Post-Thanksgiving Recipes
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Food on Monday, November 28, 2011
It’s the Monday after Thanksgiving. Do you know where your turkey carcass is?
I’m sure most of our lovely readers, superb homemakers that you are, have already dealt with yours. But in case you’re a procrastinator like me, may I remind you that making stock is both easy and cost-effective? And will make for some lovely soup at some later date? Read about making stock here.
(Or, if you’re too busy... READ MORE
It's a Muffin Kind of Morning
Posted by Danielle Bean in Food on Monday, May 23, 2011
I love muffins! So easy! So homemade! So flexible! So very yummy!
Here’s what I’m hoping to convince a kid or two to help me bake up this morning:
Oatmeal Muffins
1 cup milk
1 cup quick cooking oats
1 egg
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
(We might even put some blueberries in there)
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease muffin... READ MORE
Bake Your Way to Popularity
Posted by Danielle Bean in Food on Tuesday, April 28, 2009
A couple of days ago, Juliette made a batch of banana bread.
As often happens with fresh baked goods aound here, the bread disappeared. Quickly. So quickly, in fact, that 7-year-old Stephen didn’t have any.
When he voiced his dismay, my heart went out to him. We baked goods lovers know the pain of this kind of disappointment.
“Tomorrow,” I promised him, “You and I will bake something yummy together.”... READ MORE
Pumpkin Muffins
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Food on Friday, November 07, 2008
My sister and I like to cook together, and for a couple years now we’ve been looking every autumn for a good recipe for pumpkin muffins. We hadn’t had any luck. Recipes would look promising but the muffins would turn out dense or dry or both.
Enter my copy of the November issue of Gourmet. It has a recipe for pumpkin muffins described, among other things, as “fluffy.” This was an immediate draw... READ MORE
Sweet Success!
Posted by Danielle Bean in Food on Monday, August 04, 2008
We did get around to baking this afternoon, as I had planned. Though I still have wet bed linens sitting in the washer and only a vague plan for dinner, Juliette’s smile tells me it was time well spent.
Pictured here are these muffins, but we used blackberries instead of blue. And we doubled the recipe, of course.
Yum!
Blueberry Bounty
Posted by Danielle Bean in Food on Thursday, July 31, 2008
Do you have blueberries? Do you have LOTS of blueberries? I haven’t yet brought my gang to pick them, but we are planning a trip next week. It usually takes us only a few minutes to pick enough to fill the freezer for many months.
Blueberries freeze easily and there’s really nothing better than a taste of summer from your freezer when the weather gets cold. To freeze, place fresh blueberries in a... READ MORE
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