How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
If you're tired of regular frosting, this fruit glaze is super simple and really tasty. This time I did raspberry on a lemon cake. I'm thinking orange on a chocolate cake would be delicious. Probably look gross, but taste great. (By the way, this is a week late, because the day after I told you I'd be posting it they started upgrading my webserver. It just came back to me today. Sorry if you were waiting.) … [Read more...]
This is the second thing I'm making with the yogurt I got from Stonyfield Farms. I can't say how this will compare to what you'll get using other yogurt, because my wife, who eats yogurt plain -- I only use it as an ingredient in recipes -- assures me it's way better than any other yogurt she's tried. She says it's got the distinctive yogurty tang, but it tastes more like melted ice cream than like other yogurts. Anyway, this isn't technically a pound cake, though the texture is really … [Read more...]
I mentioned in my last post that I was only using part of the chicken in the first dish. This is the rest of it. I won't pretend it's as good as the grilled chicken ... that was almost a religious experience. But for something that you can just throw in a dish, put it in the oven and walk away, this is pretty amazing. The yogurt marinade does double duty here. It didn't just tenderize the chicken, it provided almost all the liquid for the rice. And since it's a dairy product, the rice came … [Read more...]
I've got to ask my wife to stop bringing me these great dessert recipes. For years I've been telling people, "I'm a cook, my wife is the baker." Then she leans over and whispers in my ear, "Blueberry ... coffee ... cake." Are you kidding me? Of course I had to make it. And of course it was delicious. But if she keeps bringing me this stuff, people are going to start thinking I can bake. And how manly would that be? … [Read more...]
This was my first time making any kind of buttercream frosting, and it was ridiculously easy. And it was Oh My God good. We're thinking of making another batch and just eating it as a dip with fresh fruit. Super simple and super yummy. … [Read more...]
