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  • in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 31, 2025? #47240
    cwcdesign
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      Calabrian peppers are known to be hot - they're actually an Italian chili pepper. I tend to steer away from them

      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 31, 2025? #47233
      cwcdesign
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        I've been busy cooking the last two days - must be the "cooler" weather - amazing when the 70's feel cool.

        Yesterday I made a big batch of roasted vegetables on 2 sheet pans - zucchini, eggplant, portobello mushrooms, onion and assorted peppers. It took a long time as I had too many vegetables that were watery. It tasted better today than last night. Last night I had them with some pasta and cheese. This morning I made a crustless quiche to cut up and freeze in portions - I had one for lunch - it's good but I like my other recipe better. I also made a big batch of baked oatmeal for this week and some for the freezer. I was trying to decide if I wanted to get another rotisserie chicken, but I went with a small meatloaf instead - I do not remember the last time I made meatloaf, but it was a nice change.

        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 24, 2025? #47198
        cwcdesign
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          I had an open faced turkey sandwich on an English muffin with a little mayo, arugula and Monterey Jack cheese melted under the broiler. I wasn't feeling well last Sunday, so I bought some Thomas' muffins on sale - I tried the sourdough and they tasted more like Thomas' used to taste, not ushy like the regular ones do now - I was pleasantly surprised. I still want to make more myself when I can ever find some time

          in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 24, 2025? #47182
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            I made regular chicken salad with the other half of the rotisserie chicken I used for the pasta salad. The carcass went into the freezer for stock.

            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 24, 2025? #47156
            cwcdesign
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              I made a chicken Caesar pasta salad - yum

              in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 24, 2025? #47145
              cwcdesign
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                I am annoyed with myself - I overproofed the bread. I checked at an hour and thought it looked good, but then thought maybe I should give it another Β½ hour (recipe said 2 hours). I need to learn to trust myself more

                in reply to: Vita Cost Question BakerAunt #47144
                cwcdesign
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                  Thank you Aaron and Mike.

                  Mike, I have a particular brand I've been using for a few years that I originally got at the local health food store. There are not many places that carry it, especially in the larger size and Vita Cost does. I've had to increase my dosage as my hip has just gone over the edge to osteoporosis. This brand at a lower dosage took care of my spine, on the last scan and my most recent. So we're trying this before medications.

                  in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 24, 2025? #47138
                  cwcdesign
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                    I've got dough sitting on the counter for KAF's No knead Harvest Fruit Bread. I will bake it in the morning

                    in reply to: Tips worth discussing #47115
                    cwcdesign
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                      I'm not sure I would put those packs of desiccant in my food. They have warnings all over them.

                      I haven't figured out a way to keep my garlic and onion powders from hardening up. Back in Massachusetts we lived by the water and always filled our salt containers with rice because the moisture from the salt water was really high, especially in the summer. Since I've been using kosher salt, I haven't had that issue and I still live near marshes and the ocean. The humidity is much worse, but it's different - I can't explain why.

                      in reply to: Weather News #47097
                      cwcdesign
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                        I agree Joan - the heat and humidity is awful. We get some rain in the mornings right now, not the torrential tidal rains we had two weeks ago.

                        It looks like Erin is going to be far enough offshore from us that we'll probably get some winds and riptides. Not like the Outer Banks which are evacuating. I hope it's not too bad for them.

                        in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 17, 2025? #47067
                        cwcdesign
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                          I baked a batch of the KAF fudge brownies for dessert today. I sent most of them home with my friends and froze the rest.

                          They were a little bit dense due to the fact that I tried to be clever and use the whisk from my Cuisinart hand blender - I thought it might save time over the stand mixer. Big mistake - cocoa powder started flying, so I had to move the batter from the bowl to the stand mixer which was messy. I think I over mixed the first par - the rest was easy. I also used minimally processed cane sugar, which didn't completely melt, but I think if I heated it more and then let it cool down it would work better. They are still delicious.

                          in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 17, 2025? #47066
                          cwcdesign
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                            This morning I roasted zucchini and then two boneless chicken breasts to eat this week.

                            Two friends came over late today to help me get a box out of the attic, so I treated them to take out from a local Mexican restaurant. I can use my leftover rice with my chicken and zucchini.

                            in reply to: 2025 Gardens #47048
                            cwcdesign
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                              I like that they're getting all the basil from an Aero garden 😁

                              in reply to: What are you Cooking the week of August 10, 2025? #47040
                              cwcdesign
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                                Last night I had tuna salad on a bed of arugula, tomato and avocado tossed with some balsamic vinaigrette. Tonight I had a piece of multigrain bread with smashed avocado and melted cheddar which I followed up with some Talenti's chocolate and peanut butter ice cream (it had been a bogo offering at Harris Teeter earlier in the summer)

                                in reply to: The Hot Dog Channel #46989
                                cwcdesign
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                                  When I was growing up in New England, all we knew were the buns sliced from the top - I think that's the style the King Arthur pan was designed for.

                                  I love your ingenuity for creating the channel, Mike.

                                  I haven't had a good hot dog in a long time -the best option Will and I have found here was using our Gilbert's chicken sausages. Fenway Franks from Kay'em were what we liked at home and they always had them at our local General Store. Ball Park franks are not the same.

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