October 2011
3 posts
Cake for breakfast
I love a coffee cake. Cake for breakfast! And a cheese-filled coffee cake is the ultimate. I’m not much on fruit filling, but cream cheese is rich and sweet and not tart.
I have a recipe for King Cake that I make at Christmas, but it’s a bit of a hassle between making the dough, letting it rise, hoping the filling doesn’t ooze out. It can be a real mess. So when I saw the...
Pickle that packs a punch
We love Indian food at my house. When we finished off a jar of spicey lime pickle last week I declared I found a use for the extra chiles in our waning garden. I would make chile pickle!
Finding a recipe took longer than it should have. I scoured the internet, looked in my curry cookbooks, but I found nothing. Then my husband reminded me of a cookbook I hadn’t opened in a while. 1,000...
Paella for the masses
I love paella. Particularly because I’m corny and we honeymooned in Spain and I think it utterly romantic. I try to infuse Spanish flavors into our meals at least once a month. I haven’t hit on the perfect recipe yet, but this one is darn close. Mind you, it serves 8. So if you aren’t having a dinner party, be prepared for leftovers or a freezer package.
I liked this recipe...
