Live Qualitarian: Eat Well
What can be done with nut meal and other flours beside the standard white one in the realm of cakes that we do like to be light? And in this season, summery. What a better opportunity to explore and make a new cake than for a friend’s birthday. This cake
We bought a melon, and then a melon baller. And were asked to make an amuse bouche – a little starter for a garden party next door. So the melon was balled, dipped in home-made tajin and … then what? Do we rolled the whole ball in the lime zest,
Springtime breakfast after the cold of winter calls for granola instead of hot oatmeal. We’ve been making it for decades, and over those years, I’ve decided I like the oats more toasted than earlier methods where we used no oil. Heat oven to 325oF. I think a hotter oven imparts
Home made bread, getting older, sliced thin and laid on the bottom of this (restaurant supply) pan. Covered this with 1/3 cup of ricotta cheese, then layered on: sautéd onion, cooked and squeezed-dry spinach and a poblano pepper. Then added another layer of 1/3 cup of ricotta and grated Swiss
Simple, easy to make almond cake poured into six small Nordic-ware cake pans, just the right size for individual cakes. Glaze is light and just enough.
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A chocolate chip cookie with a bite — about 40 grams of chili – thanks to good, dried red chili powder. A low-sugar cookie with semi-sweet dark chocolate chips and a bit of crushed dried raspberries. Procedure
Chill a coupe glass. (Make the syrup). Add all ingredients except the sparkling rose into a shaker without ice. Shake until it’s nice and frothy. Add ice and shake again Strain into your chilled couple Add sparkling rose, to fill the coupe glass Garnish with an orange twist and rub
For the last day of my women’s group classes, I brought these delicious bars – a dessert than can be eaten with a ski glove on – and along with a Mexican coffee on the deck at Totemoff’s. The ingredients : Mix crumbs and butter, and press into a 9×13
Pita Bread : made from scratch for lamb burgers with a tahini sauce and a fresh salad. The pita dough is a yeast variety, so it should be mixed a few hours before serving. The dough is not difficult but best done on a day you’re at home. …
Soft-boiled, meaning firm white and runny egg yolk, should be achievable with our induction stovetop. The yolk inside should not reach a 149F, while the white has reached and maintained that for that temp for enough to set it. Sous-vide says 45 minutes to an hour, which is a long time to wait. What else can we do? …