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Frozen Blueberry Dream
I really like ice cream. When I am trying to remain virtuous, I tend to get pretty creative. Tonight I had an inspiration: I always keep frozen blueberries on hand because they are really delicious. I also usually have one or two sliced bananas in the freezer, because they are great in protein drinks or […]
Fettuccine Alfredo
Is this the true alfredo sauce? I have no idea, as I have not been to Italy. (Answer is: No, a true alfredo is just butter and parm. I wanted to make something with reduced cream, though.) This is, however, amazingly decadent and delicious and is made with simple ingredients. It also kicks the pants […]
Oriental Style Rice Pudding
A bit thick, but very, very yummy 🙂 This is an aromatic stovetop-simmered style (like kheer), instead of the baked, eggy Occidental style. I made this using cooked rice. You can certainly start with uncooked rice (look up a recipe online), but be prepared to spend a lot of time stirring. The recipe is flexible: […]
Buttermilk Pie with Raspberry Topping
I baked this at the same time as a loaf of zucchini bread because they both used buttermilk and because if you’re heating up the kitchen to bake one thing you may as well go on a baking spree. Buttermilk pie is a traditional Southern dish, basically a custard pie, and it’s ideal for when […]
Beef in Cream Sauce with Leeks and Shallots
Alternate name: Alex’s not-quite-beef-stroganoff. This dish started out as a creative way to use up some leeks that were on sale, and evolved into something more complicated since I wanted to make something fancy. It’s very similar in some ways to beef stroganoff, but more subtly flavored and not quite as heavy. Ingredients:1 pound steak […]
Pasta with Sausage, Mushroom and Cream Sauce
This recipe is adapted from something in the local co-op’s circular. The sausage we used was sweeter turkey-chicken sausage (similar to the stuff you get from Cost-co) Ingredients:1 Tbsp butter3-4 cloves minced garlic1 lb. sweet sausage in small pieces1 lb. sliced fresh mushrooms(Preferably dry) white wine1 1/4 c. heavy cream/half and half (this takes longer […]
Making Mozzarella
So, this weekend I finally tackled mozzarella. My friends Kevin and Ranae have a cow and are selling awesome raw milk to folks in the department (on the down low, of course). I didn’t have great luck with making yogurt, since I had no idea what I was doing, so for some reason I decided […]