All Day in the Kitchen

And loving every minute of it. I spent almost all day in the kitchen today. Started out early this morning feeding my sourdough starter and making a biga. While that developed I kneaded up dough for a batch of bagels. The last batch of bagels came out of the oven at 11:00 am. Next ,…

Chicken Stew and Dumplings

I meant to post the recipe for the Southern Style Dumplings to go with Friday’s post. I actually have three different dumpling recipes that I use, depending on the mood. The Bread and Parsley Dumpling and the regular Drop “fluffy” dumpling are both good in Beef stews too. I grew up eating “Bisquick Dumplings” ….

Taste of the Sea

Manila Clams steamed with white wine and garlic I left for work a little early this morning so I could pick up some clams for dinner. One of the easiest dinners to put together. Less than 15 minutes. Added some minced shallots and a couple of minced garlic cloves to a pot containing white wine,…

Foodie Friday

I missed the first Foodie Friday, but I am happy to be participating in the second one. Thank you Michael for hosting Foodie Fridays at Designs by Gollum. Before leaving for work this morning I put a chicken stew on to simmer. All that need to be done when I got home was to make…

How to Spoil Dinner

Yeast Raised Donuts It’s easy. Just eat a couple of warm glazed donuts an hour before dinner. Home Cookin Chapter: Recipes From Thibeault’s Table Yeast-Raised Glazed Doughnuts============================= Yeast-Raised Glazed Doughnuts From the King Arthur Flour All-Purpose Baking 1/2 teaspoon of salt1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg1/4 cup (1 3/4 ounces) sugar2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast3 cups (12…

More Bagels

I love my days off when I can bake and just generally play in the kitchen. Bagels with Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese I baked Bagels again yesterday. Last weeks batch was long gone. We had smoked salmon and cream cheese on bagels for lunch yesterday and this morning. (Using a photo I already had)…

Winging It….

Wings and homemade potato chips. Very simple. Rubbed with a mixture of fresh garlic, butter,salt, pepper and lots of hot cayenne pepper. Roasted in a 450 oven turning once. At the last minute I decided I wanted a sauce/dip but not a BBQ sauce so I mixed up a little chili garlic sauce with more…

An Excuse to Drink Sangria

Not that I actually need an excuse………… But it went great with the Pork Chili Verde over homemade flour tortillas, with Mexican rice, and homemade Salsa and guacamole that we had for dinner. Picture isn’t great but it really did taste good if I do say so myself. Home Cookin Chapter: Recipes From Thibeault’s Table…

Last Night and this morning

Monday Night Dinner I took a small pork tenderloin out of the freezer late yesterday afternoon thinking that I might make breaded pork tenderloin with mushroom sauce. But instead I rubbed it with garlic and lots of fresh ground black pepper and roasted it for about 15 minutes in a hot oven. We had fried…

Sunday Morning

Baked a batch of Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookies. Still have lots of dough left for tomorrow. Then I put a half a turkey in the oven to roast before leaving for work. I had pre-salted this turkey on Friday night. Although we just had hot chicken sandwiches for dinner earlier this week, I offered…