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Empanadas
During the virtual Baking Class today, I cooked some delicious savory empanadas! Even Rose was ecstatic. We were given the option to make one or both flavors. The vegetable empanadas agreed with me. Cooking was tiring. I had to take frequent breaks to sit at the counter on the high stool. If you have familiarity…
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My First Cooking Contest Featured Nailed It!
For most folks, Netflix’s Nailed It! is an easy binge-watch entertainment. For me, it was the inspiration behind the first corporate cooking contest during COVID. After baking three different breads yesterday, today I assembled my first animal totem pole made entirely of edible food. The orange pumpernickel loaf transformed into a brown Swiss cow, the…
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Molly’s Marvelous Pumpkin Bread & Muffins
Halloween festivities continue today with pumpkin cooking. Last year’s frozen pumpkin was the lucky duck. One large yogurt container was enough for soup and bread. It is fun to have an event worthy of firing up the oven again. Molly’s Pumpkin Bread Ingredients: 1 cup butter 4 eggs 1.5 cup sugar 2 cups pumpkin 3…
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Do I Taste Dinner?
My first portabella mushroom harvest is splendid. Religiously moistening the soil daily and patiently waiting for 21 days has rewarded us with my first home-grown portabella. With a full rotation of the base, the stem came out nearly intact. Being a fan of the portabella sandwiches, we cut the top in 4 pieces in order…
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Pesto Pizazz and Cutesy Cabbage
Today, in honor of the celebration of securing housing in SF and the first harvest, we gathered for a delightful dinner of Basil Pesto Pasta extraordinaire and fresh salad. A flavor of experimentation was certainly in the air. The options were numerous with two types of egg noodle pasta and 2 types of pesto to…
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Culinary Exploits and Experimentation
More experimentation with the Amish Friendship Bread Recipe proved good.
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A Delicious Recipe for the Amish Friendship Bread
Amish Friendship Bread DO NOT REFRIGERATE *If air gets in, let it out. *It’s normal for batter to rise, bubble and ferment. Day 1 – This is the day you get the batter. Do nothing. Day 2-5 – Mush the bag. Day 6 – Add to the bag 1 cup each: milk, flour, sugar. Mush…
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Pumpkin Pie for Pi
While the festivities of Halloween at OSIsoft were held yesterday with the 18th Halloween Pumpkin Decorating Contest, the enjoyment of the pumpkin pies I baked Wednesday night waited until today. For after a long couple weeks of travel, our fearless leader returned to the den, to be met with a back-load of work. So today…