6 posts tagged “baking”

This week we had a going away party for a co-worker who got a promotion out of our building.  :(  She is one of my favorite co-workers, but a least she's in book club so I'll see her regularly.  I made these Cherry Oatmeal Cookies.  The recipe is on the back of the Welch's dried cherries bag.  You can also print it out from their website.  They turned out really tasty.  The dried cherries were a nice departure from the raisins you typically put in oatmeal cookies.  They were nice and tangy.  I'll definitely make these again.

Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

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Cherry Oatmeal Cookies - Close Up

NaBloPoMo

I've been cooking and taking pictures!  One thing I made that there are no pictures of is an italian white bean and kale soup.  We had someone over for that, and I didn't feel like explaining why I was taking a picture of our food. 

First, there are the gingerbread cookies I made for book club a few weekends ago.  These are from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook:  The Original Classics.

Gingerbread Cookies

Next is a recipe for Chicken Cacciatore in the crock pot from a Weight Watchers Cookbook.  Oops!  Forgot to take an after picture.

Chicken Cacciatore

Last but not least is a meal I call fake Thanksgiving.  I baked a whole chicken with a lemon pierced with a fork and a few cloves of garlic up its butt.  I also made kale with red onions and Cranberry Sage Couscous stuffing.  Basically, it was a Thanksgiving-like dinner except healthy. 

Fake Thanksgiving

Stay tuned for cherry oatmeal cookies!

NaBloPoMo

I decided that one way to keep up with NaBloPoMo is to post about what I cook for dinner.  Here are a few things I've cooked recently.  Tonight, I'm making White Bean Soup so I'll try to remember to take a picture and post it.

This banana bread was a low-fat recipe from AllRecipes.com, and it was pretty good.  Rather than being soft like banana bread usually is, it was crusty.  Dan and I both enjoyed it.  It isn't as burnt as it looks.  The lighting isn't great in our kitchen.

Banana Bread

Banana Bread 2

The picture below is of a pumpkin soup recipe from Fitness Magazine last year.  It has ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, bacon, applesauce, and a few other things I can't think of in it.  It's quite delicious.

Pumpkin Soup

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NaBloPoMo

We got a bread machine a few weeks ago in the mail from our registry and decided to fire it up today.

Breadman

We chose the Country Buttermilk Bread recipe from the booklet that came with the machine.

Mmm, bread.

Country Buttermilk Bread

Next time I use this recipe, I'll put it on the light crust setting because buttermilk bread is better with a soft crust in my opinion.  The bread itself is heavenly!  It has a great buttermilk and yeasty flavor and a wonderful doughy texture.

Inside of loaf.

 

We had a birthday party last night for my best friend.   I made these strawberry cupcakes, and they were really good.  I used a recipe from this book so it was a doctored up cake mix with frosting made from scratch with fresh strawberries and confectioner's sugar.  I like to bake from scratch when I do bake, but we had so much other stuff to do to get ready for the cookout that I needed something easy but nicer than a mix.  They were a big hit at the party.  Everyone loves cupcakes.

Strawberry Cupcakes

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I made this crocheted garden gnome for her birthday present.  She didn't want me to spend anything since I was throwing her a party.  It's from an Amy Gaines pattern on etsy.  I also made her a mix CD of happy light summer music from my collection.  That's what is going on in the background on the PowerBook.

Garden Gnome

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