Adventures in cooking and baking.
These pork and cabbage egg rolls are super crispy and filled with a wonderfully seasoned ground pork and cabbage mixture.
These Chinese-American style egg rolls (meishi chunjuan) are extra large (burrito-sized) and packed with filling. Just one egg roll with a side salad is enough for lunch for me (although you may catch me shaving off a slice or two from the leftovers).
This slow cooker white bean and chicken chili includes layers of flavor from chicken broth, sauteed onions and jalapeños, and bone-in chicken thighs.
This slow cooker chicken chili begins with a base of chicken broth and pureed canned hominy. It's a great way to add a corn flavor as well as thicken the base without a roux.
These Peppermint Patty Brownie Bites, stuffed with York Peppermint Patties, are such a fun treat!
Peppermint Patties are on my short list of favorite candies. After all, chocolate and mint are pretty much a perfect pairing.
Rieska is an everyday Finnish Flatbread. This version is moist, slightly sweet, and perfect spread with salty butter.
There are several versions of this bread, including with barley or with potato. This one, from King Arthur, is probably the simplist one to make of the lot.
This Thai cabbage salad is light, refreshing, and loaded with all of your favorite Asian flavors.
This Thai cabbage salad is amazing. I could eat mass quantities. I've made this salad several times, and each time, I wonder why I don't make it more often.
Dutch Macaroni is a common weeknight meal in the Netherlands, especially if you have hungry kids to feed.
Dutch macaroni is typically made with ground beef, red peppers, onions or leeks, and other vegetables, along with a bit of cheese added at the end. I've also seen recipes that include pickles, which I can't wait to try too.
This Couronne Lyonaise is a French bread that originated in Lyon, France. This one includes both a sourdough starter along with a little bit of yeast.
This bread is shaped like a crown - thus the name "couronne." My shaping method is a work in progress, but the bread itself is amazingly flavorful.
These Mini Ciabatta Loaves are deeply flavored from the dark brown and shatteringly thin crust.
Ciabatta means "slipper" in Italian. The bread is very light and is typically roughly shaped due to the high hydration.
These scalloped potatoes with caramelized onions are a lightened up version of one of my favorite comfort foods, potatoes gratin.
Instead of cream, this dish calls for broth and caramelized onions to add flavor. The result? An amazingly tasty and light potato dish that goes perfectly with roast beef, ham, or lamb chops.
This sourdough pancake recipe produces amazingly fluffy and flavorful pancakes.
If you maintain a sourdough starter, making these pancakes is a great way to use up any leftover sourdough discard you might have. The resulting pancakes, while not actually sour, have a wonderful flavor and tenderness. Plus, they are nice and light.
