Oh my gosh it's been soo long since I've written! (thanks to super busy holidays). So while I was gone I cooked about a billion different things (unfortunately due to the holidays very few got a photo shoot) so it looks like the last thing I blogged was my Pumpkin Cream Parfait, which was just after thanksgiving, which I meant to put up like 3 weeks before that(like I said, super busy). so here's a list of stuff I've made with a quick rundown of what it is:
Roasted Acorn Squash with Caramelized Chestnuts: cut and roast the squash, melt butter on the stove and add brown sugar and stir, as chopped chestnuts stir, and toss on squash to coat.
Healthy Egg Nogg: vanilla milk(I used soy) egg substitute, vanilla extract, and nutmeg. blend and refrigerate
Turkey Tetrazzini: I'll probably be doing a post on this soon so check back to see it.
Gumbo: although I made gumbo twice during the holidays both were failures, once the crock pot didn't turn on, and second, I think I just don't really like gumbo.
Spinach Souffle: just don't
New England Stew: turnips, carrots, celery, potatoes, beef chunks, milk, cornstarch... I'll probably make this again too, so watch for it
Gingerbread Cookies: the best gingerbread I've ever tasted, thanks to the guys at sortedfood. Sorted Gingerbread
Sugar Cookies: there was a sugar cookie fiasco in our house this year, we lost our recipe. our ages old so yummy recipe. which we were making on the 23 of December. once over the shock of that, we quickly found a recipe in the Betty Crocker cookbook, which turned out cookies exactly the same as ours, except we had to add about and extra 1/2 c flour for them to work (I think we made a mistake when halving the giant recipe)
Gingerbread House: I used a healthy gingerbread recipe first this year, but they tasted really gummy and bad. they went largely uneaten, but my ginger bread house was beautiful. I actually have a picture of this, somewhere.
Chocolate Lace Cookies: my new favorite Christmas cookie via Chocolate Covered Katie. recipe here, I ommited the extra chocolate chips at the end, and didnt even miss them!
Red Velvet Pancakes: part of Christmas breakfast, made from Chocolate Covered Katie. recipe here. i just added red food coloring because I like these more then her red velvet cakes
Blondie Pancakes: these are really just Katie's chocolate pancakes with flour subbed in for the cocoa, and maybe a little extra vanilla. they went with our red pancakes to make festive candy cane stacks.
Banana Pancakes: made to go with Christmas morning leftovers Katie's original recipe
Fruit Cake: my great grandmas fruit cake recipe, made with my grandma on Christmas day <3
Apple Stuffing: this too will likely get its own post in the future
Oreo Truffles: vanilla cake crumbled and mixed with vanilla frosting, crushed oreos, and cool whip( a gift to my oreo addicted cousin)
Healthy Doughnuts: my aunt got me a doughnut pan for Christmas!! the very next morning I used it to make Chocolate Covered Katie's cake batter doughnuts I used sucanant for sweetner(a first) and this was the first time i used the flax egg method, and boy am I a beliver!
Spinach Artichoke Dip: never try it with fresh artichokes when you've never prepared artichoke before.
Corn Meal Pancakes: delicious and a bright cheery yellow, great on gloomy winter mornings. my normal pancake recipie with 3/4 corn meal instead of flour. great with raspberry syrup
Cornmeal Mush: after I made cornmeal pancakes the next morning I had cream of wheat, which inspired me to mix the two using the method of cream of wheat with cornmeal, I also added in some chopped dates.
and
Whatchamacallit: yet another Chocolate Covered Katie recipe, her cinnamon roll pie. but the chickpeas give it a totally different flavor, and I've never tasted anything like it before. its good, but i cant name one thing it tastes similar to.
As you can see I've been busy, and next weekend is my birthday, so I'll hopefully have some recipies and pictures to share with you then :)
Questions of the Day
are you super busy over the holidays? you know my answer ;)
what was your favorite Christmas present? I got an Indian cookbook, but my favorite would be tickets to my favorite band, muse
what was your new years resolution? mine was not to abandon this blog. also I'm trying to be healthier, which for me means activity and more vegetables :p
Oh And By The Way: WELCOME TO 2013!!
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