With our Indian dinner the other night, I made naan to go with the chicken tandoori and the curried cauliflower. It’s my favorite part of dinners at Indian restaurants, and I didn’t know until I started making it and told a few friends that apparently, it’s difficult to find a good naan recipe. I took a little from here, a little from there to make it. I guess a combination of knowing my ingredients, remembering vividly what naan at the restaurant tastes like, and a good amount of luck was at play, because my naan was fantastic. And not so
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I’m on a weight loss diet, and my daughter can’t eat most raw fruits, and she really misses banana. I’m not sure I have nearly enough willpower to pass up banana bread or muffins once I smell them baking, so I mixed a few different recipes, made some adaptations, and came up with this recipe. Low-Calorie, Low-Fat Banana Muffins Recipe
Low-Fat, Low-Cal Banana Muffins 3/4 cup whole wheat flour [Continue reading Low-Calorie, Low-Fat Banana Muffins Recipe]  March 2nd, 2010 |  Tags: baking, bread, light, low-calorie, low-fat, muffins |  Category: Cooking |  One comment I’ve totally gone off menu plan, but soup sounded so lovely. I had a rotten day yesterday, with a doctor’s visit that didn’t go well (no answers) and a bit of a panic attack (Ford Expeditions were NOT made for parking garages), and comfort food just sounded like the way to go. I decided to make Quick Beef Vegetable Soup and some cornbread. It went a long way towards cheering me up! Beef Vegetable Soup
Beef Vegetable Soup and Cornbread 1 tablespoon oil We love French dips and meatball sandwiches and sub sandwiches around here, but the price of hoagie rolls is ridiculous. $3 for a pack of 6 smaller rolls – and there are 4 of us, so I’d have to buy two packs and have 4 left for lunch the next day. It really made a frugal meal like meatball subs into an expensive treat. I love baking bread, so I don’t know why it took me so long to figure out that I could make my own sandwich rolls, but for some reason, it did. A couple months ago, I decided I was perusing the other menu plans today, and I happened upon Lynn’s Kitchen Adventures, a site I go to quite often. In her menu plan for today, she’d linked to her 40-minute Hamburger Buns/Rolls. I read the recipe and had to try it out. I’m making a new-to-me recipe tonight, cheeseburger soup, and had planned on making some dinner rolls to go along side. I’ll be honest. I didn’t think that these rolls would turn out. I made them early in the day so that if they failed, I had time to make my tried-and-true recipe. I mean, look at
Sun-dried tomato and roasted garlic focaccia I was supposed to go to a potluck on Sunday afternoon, so I made this sun-dried tomato and roasted garlic focaccia. I was covered in hives, though, from an encounter with a friend’s cats*, so I ended up staying home. I ate almost the entire pan of focaccia myself. It’s tasty, and it’s super easy to make. Sun-dried Tomato and Roasted Garlic Focaccia Recipe1 1/2 cups warm water [Continue reading Sun-dried tomato and roasted garlic focaccia recipe] After my post the other day about bread baking, I got a few emails asking for the recipe for the bread I photographed. So here it is! Soft honey wheat bread
2 cups whole wheat flour Put all ingredients in your stand mixer bowl and knead for 5-8 minutes. This will be a drier dough, but not crumbly at all. Oil the bowl and cover and let rise for
Honey Wheat Bread I have been baking my own bread for awhile, and I’ll be sharing recipes later, but I thought I’d share the reasons. Homemade bread tastes and smells wonderful. There is nothing like the smell of bread baking in the oven – it just says “home“. And the taste of homemade bread is nothing like storebought bread – even fresh-from-the-supermarket’s-oven bakery bread. (And if you want the smell later in the week, just toast a piece! Mmm…) I didn’t garden this year, and I am so missing it. Yesterday, I bought some zucchini at a natural foods store not too far from my house so I could enjoy one of the quintessential flavors of summer – zucchini bread. I followed a new recipe, and changed it up to add some extra nutrition. I also found out the pan size this recipe specified, 8×4½”, was way too small. I will be spending tomorrow cleaning my oven. Here’s a tip I usually follow, but didn’t today: If there’s any chance that your batter may overflow the pan, always put a [Continue reading Zucchini Bread Recipe]  August 16th, 2009 | Tags: baking, bread, breakfast, quick bread, recipe, zucchini | Category: Cooking | Leave a comment |
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