I finally splurged on a new bread knife (Mercer 10 inch offset) so I had to bake a couple of loaves of bread to test it out on.


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This is a Vietnamese street food that you can make at home for a fast breakfast or lunch or even just a snack. The inspiration came from here.

Here's one of the simplest topping ideas: In a non-stick pan, over medium heat, place your rice paper circle. Drizzle some chili oil over the top, break an egg onto the rice paper and scramble it, spreading ( Read more... )

Another quick and easy dish based on this recipe.

You can use your home made pasta for this but I went with bought pasta and spent my free time making the sauce.


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Today's supper came to the top of the posting queue because it's an amazing combination of two simply prepared dishes, a main and a pasta side, and a green salad of your choice.


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Because you can never have ENOUGH pie crust recipes, I gave this one a try ... half unsalted butter and half lard. The blogger who posted the recipe, used shortening, which I didn't have, as she claims that using the two different fats takes advantage of the best characteristics of each.

Sweet Pie ... apple and quince fillingI haven't bought ( Read more... )

I still have a backlog of recipes/posts to share but got very excited about today's bake so it jumped the queue. I've got several recipes for steamed buns (Chinese bao or Korean jjinppang) in my recipe archives but I went to my favourite YouTube channel, TabiEats, for a small batch of buns, especially as I was able to use up a container of leftover ( Read more... )

I think most cultures that use wheat flour have some sort of fried bread. The Hungarian version, lángos, is what I'm featuring below. It is also popular in Romania (especially in Transylvania) as langosiI've watched several versions of this bread being made on Youtube and chose to do a drier one, similar to native American fry bread, rather than ( Read more... )

The website where I found the 'for one' cake recipes also has savoury dishes. Especially pasta dishes.

Like this Ham and Pea Alfredo for One ... I made it with linguine


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The bialy is a small roll that, according to Wikipedia, is found in Polish and Ashkenazi Polish culture. It has many similarities to a bagel. Although it isn't boiled after proofing, just baked, it still retains the dense chewiness and flavour found in that ubiquitous bread product ( Read more... )

I finally got a chance to make a batch of these sweet dough bread pockets using the recipe posted on The Frugal Hausfrau's blog. Besides using leftover shredded sauerbraten instead of ground beef and adding about half a cup of grated old cheddar cheese to the filling once it was cooled, I also tried an alternative shaping method. It didn't make the ( Read more... )