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  • in reply to: Toasted Sugar #33436
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      Claire Saffitz has an amazing brown butter cream cheese frosting that she uses on her carrot cake.

      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of March 13, 2022? #33435
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        I did bake Chocolate Eclipse yesterday. We have plenty of leftovers. It was one of the best I’ve made in a long time.

        in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of March 13, 2022? #33419
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          What is driving me nuts is all these people who say they are getting an extra hour of daylight. NO they are not - the amount of sunlight is exactly the same. It is just that it is more at the end of the day than the beginning because of an artificial clock.

          Also, these same people would be mighty upset when the sun rises at 8:30 in the middle of January because we stayed on DST.

          When I worked for the magazine, our sales manager from the West Coast did morning change his watch when he came East for meetings. He found it easier to adjust if he got up 3 hours early for meetings - it is all just perception.

          in reply to: Any plans for Pi Day (3/14) on Monday? #33405
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            I'm making an Eclipse Cake for dessert tonight. Will is making pizza and we're having friends for dinner. So I won't be baking pie today or tomorrow.

            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 27, 2022? #33306
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              Happy Birthday Joan! I hope you got to do something fun.

              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 27, 2022? #33282
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                I made a recipe for a French lentil salad from Barefoot Contessa. She used kielbasa which she just sliced without warming up to the warm lentils. I used Portuguese chorizo the I sliced and warmed in a pan. We really enjoyed it. Her accompaniment was toasted baguette with herb goat cheese. Ours was toasted sourdough with Brie (it was on sale)

                in reply to: Leinsamenbrot Recipe by Daniel Leader #33274
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                  BakerAunt, I keep a bookmark to the King Arthur Ingredient Weight Chart. It lists a lot of ingredients that I'm often curious about regarding weight and cups, etc. It lists the cups (sometimes ¼ or ½ cups but all you have to do is double) ounces and grams. I find it helps me with my visuals.

                  For example it lists ½ a cup of olive oil so if I need say 1/3, I'll double the grams then divide by 3. It works for me.

                  in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 20, 2022? #33250
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                    Italiancook, if you’re looking for something different to do with the cherry tomatoes, they’re great either sautéed or roasted, sometimes called burst tomatoes.

                    Burgers, oven fried sweet potatoes and salad both last night and tonight.

                    in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 20, 2022? #33215
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                      I’m making tomato soup from the Barefoot Contessa to go with grilled cheese on freshly baked sourdough

                      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 13, 2022? #33199
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                        Asparagus was on sale so I got some to make a penne pasta with Alfredo sauce and Tuscan chicken sausage. I added a little Brie to the sauce. We both enjoyed it and have dinner for tomorrow

                        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 13, 2022? #33158
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                          last night we had leftover homemade pizza. Tonight I made a chef's salad with homemade thousand island dressing. the salads greens are a mix of leftover spinach, Bibb and cilantro that I'm adding a small head of romaine to. Mix ins are turkey, ham and Swiss from the deli, cucumbers, carrots, tomato and hearts of palm (those were on sale).

                          in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 6, 2022? #33132
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                            Yesterday, I made a slow cooker carrot & chickpea tagging. It was a little bland, but Will doctored up the leftovers so we will eat some and freeze some. Last night we had it with couscous and sautéed baby boy choi. Not sure what I'll have for my greens with it tonight.

                            Tomorrow Will will make pizza (he has a friend visiting for a couple of days) with his sourdough crust and homemade pizza sauce made with tomatoes frozen from the garden last summer. He likes to make several smaller ones with different toppings - a cheese, BBQ chicken and vegetarian.

                            Happy Birthday to your husband, Joan!

                            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 6, 2022? #33101
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                              The ramen was really good, BA. I like to use the brown rice and millet ramen noodles from Lotus. You can order a big bag from Amazon. It’s a better deal than Thrive Market. I always try to find other resources before I order from Amazon, but sometimes . . .

                              Will made roasted potatoes and broccoli with homemade quest sauce, only this time it was cheddar with a little bit of havarti and no peppers. It was really good and we have leftovers.

                              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 6, 2022? #33096
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                                I made garlic butter ramen with fried eggs. The recipe has chopped spinach in it. It was good comfort food for a chilly night. Low 40s is cold here 🙂

                                in reply to: 2022 Garden Plans #33053
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                                  The lettuce, arugula, kale and box choi have all sprouted. We are still waiting for the carrots and the nasturtiums.

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