Posted in Cooking on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In past bread-making missions, I’ve attempted to make wheat bread. The loaves never rose very well. I knew that drastic action was necessary. I searched the Internet for easy/beginner bread recipes, reading people’s blogs for tips.
Click here for the recipe I used.
Here are some things I learned:
Use a thermometer to make sure water temp is [...]
Posted in Cooking on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By the way, the cookies were absolutely fantastic! They’re puffy, full of ooey-gooey chocolate chips, and just yummy.
I made a small batch the first night that I made the dough (No, I couldn’t wait 24 hours for the dough to chill!) and we ate them ALL!
I made another small batch the next day (after the [...]
Posted in Cooking on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the past, I’ve done a very poor job at making pancakes. I would burn them pretty badly, but we’d eat them anyways. I have a friend, J, with three beautiful kids. Recently, I was over for breakfast and she made pancakes with fresh berries. I guess this is what spurred my quest to make [...]
Posted in Cooking on July 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The past few times I’ve made chocolate chip cookies, they’ve turned out completely flat. Today, I was determined to return to my cookie splendor with puffy, yummy cookies. I turned to the Internet for research and decided to try a few things:
Triple the amount of vanilla.
Very slowly melt the butter and brown sugar together in [...]
Posted in Cooking on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I made a chocolate cake from scratch. It hadn’t made a cake (especially from scratch) in so long, I had to go to the store just for a package of powdered sugar. I used recipes from the Dining on a Dime cookbook. Since they were new recipes (for me), I cut the cake and icing [...]
Posted in Cooking on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a chicken-fajita pizza. I like it much better than pepperoni or sausage.
I used Pillsbury refrigerated pizza dough, although if I have time, I make homemade dough.
After putting the dough in the oven for about four minutes, I spread on marinara sauce, and then sprinkle on mozzarella and cheddar cheese. On my side of [...]
Posted in Cooking on May 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve recently taken to having “tea.” After lining a tray with a cloth napkin, I fill up my one-liter teapot with herbal chamomile tea, wrap it in a tea cozy, set out a cup and saucer, and find something to snack on with my tea. By the way, the beautiful flowers below are from my [...]
Posted in Cooking, Recipes on April 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve had several people want me to join them for sushi parties. It’s very exciting! Plus, I just noticed another sushi shop going in about a mile away. That makes…about 8 sushi locations (there’s probably more) close to my home. Yes, my students are still bringing sushi and seaweed to pass around for snacks and [...]
Posted in Cooking on April 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve recently begun reading a foodie mystery series by Joanne Fluke. It’s about a woman named Hannah who owns a cookie shop in a small town. Her sister is married to a detective, and the cookie lady is dating the town’s other detective. Together with her sister, Hannah investigates and solves murders. Whenever she and [...]
Posted in Cooking, Recipes on March 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In an effort not to go bankrupt from buying sushi everyday, I decided to take action and go about things the Learning to be Frugal way. I decided to make my own sushi at home.
As a bit of a background, I’ve only taken to liking sushi sometime in the past year. I love Philly rolls, [...]
Posted in Cooking, Gardening on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been getting quite a bit of lettuce from my garden. I prefer romaine, and I’ve attempted (twice) to plant more from seeds. I know it’s more expensive, but I definitely prefer transplants to seeds.
Here is a shrimp salad I made with lettuce from my garden.
Posted in Cooking on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had some fun making bread. First, I started a loaf of egg bread in my bread machine. After that, I started a batch of rolls by hand. Attached to the recipe was information on making cinnamon rolls. Since the dough was working with me and not against me, I made a second batch for [...]
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