Archive for the ‘Food’ Category

Cheese cake

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

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One of my favorite child hood memories was home made cheese cake. Growing up my parents decided that they were going to go organic way before it was trendy. My mother tired lots of different recipes many not successful such as the bean brownies with some kind of orange marmalade jelly. Lets just say that my friends didn’t want to come over for dinner often.

My absolute favorite was her cheese cake. That recipe came from a book called Cooking without the fat by George Mateljan. You just substitute cream cheese with your favorite yogurt. Strain it for a day using cheese cloth or a fine sieve and the consistency becomes more like sour cream/cream cheese.

For the cookie crumble crust I used Ikea’s Swedish Pepparkaka Cookies but feel free to experiment or make your own cookies .For the yogurt I used Stoneyfield Farms  whole fat yogurt. What ever yogurt you choose I would go for a whole milk/ fat yogurt after all your trying to achieve a cheese cake like taste. For the topping I used raspberries that I froze from over the summer but again you can use whatever you like. See the recipe below

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Grand Marnier Soufflé

Monday, January 4th, 2010

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My New Year’s resolution for 2010 was kinda silly but I had been wanting to make a Grand Marnier Soufflé for almost a year. The problem was I didn’t have a souffle pot until Christmas and so once that was solved I was able to achieved my goal. I was very happy with the results and so was my boyfriend who gave me the Soufflé pot. Thanks G

Apple picking

Monday, September 21st, 2009

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Geoff and I went apple picking on Friday and the apples were abundant. See more of my apple picking pics here on my flickr

Raspberries Galore

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

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I got home early on Friday and decided to check out the raspberry patch in the backyard. It’s right on the property line but the neighbors said I could pick them if they were out and O-my were they ever. The birds didn’t get them like last time. I picked a whole big glass bowl of them and for breakfast we had pancakes with whipped cream and raspberries. Delicious. No pesticides, no food coloring, no crap, just raspberries the way that nature intended. Fantastic! I’m going back for more. FYI I also picked some for the neighbor’s and added two large tomatoes from our garden. It’s a fair trade

ICE SCREAM?

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

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This coming soon sign is real and it stands in my neighborhood. I can’t help but question why the word “SUNDAE” is treated in a type face that is more suiting for  “THE THRILLER” than a new ice cream shack. If it is a horrifying sundae shack than I’m asuming that scary clowns will serve you ice cream dipped in “BLOOD”. Is that what they were going for? I guess we will have to wait and see.

Seafood Watch Pocket Guide

Monday, June 29th, 2009

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For a while now I have been struggling over the idea of ethical consumption of fish and seafood. Don’t get me wrong I LOVE FISH & SEAFOOD but if it’s at the expense of depleting our oceans and fresh water ecosystems ( and most cases it is) than I try my hardest not to participate. I have heard of some pocket guides to help people buy more sustainably so I am going to be more proactive and print one that I found on Monterey Bay Aquarium. Click Here and you can Download a pocket guide that is located in your area. Nicely designed information. Clean and simple. Hopefully we can all do our part to buy more responsibly. BON APPETIT!

Fantastic Fudge Brownies

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

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This recipe came from the April Body & Soul magazine. I made them two weeks ago and they were so very chocolaty & velvety smooth. Yummy! The recipe calls for sweet potatoes and cuts out fat content that is in traditional fudge brownie recipes. I didn’t feel bad about eating them either. Unlike all those chocolate chip cookies we made for Easter. You can find the Fudge Brownie recipe here Enjoy!