Foodgasms

[SheRemembers]

Staff Potluck last night, with Indian food as the theme.

Every single dish was wonderful, and coincidentally vegetarian: Tofu Tikka Masala, Vegetable Korma, Vegetable Masala, Chana Dal, Curried Cauliflower, Lentil Cilantro Patties, over naan and rice. With raita and chutneys and all sorts of other yumminess.

-sigh-

I want more!

 

[BallinaB]

My Sunday project. These are "chocolate cover strawberry" cupcakes. I piped strawberry jam into the centers of them and then use a chocolate butter cream icing and fondant strawberries.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/emcarey/DSCN1208.jpg

These are just plain butter cream icing with fondant flowers. Nothing too difficult but it's been fun!

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/emcarey/DSCN1211.jpg

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

Staff Potluck last night, with Indian food as the theme.

Every single dish was wonderful, and coincidentally vegetarian: Tofu Tikka Masala, Vegetable Korma, Vegetable Masala, Chana Dal, Curried Cauliflower, Lentil Cilantro Patties, over naan and rice. With raita and chutneys and all sorts of other yumminess.

-sigh-

I want more!

I absolutely paneer masala

 

[SheRemembers]

I absolutely paneer masala

Sounds lovely! I still have a lot of veggie korma (that was my dish), so I think my family and I are going to make more raita and some rice and have it for dinner tonight. Yum yum!

 

[Collette]

You should come with her.

I was planning on kidnapping him for the trip anyway.

Oh my, that looks wonderful. I'm going to try it, maybe parsnips or turnips (though I like the taste of parsnips way better than turnips). I wonder how that would work with apple shavings? And sweet potato and/or carrots with some fresh grated ginger and horseradish? Thanks for the recipe!

I frequently roast parsnip, sweet potatoes, and carrots together. I'm sure it would work out great!

 

[Collette]

My Sunday project. These are "chocolate cover strawberry" cupcakes. I piped strawberry jam into the centers of them and then use a chocolate butter cream icing and fondant strawberries.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/emcarey/DSCN1208.jpg

These are just plain butter cream icing with fondant flowers. Nothing too difficult but it's been fun!

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/emcarey/DSCN1211.jpg

Those sound delicious, hon!

I'm cutting out fondant poppies right now and going to try out my new ball tin this afternoon. You should be here so we can do this stuff together!


(No idea how I'm gonna get fondant smooth around this cake!)

http://www.legendcookshop.co.uk/images/swood/sw50742a.jpg

 

[BallinaB]

Those sound delicious, hon!

I'm cutting out fondant poppies right now and going to try out my new ball tin this afternoon. You should be here so we can do this stuff together!


(No idea how I'm gonna get fondant smooth around this cake!)

http://www.legendcookshop.co.uk/images/swood/sw50742a.jpg

That would be so much fun!

Let me know how that works out. I'm trying to figure out how I want to make the cupcake bouquet for my sister's baby shower. I thought that instead of using a flower pot, I'd do a "dome" like cake and use that covered with fondant. Still working the kinks out of that one though but I do have till October.

 

[Collette]

That would be so much fun!

Let me know how that works out. I'm trying to figure out how I want to make the cupcake bouquet for my sister's baby shower. I thought that instead of using a flower pot, I'd do a "dome" like cake and use that covered with fondant. Still working the kinks out of that one though but I do have till October.

I recently saw a bouquet like that (using half of a large styrofoam ball as a base) and I think there was a little tutorial with it. I can't remember the exact site, but I'll search and link it for you if I find it.

 

[Collette]

Haven't found the one I want yet, but I love this one that was made for a shower.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/socake/2424000287/

 

[BallinaB]

Haven't found the one I want yet, but I love this one that was made for a shower.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/socake/2424000287/

Thank you, that is adorable! Good thing I have some time, I know I'll change my mind a gazillion times.

 

[Collette]

I poppies.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h134/collette_mtb/poppies.jpg

 

[BallinaB]

I poppies.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h134/collette_mtb/poppies.jpg

They are just beautiful, wow.

 

[Collette]

They are just beautiful, wow.

Thank you, hon! Unfortunately the ball cake didn't do as well. The original article I saw said to bake two separate halves, then stick together with buttercream. However, the instructions with the pan said you could put the batter in, close it, and rotate it during the cooking cycle. That didn't work out so great. Looks like I'll be making the halves instead.

 

[thør]

Last evening's dinner was planked silver (coho) salmon on the grill. yummmmmmmm

There's salmon in the smoker right now.....

 

[Collette]

Last evening's dinner was planked silver (coho) salmon on the grill. yummmmmmmm

There's salmon in the smoker right now.....

I'm jealous!

I had tomato soup because I was down in the basement...stupid tornado.

 

[tortoise]

I poppies.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h134/collette_mtb/poppies.jpg

Absolutely gorgeous, sweetheart.

You rock my Ove Gloves off.

 

[BlueSugar]

moving recipe

pork

I don't know in what form your pork is in, but this is my fav glaze as of late:


Couple cloves of garlic minced
some salt/pepper
little paprika
a few scallions - all chopped into rounds - the whole thing from top to bottom
a tea spoon of soy sauce
and 5 tb of orange marmalade.
few drops of water to thin out the marmalade

mix and reserve a teeny bit if you want to brush onto your pork while grilling
marinade pork for as long as you can, I did mine for 24hrs.

