we got a lot of blueberries at costco the other day (I think Ironkite has a brewing experiment planned), and once the storm hits tonight, I think I'll make this open-faced half-baked blueberry pie: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Fresh-Blueberry-Pie-II/Detail. ( Read more... )

We _FINALLY_ used my baby bundt pan (Got it at Renfest, because the glaze on it reminded me of Starry Night, yes, it's ceramic)... hooray!

Ironkite made Monkey Bread for me, from Cook's Country, to celebrate not being totally behind on Axia grading, and done (except for tomorrow) with spring classes (though not done w/grading, but it's still felt ( Read more... )

because it is PI day, I'm giving into the pun.

http://www.americastestkitchen.com/ibb/posts.aspx?postID=215231&postRepeater1-p=6#218551

apparently we lack a round pie dish though, so because ironkite loves me, we made a square.

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They had some great looking leeks in the store the other day, so we bought a slew, and I made a leek soup today, mostly based on what's in Cook's Illustrated.

in the dutch oven, melt 6 tbs butter. when it's foamy, add --
6 Leeks - only the white and light-green parts, basically. cut into 1" rounds, then quartered, and washed and washed and ( Read more... )

Yesterday I determinedly did not poke around online after I got home, or watch any d/l'd shows, and just read comic books (and sorta dozed). I checked my recycle bin (these are all copies, and i delete as i read), and it turns out I read 32 yesterday. Still all from the spring 1999 Xmen universe, so I didn't make much linear progress, but it felt ( Read more... )

for making stock to be an ingredient, not the featured ingredient, but just a base for everything else, the bare bones one (chicken, onions, salt, bay leaf) was great! If it will be featured, as in the Matzo ball soup quest, adding the carrots/celery AND herbs (we did a blend as one of our tastings) as I did makes it EXCELLENT, and hardly takes ( Read more... )

Longboredsurfer.com 's recipe archive is down, but that doesn't stop people from sneaking the recipes in elsewhere ( Read more... )

Made "chicken and" (no dumplings) today, since I've had a sinus headache all day. Been trying to grade, but can't concentrate. Slightly different recipe than when I've made it before ( Read more... )

I made a sort of squash lasagne for dinner, based off of this from Allrecipes.com, but here's how my version happened.

Preheat oven to 350
Peel and dice 3 cups of Squash (I used 1 acorn, 1 delicata), put on rimmed cookie sheet, sprayed lightly with no-stick stuff. Roast in oven for about 30+ minutes. (Save the seeds for roasting another time. ( Read more... )

chowder made. chowder yummy. lemme see if i can post the recipe from memory (don't feel like going across the room to the march 2006 Cook's Country to verify.)
( chicken, corn, and sweet potato chowder )