Shocking yes I know! But this is two recipes now with no sugar in them. Not to worry I will be throwing some uber-sugar ladened fattening treat your way sometime soon. A cool day emerged out of a string of miserably warm ones and so the yeast was calling my name. Call me the yeast whisperer if you will :) My husband is always craving pizza of some form. I can make him a pizza using an English muffin and processed cheese and he would be happy(yes, amazingly I still married him). I decided on fococcia bread because it makes a large batch(at least my recipe does) and that way I can make him a pizza version and a version for me. The version I chose for me was blue cheese and walnut. This is a well used recipe around here because you can throw just about anything on top of it and it is good. If I had pears I would have diced some up and thrown those on their too. Instead of putting onions on top, I sauted them up and snuck them into the dough, so that hubby would eat them. :P You could … [Read more...]
For those of you trying to gain weight…
Summer is here. The lines for the cardio machines at the gym are so long, you would think they were waiting to get on the Matterhorn or Space Mountain rather than the stair-climber. Bikini weather is soon upon us and so many people are frantically exercising and eating salads squirted with lemon instead of dressing for their every meal. If however, you feel your pants are too loose, than I have just the thing(actually probably everything on my blog could do the trick). Fresh corn is every where right now and so to mix it up from my usual way of making it(just sauted in butter with salt and a pinch of cream) I decided that corn chowder sounded good. I have made this several times. It is best with lobster of course, but I was cheap this time around and used shrimp. I use lobster stock, which if you don't have or your store does not carry it, use fish stock or even vegetable stock in it's place. The more people you have this to share with the better. I on the other hand had no one(since … [Read more...]
Spring Cleaning…..
Left over puff pastry. Check. Leftover Diplomat cream. Check. Leftover peaches. Check. The need to clean out my refrigerator and my freezer had me come up with this tart. Other than feeling guilty about being a little like the evildoer Sandra Lee over on the Food Network, this tart turned out very tasty. You don't need to use peaches, any fruit would do. You could get fancy and do a variety of fruits if you so desired. Blueberries, kiwi, peaches, raspberries and strawberries are what I see most often. It's a beautiful sunny day out here in the Pacific Northwest, so I am going to take full advantage of it and do what I love best when it is warm outside....stay inside and watch the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Anaheim is winning the series by the way, just as I predicted. I doubt the Cup will be making it's way back to Canada this year. Sigh. Puff Pastry Peach Tart One sheet of store bought puff pastry(rolled out to be 9 by 16-inch) OR one 9 by 16-inch rolled out puff pastry 2 cups … [Read more...]
