You probably have a friend. A great friend. One who can't find a boyfriend/girlfriend to save their life. The one that you try and set up all the time. They don't really have “luck” with the opposite sex because maybe they are shy or a little homely. But when people get to know them they love them. Sadly no one really ever gets to know them. Clafouti's are the “unlucky at love” friend of the culinary world. Plain, not really sweet, not pretty and totally absent of the “WOW” factor. You can never find their good side to photograph, I know I tried all afternoon with little luck. But if people took the time to know the clafouti, like the friend you love so dearly, you too would fall in love with it. I rarely serve them for dessert I will admit. Since they are very oven pancake like they are wonderful with brunch. It is so versatile, working with pretty much any fruit you can throw it's way. I chose apples and dried cherries since I had leftover from … [Read more...]
Not so Summer salad
Ah, Summer. Heat. Bugs. Sweat rolling down my knees. Beautiful bright red tomotoes...I'm allergic to raw ones. Beautiful bright blue blueberries...I'm allergic to raw ones. Endless peppers and onions....I'm allergic to raw ones. It does produce many other nice foods that I can indeed eat but.... Needless to say I am not a huge fan of Summer. I play an indoor sport(ice hockey), I watch an indoor sport(ice hockey), we don't own a BBQ(because we live in an apartment) and there is no real pourch for us to linger on. The last time I went barefoot in the grass I was bitten by some giant ant. So Summer is a un-needed season for me. It used to be extrememly important when I was a teacher, but since that is not the case anymore, I would like to fast forward to the Fall please. So when I saw the Summer Salad Recipe Event over at My Life as a Reluctant Housewife I started going through my cookbooks. All the truly pretty salads had vivid red tomatoes in them and this just made me sad. I kept … [Read more...]
