Last week I made spiced chicken burgers with coriander and this week I made “Macarona Bechamel”, an egyptian recipe as shown in the picture above :)
Both turned out totally yummy and I will definitely be making both again :) 1 week ago

turned out ok. i made a few modifications:

added sesame garlic dressing, no bread crumbs

i got curly kale which is much more tough than the recommended tuscan [dinosaur] kale. i did massage the kale to tenderize it. also beat it with a spatula and added salt to break it down more.

pretty chomparific.

http://www.wholeliving.com/210932/dr-weils-kale-salad 3 months ago

Fruit AND veg! I have fallen in love with these muffins as a health injection for my lunches. They’re fun to make, too, with a gorgeous bright, colourful batter. Recipe adapted from here and photo stolen from there as well. (Their food stylists beat my Kodak.)

Ingredients:

~ 1 cup whole wheat flour
~ 1 cup of white flour
~ 1 cup sugar
~ 1 tsp baking powder
~ 1/2 tsp salt
~ 1/2 tsp baking soda
~ 1 tsp ground cinnamon
~ 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

~ 1/2 cup canola oil
~ 2 eggs
~ 1/2 cup fresh unsweetened applesauce
~ 1 tsp vanilla
~ 3 drops orange oil OR 1/4 tsp orange extract

~ 1 cup grated zucchini (about 1-2 small ones)
~ 1 cup grated carrots (about 1-2 big ones)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and baking powder.

In another bowl beat together oil, applesauce, eggs, vanilla and orange.

Add the dry ingredients in parts to the wet mixture and mix to reach a smooth consistency. Stir in grated carrots and zucchini.

Spoon into the lined muffin cups- the veggies make this a dense batter, so fill them to the brim. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool on wire racks. 3 months ago

I would like to try making the following recipes:

1. American cheese

2. Flavored marshmallows

3. Spinach fettuccine

4. Chicken ravioli

5. Chicken, mushroom and spinach lasagna

6. Homemade lasagna noodles

7. Ricotta

8. Ployes (without a mix)

9. Tortillas (both corn & flour)

10. Ice cream bombe (something besides the macadamia nut and bittersweet chocolate with macadamia nut praline that I occasionally make during the holiday)

11. Baked doughnuts

12. Baked chimichangas

13. Inari 4 months ago

The last time I baked brownies I realized my go to recipe is because other people like it. My current brownie recipe is okay, but not on the same level as other desserts I make.

It’s time for me to find more suitable brownie recipes for a basic brownie and a gourmet brownie. I have several types of quality cocoa, chocolates and chocolate chips in my pantry and it’s silly for me to continue buying a cocoa blend to make brownies I don’t really like. 4 months ago

The first one was a cake with cinnamon and walnuts

and the second one was Baked Salmon Fillet.

Here is the recipe for the baked salmon
http://gerisayim365.blogspot.com/2013/01/goal-15-2-baked-salmon-fillet.html 4 months ago

Most of the recipes I made for New Years I have made before. Only two new recipes:

Queso Blanco Dip (will try different recipe next time)

Caramel Sauce (for chocolate flan cake)

Not happy with the results of either recipe, but they were only a small part of what I cooked, so it wasn’t a big deal. 4 months ago

I usually am too busy making hundreds of ravioli and about a dozen different Italian cookies to try new recipes during the holidays. This year is a smaller celebration and will attempt to make tamales for Christmas Eve dinner. Trying at least ten new recipes.

Christmas Eve Menu:

• Mexican Shrimp Cocktail (Rick Bayless)
• Avocado Salad (Ina Garten)
• Green Chile Chicken Tamales
• Red Chile Pork Tamales
• Cheese Tamales
• Red Chile Sauce
• Salsa Verde
• Fresh Tomato Salsa
• Avocado Salsa

(The rice and refried beans are the same recipes I made a few weeks ago)

• Mexican Chocolate Cake (Epicurious)
• Dulce de Leche Banana Cream Pie

Will start gathering some ingredients this weekend and will make tamales either this weekend or next.

Update: decided to make sweet tamales since I have the ingredients and some extra masa harina.

• Chocolate tamales
• Pineapple and raisin tamales 5 months ago

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I normally don’t try new recipes for Thanksgiving, since many of the recipes are favorites that I just make just once a year. This year I have decided to make a cookie tray and cheesecake truffles instead of baking a few cakes and tarts.

• Pecan Pie Cookies
• Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
• Carrot Cake Cookies
• Caramel Stuffed Apple Cider Cookies
• Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies

• Cheesecake Truffles
• Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Truffles

Also tried a couple new appetizer recipes:

• Spinach and artichoke tarts
• Cheese Palmiers

And a couple new Jell-O recipes:

• Jello Pineapple and Raspberry Salad
• Broken Glass Jello

I used some of the leftover turkey for another family dinner and tried several new recipes:

• Green Chile Turkey Enchiladas (Cook’s Country)
• Semi-homemade Refried Beans (Rick Bayless)
• Mexican White Rice (Rick Bayless)
• Chocolate Flan Cake (Cook’s Country)

Tried 15 new recipes during Thanksgiving weekend, which was about a third of the total recipes I made. 6 months ago

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1. Baked Manicotti with Meat Sauce
2. Mushroom Ravioli 11 months ago

I made this … very easy… but I didn’t have white wine, so I substituted a small amount of rice wine vinegar. Be careful not to overcook. 13 months ago

Brendan and his paleo…try a cookbook or website 17 months ago