The first night of Passover we were invited by friends to attend their family seder dinner. I made Dorie’s Matzo Morsels for one of the dessert selections. This is the Jewish version of haystacks. Bittersweet chocolate is melted with butter, add crushed matzo, stir until all coated then add dried fruit in my case raisins…
Pailles
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi I had one sheet of puff pastry in my freezer so that was my motivating factor in voting for this one. Also, my husband loves anything with jam. I am a novice when it comes to puff pastry and I think it showed in this dessert. Dorie’s directions were…
Roasted Vegetable Lasagna
This is our final week with Ina Garten at I Heart Cooking Clubs. I can’t believe six months is up already and time for a new chef. Lasagna is a labor of love no matter how you make it. This roasted vegetable lasagna was multi-step and an hour cooking time in the oven so definitely…
Rigatoni with Sausage and Fennel
Januray’s Food Network Magazine included this Rigatoni with Sausage and Fennel recipe from Ina Garten. I love pasta and thought we would enjoy this, boy did we ever. Another restaurant worthy recipe from Ina. This pasta is not a light recipe. High fat items include Italian sausage, heavy cream, half and half and Parmesan cheese….
Sunny-Side-Up Meringues
For this first day of Spring, Sunny-Side-Up Meringues. This is a dessert take on “eggs”. The base is a meringue cookie which whipped up pretty easy, most of the work was in the oven. The “yolk” is a mixed citrus curd of lemon, lime and orange. I need to take a master class on curd…
Apple Weekend Cake
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi According to Dorie this recipe is from the Normandy region of France. For this cake she suggests using sweet, juicy apples so I went with Jazz apples which are a fusion between a Royal Gala and a Bareburn Apple. My notes for this recipe were moist, delicious, easy and…
Spinach Salad with Roasted Squash, Roasted Grapes and Pumpkin Seeds
This week’s featured ingredient at I Heart Cooking Clubs is Greens! Anything green and leafy counts so I decided on this Spinach Salad by Ellie Krieger. My husband is travelling again this week so that means make something he doesn’t like mainly butternut squash. This is a great winter salad with butternut squash, grapes and…
Sour Cream Coffee Cake
We are down to our final four weeks with Ina Garten at I Heart Cooking Clubs. This first week of March we were tasked with Breakfast Buffet! Cook up any Ina Garten dish you’d like to see at a breakfast buffet. I chose to make this Sour Cream Coffee Cake as I could make it…
Hamantaschen
This week on Tuesdays with Dorie we are making Hamantaschen. I voted for this one to see Dorie’s take on this Purim cookie. I learned how to make hamantaschen from Faye Levy’s International Jewish Cookbook. Her One, Two, Three Cookie Dough recipe has been the staple in my family. I have varied the fillings but…
Vegetable Tian
I Heart Cooking Clubs My husband gets the sole credit for this week’s cooking assignment. I was all cooked out last weekend but my husband decided to take the reigns. Among the vegetable dishes I had tagged in Barefoot In Paris my husband chose this Vegetable Tian. Who knew such simple ingredients could taste so…
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