No, you're not having a flashback to four months ago.

I just realized that I never posted the meal for this past Easter.

Which was a shame because I made a delicious Tuscan bread and vegetable soup called "ribollita" for starters ...


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The last post on the theme of easy Japanese dishes features a Japanese version of the classic Western hamburger, hambagu, or hamburger steak patty. I'm including a couple of miso soups, a vegetable side dish and some pudding (or purin, in Japanese) to finish things off.

The recipe for the hamburger comes from TabiEats and it was meant to be used ( Read more... )

Sadly, you can't just omit the cocoa powder in the previous 'chocolate cake for one' recipe and get a vanilla version, because the chemistry of the leavener doesn't work, so I went net surfing for a real vanilla cake recipe.

My answer was found in a 'vanilla cupcake for two' recipe baked in a cupcake/muffin pan ... so I buttered a couple of ( Read more... )

I was in the mood for something sweet that didn't involve chocolate and was fast to make. With a can of mandarin oranges from the pantry as well as a package of Savoiardi (Italian lady fingers) I came up with this creamy dessert. I didn't have any instant pudding so I made my own using a basic vanilla pudding recipe spiked with a touch of orange ( Read more... )