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  • in reply to: FDA bans Red #3 food coloring #45238
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      Yes, it is already banned in Europe.

      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of January 12, 2025? #45235
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        Those are lovely loaves, Chocomouse!

        in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of January 12, 2025? #45225
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          I baked Whole Wheat Apple Muffins in the afternoon on Tuesday. I adapted this recipe from King Arthur's defunct magazine, Sift (Fall 2019), p. 24. It uses all whole wheat flour. I replaced 8 Tbs. butter with ¼ cup of canola oil, cut the salt in half, added ¼ cup Bob's Red Mill milk powder, and added 2 Tbs. flax meal. I used double the chopped apple, omitted ½ cup raisins, and reduced the walnuts from ¾ to ½ cup. I sprinkled the top with Penzey's Cinnamon Sugar, which has a bit of vanilla in it. As I was using some of my leftover homemade sweetened applesauce, I cut the sugar in half. I added 1 Tbs. of King Arthur's boiled cider rather than 2. I did not have any in the refrigerator, but I had an unopened bottle in the pantry, so I pulled it out to use. While it has a best by date of 2022, I used it anyway. We had a lot of snow this morning, although we were still able to make our local grocery run. My husband has been shoveling snow, so he was happy to have a freshly baked muffin with his afternoon tea, and Annie, our dog, was happy to get some pieces from it.

          I am working on using my Winesap apples. For some reason, the ones we got this year are not lasting as well as previous year's crops. Late last week, when I baked the Swedish Apple Pie, I found four rotted ones in the bag. I now have them on a large half sheet pan and will make baking with them a priority.

          in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of January 12, 2025? #45224
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            Thanks, Len. I always cook the rice separately in my rice cooker, then add it and the sauteed vegetables and ham to the black-eyed peas. That way, the rice and beans have their distinct cooking times.

            We plan to have more of it for dinner on Tuesday, but we have turkey in our future later this week.

            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of January 12, 2025? #45221
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              We had to go to Indianapolis this morning and returned home midafternoon. However, I prepared by putting black-eyed peas to soak before we left. That made it easy to make Black-Eyed Peas with Ham and Brown Rice for dinner tonight. I also added sauteed chopped celery, yellow bell pepper, and kale, as well as thyme, rehydrated dried onion, and freshly ground black pepper.

              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of January 12, 2025? #45218
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                On Sunday, I made a small pot of chicken broth with some bones from the freezer. For dinner, my husband had the rest of the chicken with noodles and mushrooms. For me, I roasted my last acorn squash, then stuffed it with a filling of bulgur cooked in chicken broth, onion, garlic, and kale sauteed in olive oil, dried sage, toasted sliced almonds, and mozzarella, which I sprinkled on top. I ate one of the halves for dinner. I will warm up the other later in the week for lunch. My husband is not fond of acorn squash, but I like to have it occasionally. It works out well on such occasions as this one.

                in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of January 12, 2025? #45213
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                  On a cold morning, with more light snow, I made Cornmeal-Pumpernickel Waffles for a later breakfast. Of course we had them with maple syrup. I cut the salt by another ¼ tsp. I noted a slight difference, but my husband did not. I froze the six remaining waffles for future quick breakfasts.

                  in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of January 5, 2025? #45205
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                    On Saturday, I baked another batch of Wholegrain Flatbread to go with the hummus I still have in the refrigerator.

                    I also baked a new recipe, "Swedish Apple Pie," which came from Taste of Home. Although it calls for baking in a pie pan, it does not have a crust and is more of a cake with less cake and lots of apple pieces and chopped nuts. I baked mine in a 9-inch round Chantel dish (one of those items I bought from King Arthur a long time ago when they had more interesting items). I used pecans from the stash that I bought in Georgia on our way back from Florida.

                    Here is a link to the recipe:

                    We had enough snow last night, about 2 1/2 inches, that we did not go to a planned meeting this morning or the farmers market. That is not a lot of snow, but I did not want to have to clean the car off when we came home. It was also a perfect baking day.

                    in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of January 5, 2025? #45204
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                      For Saturday night dinner, I made Salmon and Couscous with Penzey's Greek Seasoning. It has been a while since I made this recipe, so I had to look at it to make sure I remembered it correctly. I did. We also had microwaved fresh broccoli.

                      BTW, Len, that dinner looks succulent. I've never made twice baked potatoes, but the wife of one of my husband's cousins makes them with a sour cream filling for the cousins' reunion when we do an early Thanksgiving in October.

                      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of January 5, 2025? #45203
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                        I baked Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers on Friday evening from dough that I made last week.

                        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of January 5, 2025? #45202
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                          I made yogurt on Friday. We have had steady snow, but not large accumulations.

                          We get eagles fishing at the lake or hunting ducks or coot. I've seen the sea gulls chase the eagles away because the coot stir up food for the gulls.

                          Our lake used to freeze for months in the past. The area was known for its ice houses in the days before refrigeration, which is one reason the railroad ran along the lake in those days.

                          in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of January 5, 2025? #45193
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                            Thursday was a cold day, and the lake froze, although the ice is thin. We are supposed to get snow tomorrow, so we did our big grocery run to the town that lies northeast of us today. That also meant dropping off our recycling at the depot there. For dinner, I made comfort food of noodles, sauteed mushrooms, frozen peas, leftover chicken breast, and the rest of the turkey gravy. I added some dried parsley. We have enough for another meal.

                            in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of January 5, 2025? #45187
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                              Always judge bread by taste, and those loaves look good to me, too, Mike.

                              Yes, Joan, it is quite cold here. Our lake had a lot of ice this morning. The low was around 15 F and the high was in the mid-20s. If the cold weather continues, and there is not much wind, the lake may freeze completely tonight.

                              I said a prayer for your friend's daughter. She has a hard road ahead. One of my sisters had a mastectomy this summer and is now undergoing radiation treatment. There have been great advances in treatment.

                              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of January 5, 2025? #45186
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                                We had breakfast for dinner, also, Joan. My husband had a TEE today (ultrasound that is done through the esophagus), so he had to fast until the procedure. He was told to eat only soft foods this evening, so I made scrambled eggs with a little mozzarella for him and thawed a container of applesauce. He also had a banana and low-fat frozen vanilla yogurt. I had an omelet with mushrooms, onions, and mozzarella on a slice of wholegrain sourdough bread.

                                in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of January 5, 2025? #45174
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                                  Grab that plane ticket, Joan! Len's pie is waiting!

                                  Yesterday's bread came out very well, with great flavor and good crumb. On Tuesday, after canning apple butter, I baked a double recipe of soft oatmeal cookies. I also baked oil-based scones with half King Arthur AP and half King Arthur Irish-Style flour. I used 1 cup of dried fruit, which I rehydrated in the microwave with 1 Tbs. water and a half cup of walnuts and 1 tsp cinnamon. I sprinkled Penzey's cinnamon sugar on top. I'll freeze four of the eight scones for quick breakfasts.

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