Grill.

I served it with white rice made with a little scallion tops, butter, and sesame seeds.


It was one of the necessity recipes- I have one of those, two of these, a couple of those and enough rice to choke a horse lol... so I threw it all together and hoped it worked.

Next time I'm going to add toasted slivered almonds instead of the seeds

 

[tortoise]

Garlic Pinenut Brittle

http://tortle.com/lit7/IMG_9307.jpg

Yeah, I know, it sounds odd, maybe even downright weird. If you’re a garlic lover, though, I can all but guarantee you’ll be hooked. Everyone who tried it loved it, even a few folks who were ambivalent about garlic, including my 78 year old grandmother and a couple of preteen boys.

This is simply Collette's wonderfully easy and delicious cashew brittle recipe, but swapping pinenuts for cashews and adding garlic. If you're at all squeamish about the garlic, you can omit it entirely, but... come on, be brave. If you hate it, I'll pay for shipping to send it to me.

Garlic Pinenut Brittle

•2 cups raw pinenuts
•3 cloves garlic, sliced thin
•1 C sugar
•½ C light corn syrup
•1 tsp. butter
•1 tsp. vanilla
•1 tsp. baking soda

In a 2 qt. microwave-safe bowl (preferably glass, with a handle), stir together nuts, garlic, sugar, and corn syrup. Microwave, uncovered, at high until mixture is light brown (approx. 6 min.). Stir halfway through.

Meanwhile, grease a cookie sheet with butter. If you have any nonstick foil, you can line a cookie sheet with that, instead.

Using oven mitts, remove mixture and add the butter and vanilla. Microwave again for 1 minute. It should become caramel colored (see picture).

Remove from microwave, add baking soda. Stir quickly until light & foamy and soda is mixed in. Pour mixture onto cookie sheet and use the back of a spoon to spread out as quickly as possible. (Brittle will be fairly thick.)

Let stand for 30 min. Break into pieces and serve. Can store in an airtight tin up to 2 weeks.

 

[cheesysusie]

moving recipe

pork

I don't know in what form your pork is in, but this is my fav glaze as of late:


Couple cloves of garlic minced
some salt/pepper
little paprika
a few scallions - all chopped into rounds - the whole thing from top to bottom
a tea spoon of soy sauce
and 5 tb of orange marmalade.
few drops of water to thin out the marmalade

mix and reserve a teeny bit if you want to brush onto your pork while grilling
marinade pork for as long as you can, I did mine for 24hrs.

Grill.

I served it with white rice made with a little scallion tops, butter, and sesame seeds.


It was one of the necessity recipes- I have one of those, two of these, a couple of those and enough rice to choke a horse lol... so I threw it all together and hoped it worked.

Next time I'm going to add toasted slivered almonds instead of the seeds

Sounds yummy. One of my favorite pork marinades consists of orange juice, brandy, sesame seeds and a little sesame oil. It's divine.

 

[tortoise]

Continuing the orange pork marinade theme, I make a simple orange and chipotle one that I really like. Both of your orange marinades sound mouthwatering, though. I like the simplicity of them.

 

[BlueSugar]

Sounds yummy. One of my favorite pork marinades consists of orange juice, brandy, sesame seeds and a little sesame oil. It's divine.

oo.. then doctor up yours (or mine) with the brandy and sesame oil!

I forgot about the heat I added to mine because I don't remember which hot pepper I used - but it was in there, subtle... but in there. I might have added a squirt of lemon, but I don't remember... I remember I needed an acid, but don't remember if I fixed that problem or not .. oops?





Tonight we had rib lamb chops... all Frenched... little medallions... or "handles" as my guy likes to call them.
I simply pushed some shaved garlic into the meat - salt - pepper - oregano

6 minutes on each side (we broiled bec its way fucking hot out)

he was in charge of the side - so he grabbed a box of stove top.


I only get a day and a half off from work every week... it is funny when you can see that on my table. Usually I go all out, even just for two, simple, complicated, doesn't matter.. I dr. up something. But when we have things like... Frenched rib lamb chops.. and stove top stuffing... I just giggle.

at least he's cooking.. right?
So far, he has mastered stuffed peppers, roasted garlic, chicken florentine, breading cutlets, chopping an onion properly all sorts of ways, and perfecting anything that comes out of a box.

 

[Hester]

I poppies.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h134/collette_mtb/poppies.jpg

oh, wow!

you need to dump the day job and do this.

 

[tortoise]

*beams*

Yeah, she is going to be a baking/decorating star.

 

[Collette]

Absolutely gorgeous, sweetheart.

You rock my Ove Gloves off.

Thank you, love. I see you're shamelessly trying to score free garlic pinenut brittle.

oh, wow!

you need to dump the day job and do this.

Thank you! Couple more years and I'll retire to do just that. In the meantime, I'll just start small and develop skills.


Someone around here needs to get hitched, have a baby, hit a major anniversary, or something. I've made up a ton of flowers and need to put them on a cake!

 

[Saint Peter]

You will miss the Saranex™!