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Happy Birthday, Baker Aunt!!!

I made a Meyer Lemon pound cake by subbing in Meyer lemon juice for the oj in the KAF orange pound cake. We haven't tried it yet, but it is beautiful! Will report when we slice into it

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Will gave me Ina Garten's Foolproof for Christmas and I've been wanting to make something out of it that was healthy enough so I could enjoy it. Last night I made 1770 house meatloaf. It made a LOT of meatloaf. We're going to slice it up and freeze some of it. There was a recipe for a garlic sauce to serve with it which was delicious, but . . . I probably won't make it again and is separated as it cooled. I had to whisk it over heat to emulsify it again and then it separated again. We were amused last night because we were talking about the $20 meals for 2 people from Blue Apron. I splurged on ground veal and neither the pork nor the ground beef were on sale. Even with the added ingredients I didn't have on hand, I spent around $20 for 3 pounds of meatloaf which will easily give us 5 or 6 meals for 2. So even with my splurge, it's a good deal.

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Someone was asking about Cinnamon Roll pancakes a while ago. I know it wasn't in its own thread, so I decided to post here. I get emails from a site called Pure Wow. They featured this article and recipe yesterday

http://www.purewow.com/recipes/Cinnamon-Roll-Pancakes?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Recipe&utm_campaign=20581&utm_content=Recipe_editorial

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Chocomouse, i meant to comment on the cauliflower rice. I made a couple of batches from scratch because it was recommended for a low carb diet. It wasn't bad; I just wouldn't go through the effort again. We've decided that we prefer roasted cauliflower - sometimes tossed with just olive oil, salt & pepper. I still use that as a substitute for rice and it works just fine.

Ha! I just checked in and had to make a correction. My iPad autocorrected to Chico mouse

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Yesterday, I baked another like loaf of KAF's Irish Soda Bread with WWW. I reduced the sugar to 2 tablespoons and could probably go down another ½ tablespoon. I only baked it for 40 minutes instead of their recommendation for a minimium of 45. One of my guests took home half of the loaf that was left. It was only fair as she left me with the remainder of her Mini Whoopie Pies made with Guinness and Bailey's in the filling. There was also chocolate ganache in the middle. She has promised me the recipe as well.

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On Friday, I made the base for Guinness Stew that I was serving On Saturday. This recipe, you blanch the carrots and roast the potatoes and add them just before serving. I made those on Saturday, added them to the pot and then warmed the stew. It came out really well and had a thicker "gravy." I also roasted some nuts with rosemary, cayenne and brown sugar - nice flavor.

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The weekly flyer from Harris Teeter is advertising frozen deep dish pizza from Uno's so if you really wanted to try Uno's again, you wouldn't have to pay for shipping. I know it's not the same place it was - at one point it was owned by a company in Massachusetts after Ike died. (Ike Sewall, the founder, was my husband's godfather). And, no my father-in-law did not invest because he thought Ike's idea was crazy!

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Yesterday I made crockpot Buffalo Shredded Chicken which has become an easy favorite. Today I made a batch of Cincinnati Chili which is another favorite. Anything to have leftovers for a couple of days 🙂

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Len's doughnuts certainly do look delicious! On Saturday, I made an Irish Chocolate Cake which was requested by a co-worker. She called out on Sunday morning, so I gave it to another co-worker to share at work and take home to her husband.

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I guess we weren't the only ones to wait until after the New Year to call. Let's see if I actually have mine by next week. If I don't, you'll be sure I'll call. . .

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Hi Zen,

Nice to "see" you here. I hope all goes well with the changes and moves in your future!

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On Monday, I made Carrot Ginger Soup from Pia & Simon Pearce's "A Way of Living." It was really, really good! We both wished we had more than one recipe - I just wanted to make it once and the book says you can make the carrot ginger puree and freeze it for future soup. That may in my future plans. I also made Sheet Pan Fajitas, David Lebovitz's Lentil du Puy salad, and last night I made a low-carb taco skillet that was really good - it had one pound of hamburg and lots and lots of vegetables with a little cheese. It was very light and I served it over basmati rice which is acceptable on South Beach. Not sure what I'm going to do the next few days . . .

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On Monday, I made KAF Irish Soda Bread, the one with currants, to go with Simon Pearce's Carrot Ginger Soup. This was a nice moist loaf. Unfortunately, my Irish Wholemeal had gone by, so I used WWW - the only whole wheat flour I had on hand. The only change I will make is to reduce the sugar a little - it was a tad too sweet for me. And I will be making it to go with my Guinness Stew next weekend. Again, I won't need to have wholemeal flour in order to make it, like I do for my other recipe.

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Aaron, I don't see why clarified butter would not work. You're mixing the flour with melted butter so that it makes a paste like pan grease. Clarified butter just removes the milk solids and for that reason, it might even work better. I might have to try it sometime

I worry about using Bakers Joy for the same reason I worry about plain baking spray - what all that stuff does to finishes like non-stick and the USA pans. On my new non-stick skillet they specifically say not use spray oil on it.

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I forgot to mention last week that my brother had given our name to Blue Apron for a free box of 3 meals. They did not make it clear that you could decide when you wanted your box to come or that you could skip a week. So our box for 2 people arrived on December 23rd. We were not able to get to it for almost a week. We've made 2 of the 3 meals and are not sure the third one is still fresh. If it is I will make it today. The recipes were OK, but we were not impressed. The cost is approximately $60 per week for 3 meals for 2 people. Just to note, these are designed as healthy, portioned controlled servings, however . . .

The first one we tried was Chicken with sage gravy, carrots and mashed potatoes. All the ingredients for the recipe were included except oil - the recipe said there were 2 chicken breasts. What we found were one chicken breast sliced horizontally into two cutlets (I have no problem with cutlets; just tell me it's 2 cutlets not 2 chicken breasts), 2 carrots and one potato. I was supposed to make carrots and mashed potatoes for 2 with that. I added 4 carrots and the leftover mashed potatoes from our other dinner to make sure there was enough food for my 23yo. The chicken was a little tough.

This week we tried cabbage enchiladas. I roasted the cabbage with onions and it was delicious, nice and sweet, until I added the other ingredients which made the filling heavy. It was supposed to feed 3 people (6 enchiladas), but only had 3 ounces of cheese. I added more, because, well, its cheese and not so much as I might have because, well, I'm still trying to watch what I eat. They were very filling, but not satisfying. We couldn't eat more, but didn't feel like we'd eaten, if that makes any sense.

I'm sure this works for some people, but I'm going to stick to my healthy sheet pan and crockpot dinners that cost less and feed us for a couple of days.

Oh, and I also made a chicken salad with celery, walnuts and dried cranberries with half mayo/half yogurt for the dressing. Yummy. And, will made his special hamburgers with caramelized onions, bacon, cheese and his special sauce which are always great. I had mine with no bun, reduced fat cheese and one slice of center cut bacon.

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