.

I think the confusion in terms may arise because what we call "confectioner's sugar" in the USA is called "icing sugar" in commonwealth nations.

 

[prplchknz]

seared tuna, garlic cheese mashed potatoes, broccoli, cucumber salad, bread

 

[prplchknz]

i made tuna salad nicoise

 

[prplchknz]

Pork tenderloin with apricot glaze, dressed green beans (dressed in onion,bacon, vinegar, and mustard), dauphinoise potatoes, and my mom made french bread

 

[Pinker85]

daikon ravioli with curry coconut filling and sliced up plum.

 

[Pinker85]

Beet, carrot and apple salad with sweet-sour love'n (lemon juice, agave, extra virgin olive oil, pepper and real salt) dressing.

 

[Redbone]

Mediterranean chicken breasts with kalamata olives, roma tomatoes, and onion. Risotto along with it. I cheated on the risotto and made it in the oven. I wasn't standing over a skillet stirring this stuff for 20 minutes tonight. It would have been perfect with some pinot grigio but alas, no liquor for poor me tonight.

 

[Pinker85]

handful salad: avocado, apple, grapefruit, extra virgin olive oil and salt.

cashew swiss cheese (minus the holes, was too lazy): cashews, agar flakes, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, tahini and mustard.

haven't been making anything interesting. just bleh.