The snow we had had in mid October was long gone, the fault of the +8 C temps we were cursed with the latter part of the month. But then early November greeted us with nice temperatures dropping as cold as -10, giving the ground a chance to get a decent freeze. However, with the lack of snow, the world was looking pretty dark and dismal--grass ( Read more... )

Back in April I posted the recipe for my adaptation of a Vintage coffee cake. Last week I needed to bake something gluten-free for our Friday band session, and I decided to see how that cake would turn out without using wheat flour. The answer is Yummy! I tried a slice soon after it came out of the oven, since I knew I wouldn't still be hungry ( Read more... )

Not too long back I baked a batch of cookies for our band. One of our members can't eat gluten, so I decided to adapt my favourite peanutbutter cookie recipe to one she could eat ( Read more... )

This weekend we are heading to Sorsele (about three or four hour drive: inland and one river valley south) to attend their Folk Music and Dance Week 25 Year Jubelie We went a couple of years ago as part of a group from the local folk music and dance group, a bunch of us in a rented van, and had a great time. This time we will be staying with one ( Read more... )

I made up a yummy batch of cookies for my minion this weekend, and one of my friends asked for the recipe. I should have written down what I did sooner, when I had a better memory of what I tossed into that bowl! Here follows my best attempt at remembering what I used. Sadly, I can not make any guarantees that these amounts are accurate, since I ( Read more... )

Today was about harvesting things and playing in the kitchen. ( first cheese making )

I just posted the following in a comment on lifeofglamour's other blog, and thought I would echo it here so that I can find it again if needed. The post to which I was replying was asking for suggestions for ways to increase the amount of protein in one's diet without also adding too many calories, which topic totally effected how I wrote up the recipe ( Read more... )

I commented here yesterday that today I ought to look at the comments from the reviewers and do whatever it takes to get that manuscript revised to suit them. I even went so far as to add it to my calender. Did I do that ( Read more... )

I was hungry for ice cream today for the first time in a long time (the home made strawberry ice cream we made last September wasn't finished till February, and I have had no ice cream since then). I was also in the mood to experiment, just a little, and did a variant on my favourite oat-almond ice cream. This time, since we had just come back from ( Read more... )

I mentioned two weeks ago that I had tried a coffee cake recipe I found on line, and found it good, but thought I could make it better "if..."

Today we had the nyckleharpa people over here to do music since their teacher is still on holiday, so I used it as an excuse to bake. I wound up making a double sized cake this time because we had some ( Read more... )