Wish upon a star

After the bagel disaster of 09 I decided to repeat it. It was all my fault of course for not following the recipe. Decided to knead the flour all light (like is bread) and not stiff like they said. When I put them to boil they deflated and looked like a hot mess. I got it this time though and decided to experiment with some shapes. Got this technique online. Took a while to do and I got ZERO sleep while making these things. No seriously. Got about 2 hours sleep and was up at 1am shining light in the husband eye. Poor soul. So here you have it folks. Potato star bagel experiment. Used my Florida Drivers license to make the pattern ( just in case it melted or something I used license that I would never need again...couldn't use the Credit card now could I).

Just Squash it

Waking up way too early a morning and going to the market, I stumbled upon some squash and remember a recipe. It was for roasted butternut squash bread and I had been dying to try it. Aside from the fact that the thing took 1 hour to roast it was so moist that I could not help myself. The two pits filled up with ...well...squash water and due to the fact that it was seasoned before it was roasted the husband experimented with drinking it. Yes. Roasted squash water. I am ashamed to say it tasted really good. So here is it folks (I have decided that that is my new tag line). Eh hem. So here it is folks. Roasted Butternut Squash bread..at least I think it is butternut squash. I didn't ask tanty in the market for the biological breakdown.

QUICHE

What I like about Quiche is that you can take practically anything in your fridge and drop it in there and it will taste fantastic. I had a little bit of leftover everything so I cooked and steamed accordingly, cut it up and dropped it in. Not only did this look nice but it tasted great. This was a meal all by itself. Here is some Pumpkin, Carrot and Sausage quiche.

Run Run Run as fast as you can...

Ginger Bread? What is my kitchen coming to? Needed to do something a lil different so I opened the fridge to see what I could experiment with. Pumpkin...done that. Carrot....that could work. GINGER...ahhaaaa! So blended a little (and I mean a little) bit of the Ginger root with some carrot and the ususal pumpkin and added it to my whole wheat bread recipe (finally getting to use my dough hook..yea). I was worried because I am not a big fan of ginger and I thought I had overstepped my boundaries with this one. Smelt the mixed dough..no ginger. Smelt the risen dough....no ginger. Put the thing in the oven and opened it after 20 minutes to check it...Ginger smell almost knocked me out. This is one of the most beautiful breads I have ever made. When you taste it the ginger aroma floats up to the roof of your mouth and makes you feel all warm inside. This bread is an experience.

Pumpkin - The easy way out.

Since my last two 20 hour bread fiascoes I have decided to stick to what I know for a while. I used my standard whole wheat bread recipe and added a little pumpkin. OK. Added a lot of pumpkin. I almost amputated my fingers trying to cut, peel and blend that thing and all people could say was, "How do you get it so soft?". Soft! Forget soft. Do you taste the pumpkin? All my breads are soft (with the exception of the 20 hour disaster). Whatever folks. Here is some Whole Wheat Pumpkin Bread.

Come and Lime

Finally got a chance to use my new best friend. The husband is of the impression that since new equipment is being bought that new recipes should come forth. He asked for cake. I don't think I have ever baked a cake before. Anyway, going brave I dove into this lemon cake recipe. Of course I had no lemons (what you think this is) and I used limes (thank you, neighbor tree). I have this thing where I can't eat cake that is not frosted. The husband being out of the house , not wanting to walk to the shop and seeing all the recipes calling for icing sugar...I found an alternative. So here is Lime Cake with Lime Filling. The filling recipe called for Cornflour and I used Cornmeal...still trying to figure out if there is a difference. It was light and fluffy and the filling on top tasted fantastic. Still have to perfect the trick of adding egg to a hot liquid without scrambling it though. I would like to thank the Academy...

Aid in my Kitchen

After weeks of stress and running back and forth and emails and phone fights and sweat and tears I FINALLY got my Kitchen Aid mixer. About 2 months ago I started an ebay stalkfest of this thing and that lasted about 2 weeks. I put an ad on Facebook marketplace and finally got a contact from a lady down here. I have never been so desparate and impatient in all my life. I knew what I wanted and I wanted it now. Yeah. That attitude almost lost me my mixer. Thank God for second chances. So here it is. My new (used) KitchenAid Mixer with grinder attachment. I can't wait to christen this bad boy.