To amp up the flavor I substituted my jar of Trader Joe’s Everything but the Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend. I used one tablespoon in place of the other ingredients in the cake and my husband picked the same blend in the smoked salmon. This roll-up delivered on flavor with so many ingredients inside. I don’t…
Curd, Cream and Berry Cake
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there. I voted for this because I think whipped cream, berries and cake is a quintessential spring dessert and perfect for Mother’s Day. Based on reviews from those that have made this already, I needed to enlist a dish washer ie my husband and I needed to…
Tempura’d Vegetables and Seafood
When it comes to frying my husband takes the lead. We had originally planned to have shrimp but we ended up using ingredients we had on hand. So our meal unexpectedly became monochromatic with red bell pepper, salmon and carrots. My husband busted out our trusty food thermometer and expertly fried up this wonderful dinner….
Rolled, Studded and Herbed Boneless Leg of Lamb
Leg of lamb is a new cut of meat for our family. We have had various other forms of lamb especially from Dorie’s cookbooks but this was our first leg. We headed to Costco and found plenty of lamb, luckily we chose this dish at the right time as lamb is served with Easter dinner….
Cinnamon-Raisin Bread
There is nothing like the smell of bread baking in the oven. We all looked forward to having fresh bread and this loaf did not disappoint. Dorie and others mentioned it was great as toast and we would agree. We have quite a few more bread recipes to complete in Baking with Dorie and we…
Beet Fennel Soup
This week’s selection is from Dorie’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. When this selection was chosen, I actually had beets and Persian cucumbers on hand. I wanted to try cold soup but it was a rainy day and my husband wanted hot soup. We love beets in our house usually with a salad and goat cheese. We…
Mocha-Almond Torte
This week’s selection comes from Dorie’s current book, Baking with Dorie. We were invited to our friends house for Passover dinner, I usually bring a dessert. This mocha almond torte was a welcome addition to the meal. Dorie’s version uses walnuts but my family does not like walnuts so I substituted for almonds which Dorie…
Lick-the-Pot Chocolate Pudding Pie
It looked perfect, it sliced perfect and it tasted perfect. I can’t think of anything we didn’t like about this chocolate pudding pie. I gleefully purchased the Biscoff cookies for the crust and according to my husband it was the best crust ever. There was a fair amount of chopping of chocolate and stiring of…
A Pantry and Fridge Salad
Let the substitutions begin… We are not smoked fish fans so I was glad to see the substitution of tuna and that is the fish we chose. Standing in the grocery store’s bean isle we were trying to figure out what white beans to choose when my husband said let’s just get garbanzo beans. So…
Carrot Muffins
I chose to make these carrot muffins due to the secret ingredient pomegranate molasses. I had recently purchased the molasses for another Dorie recipe and I was looking for other recipes to use it. This carrot muffin recipe is flavored with ground ginger, pomegranate molasses, vanilla, and orange zest. I added raisins as my dried…
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