Meal Plan 10/13-10/19
There are only six weeks until Thanksgiving. Gulp. Sigh. This will be Rami’s and my first married Thanksgiving, and we’re spending it together in Austin. Away from both of our extended families (and mommas!) in a tiny apartment kitchen. I’m not sure exactly what I’d like to make for our first-ever-married-Thanksgiving, but it seems like I should start thinking about it. I chose this week’s menu with the Thanksgiving/Christmas/Hannukuh holidays in mind, so that I could start practicing a few potluck friendly recipes for those occasions. (I’m looking at...
Read MorePizza with Rosemary, Apples and Brie
I have been wanting to make pizza from scratch for a while now, but the whole crust process was pretty intimidating and I couldn’t find a recipe online that I really wanted to use. Lucky for me, I went to The Essential New York Times Cookbook launch event at Rain Lily Farms this weekend, where I bought a signed copy of Amanda Hesser’s so named new cookbook. The event was fun for lots of reasons, but the biggest takeaway of the night for me was definitely the book. It’s 970 pages of awesome recipes. No pictures. No fluff. Just lots and lots of wonderful food, plus Amanda...
Read MoreRosemary Apple Braid
I made this easy apple danish for a friend’s baby shower at the office today. It’s a great choice for special occasions because the pretty presentation and sophisticated rosemary apple filling will make you seem like a gourmet chef! Local box favorites Golden Apples from Apple Country Orchards and Rosemary from Pure Luck Farms are the rock stars of this recipe. Although the braid looks tricky, it’s actually one of the easiest pastry shapes to master. This recipe is adapted from Dorothea Ladd’s Easy Apple Danish on Allrecipes.com. I used a food processor and...
Read MorePumpkin Bundt Cake with Cinnamon Glaze
I made this pumpkin pound cake with cinnamon glaze for a friend’s baby shower at work this week. There are several interesting pumpkin cake recipes floating around on the internet; I adapted this one from a pound cake recipe by Kay Prosonic on allrecipes.com, omitting the pecans from her recipe and using fresh pumpkin in place of canned. I opted for a cinnamon glaze instead of a rum flavor since I was cooking for a baby shower. Bundt cakes are one of my favorite desserts for a potluck because they’re easy to make ahead, they travel well and they feed a lot of people. I also...
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