Croque Monsieur! How easy is that? This week on I Heart Cooking Clubs we were tasked with making something easy from Ina Garten’s recipes. I chose Croque Monsieur because how easy is a grilled cheese sandwich? My husband could not believe I have never had the famed French sandwich. The recipe starts with a white…
Author: Diane Zwang
Caramelized Shallots
This week at I Heart Cooking Clubs we are cooking with alliums. What are alliums? They are garlic, onions, shallots, leeks, scallions or chives. I love caramelized onions so I figured I would like these caramelized shallots. I used Ina’s handy hint to boil the shallots for one minute to peel them. The peeled shallots…
Homemade Fig Newtons
Homemade Fig Newtons were a wonderful treat in our house and well worth the work. We loved them. The dough is a combination of white and whole wheat flours and flavored with cardamom and the zest of an orange. After the dough is made it needs to chill for 3 hours. You can use store…
Moka Dupont
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi Moka Dupont is the French version of an American Ice Box Cake. Dorie suggested serving with coffee ice cream but I had vanilla on hand which paired nicely with the chocolate. Dorie states that in France the cake is made with The Brun cookies but they are not readily…
Haricots Verts
I am thrilled to be back with I Heart Cooking Clubs for their latest chef Ina Garten. I was given a copy of Barefoot In Paris and now I have a chance to cook from it. I chose to start with a vegetable dish, haricots verts or French string beans. I had two of the…
Crumb-Topped Apple Bars
Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies I made these for a dinner party I was attending. My husband said “the apple bars are getting rave reviews”. And sure enough they all disappeared. This was a great ending to a bar cookie that got a rocky start. I had a few challenges this week with this recipe….
Brown Butter Peach Tourte
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi Tourte is French for pie. This was a lovely peach pie with Dorie’s magical sweet tart dough. The partially baked bottom tart was filled with summer’s sweet peaches covered in brown butter. With the addition of a little sugar, a little flour, a dash of vanilla and a squirt…
Savory Cheese and Chive Bread
French Fridays Around My French Table One of the things that is nice about choosing my own recipes to make is that I can go from one recipe to the next with like ingredients. That is what I did here, having just made Dieter’s Tartine which included chives I then chose this cheese and chive…
Graham Cracker Cookies
Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies I made graham crackers! This was a fun and delicious snack. My husband thought they smelled wonderful baking in the oven. My son, not one for compliments, said they are graham crackers but then he ate another one and another one…. I have worked with graham flour before but I…
Dieter’s Tartine
French Fridays Around My French Table This is the second tartine that I have made from Around My French Table. You don’t have to be on a diet to enjoy it. This was a light summer lunch for my husband and I. The bountiful summer tomatoes and cucumbers made it an ideal meal not to…
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