Virtual Cookie Swap
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Friday, January 27, 2012
Welcome to my cookie swap! Thanks for coming! Do you have a favorite (easy!) cookie recipe to share? Leave it here for others to enjoy!
Here’s my offering, our favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe featuring Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chunks. Very, very good.
The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie
10 ounce(s) 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips
2 1/4 cup(s) unsifted flour
1 teaspoon(s) baking... READ MORE
Iced Coffee
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Tuesday, July 05, 2011
In search of the perfect iced coffee recipe recently, I came across this delicious concoction—courtesy of the Pioneer Woman.
Do you have a no-fail method for making iced coffee? Please share it with us! This time of year has me wanting all my liquids with ice, ice and a bit more ice!
Perfect Iced Coffee, from The Pioneer Woman
Ingredients
1 pound Ground Coffee (good, Rich Roast)
8 quarts Cold Water... READ MORE
Caramelized Onions
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Yesterday I was craving home-grilled hamburgers with homegrown tomatoes and caramelized onions. The problem was I have never really mastered the task of actually caramelizing anything. Usually when I try working with onions, they wind up sauteed. Not quite the same thing.
I leafed through one of my Barefoot Contessa cookbooks and she had a recipe for fancy grilled burgers with caramelized onions.... READ MORE
Cool Quenching
Posted by DariaSockey in Food on Monday, June 06, 2011
Ah-h-h-h-h! Thanks, Trista and Jaqueline!
My entire family — several of whom were positively allergic to the idea of drinking mere water — are now enthusiastically emptying this pitcher whenever I add cucumber, lemon, and orange slices to ordinary tap water.
This is one of many great ideas for cool summer drinks suggested by Faith & Family readers who contributed to our first first Culinary Wednesday thread.
I like to think that keeping this drink in a pretty glass pitcher also helped make it attractive to the family. It wouldn’t have looked nearly as attractive packaged in translucent white plastic, don’t you think?
I’m looking forward to trying all the others as well, especially JJ’s Spring Fling, now that my husband has returned from a business trip. There’s still time to post on the original thread if you didn’t have a chance to on Wednesday, or else post on this one if you have a special summer drink idea.
Share Some Summer Sipping
Posted by DariaSockey in Food on Wednesday, June 01, 2011
After a recent post where I shared a favorite casserole recipe, comments included variations on my recipe (grill, crockpot), an entirely different favorite meal, and natrually, a question about whether this was meant to be a recipe sharing thread.
I asked Danielle whether we should try a new regular blog feature in which readers could share their favorites, and she thought this was a brilliant idea.... READ MORE
Amazing Disappearing Casserole
Posted by DariaSockey in Food on Monday, May 30, 2011
I am not a gourmet cook. When it comes to cooking, I mainly excel at coming up with meals that are:
1. cheap and/or 2. thrown together from whatever ingredients I happen to have on hand, in order to avoid extra trips to the store.
Few of my recipes would rate publication in a magazine. But here’s one that large families, or any family on a budget, ought to know about.
My kids love this. No matter... 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
Lenten Lunching
Posted by Celeste Behe in Food on Tuesday, March 29, 2011
What’s a three-letter term that’s synonymous with “meatless midday meal”?
If your answer is “PBJ,” we’ve got good news for you: There are plenty of other lunch options for Lenten days of abstinence.
But you already knew that. You’ve seen the enticing pictures of vegetarian meals in magazines. You’ve scanned the ingredient lists and read the recipes. You’ve tasted these meals in your mind, and they’ve... READ MORE
Lemon Chicken Pasta Tastes Like Spring
Posted by Danielle Bean in Food on Wednesday, March 16, 2011
So I follow the rockin’ Joia Farmer on Twitter.
A couple of days ago she shared a tweet about celebrating springtime with lemon chicken pasta for dinner and I asked her for the recipe. When she shared the link where she found it, it looked so simple and good I was inspired to try it.
It was simple! It was good! About 3/4 of the family gave it rave reviews while the other 1/4 pronounced it acceptable.... READ MORE
Perfect Pizza Dough
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Friday, February 18, 2011
It’s been a while since we’ve discussed pizza nights and pizza dough. I just wanted to share the dough I discovered a few months ago, a delicious, easy-to-make concoction that is a hit around our home.
It’s from Weight Watchers and it has turned out perfect each time I’ve made it (which is no less than five). I think the key is using a food processor, and letting the machine do all the work!
Here... READ MORE
