Coconut and Mango Rice Pudding Pops!

Recipe: Coconut and Mango Rice Pudding Pops http://t.co/nKqwAwd via @thekitchn Coconut, Mango, and Rice...yum!

I have a craving for Banh Mi and Avocado Shakes!

Banh Mi: http://battleofthebanhmi.com/

Avocado Shake Recipe (Sinh to Bo): http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2007/07/avocado-shake.html

Miss Lee's Sandwiches! *sigh*

Yummy! Mini Milk Muffins @ The Family Kitchen , what can you do with that can of condensed milk in your pantry??

Butternut Squash Carbonara

http://www.oregonlive.com/foodday/index.ssf/2008/06/recipe_detail.html?id=7697 I love this recipe for Butternut Squash Carbonara!!

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urban debris has some interesting stuff.

tall poppy sells handbag supplies and also has free patterns!

zakka@yahoo!japan.

Made the NYTimes' Pa Jun by Mark Bittman,The Minimalist. Didn't quite taste the same as the premade mix I got from my local Korean market, Kukje.

I made a japanese rare cheesecake using the recipe from:
http://scentofgreenbananas.blogspot.com/2008/02/strawberry-double-cheesecake.html

I hope to make the double happiness cheesecake from this blog too! Or maybe make it matcha-flavored?

Been a while since I've posted a recipe on here, so here goes. This is a recipe found on the bag of Guittard Real Milk Chocolate Chips. These suckers are big with being between the size of a Hershey's Kiss and a regular sized chocolate chip. You could just eat them as is.

These cookies have a shortbread base and are very sandy in texture. They don't spread much and can be delicate. I think I made them a little bigger than the recipe reads. I also didn't sprinkle them with powdered sugar.



Shortbread Rounds (recipe on the bag, but not on the website)

Little cookies with big milk chocolate chips that melt in your mouth.
Yield 3 1/2 dozen 1-inch round cookies.

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/4 cup sugar
2 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
1 cup (6 oz) milk chocolate chips

powdered sugar for dusting (optional)

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Cream butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer at low to medium speed until light. Gradually add flour until combined. Stir in chips by hand. If dough seems dry or crumbly, it will stick together when shaped with your hands.

Using the palms of your hands, roll well-rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets and bake 13-15 minutes. Cookies will still be pale. Let stand 2 minutes before removing from cookie sheet and dust with powdered
sugar if desired.

OMG, where have I been? I hope everyone had a Merry X-mas, Happy Hanukkah, etc. The holidays managed to crazily drive me into madness. IT has been frakkin' cold. Like chilling down to the bones.

I have also been trying to get my son into preschool and had so many appointments in regards to it. Boo just started special education preschool for his PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorder) last week on the 5th. Even though, three hours is just a small amount of time to be separated from him, it feels like more. Is it weird to miss your child for that reason? XD He is doing super-duper too and loves going to school, although he did pitch a few temper tantrums during the first couple days. The goal for Boo is transition to General Ed Kindergarten by next fall and get him talking. It's amazing how much he's changed! He's also taking the school bus and not flipping out. In fact, he's been a mellow fellow. Now, his sister wants to go to school just like her brother! They grow up so fast.





Crafty stuff I've done over the holidays!

Make kid mittens! The two needle kind, cuz I'm still kinda of noobish on dpns.

Bev's 2 Needle KNIT MITTENS FOR KIDS
KNITTED MINNESOTA WINTER HAT by Beth
And more winter things to knit at p2designs.com.

I made this Banana Cake for my husband's b-day on Dec. 24th.
Banana Cake VI@ allrecipes.com! IT was delicious, very moist, and not at all too sweet. Definitely a keeper!


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I've been busy.

Not-So-Instant Mac N' Cheese

A quick dish using shredded 4 Cheese Blend Mexican Cheese, unsalted butter, 1/2 lb of cooked farfalle (bowtie) pasta leftover from my pasta salad, and whole milk.

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1/2 package of farfalle, cooked and drained
1/4 c. (4 tbsp) of butter, unsalted
1 c. shredded 4 Cheese Blend Mexican Cheese
1/3 c. whole milk
a dash of pepper

In a saucepan, combine the milk and butter and cook over medium high heat until the milk is hot and butter is melted. Add the 1 c. of cheese and stir until cheese is melted and incorporated. The sauce will thicken when cooled. Take saucepan off of heat and pour into a bowl. Throw in the cooked and drained farfalle and toss in the cheese sauce. Add pepper and stir. :D

Omuraisu.

Japanese comfort food. It's a smooth omelet with fried rice and ham! My kids like it a lot.

recipes can be found here:

just hungry's omuraisu

egullet's omuraisu thread

omuraisu at mmmbento lj

japanesefood@about.com' omurice

Chocolate Chip Cookies a la Anna Olson

These cookies were yummy, but they didn't spread much. They stayed chewy and wonderful.


original recipe here:

Chocolate Chip Cookies a la Anna Olson from food network canada

winnepeg eats' view on anna olson's cookies

kayaksoup's version of anna olson's cookies

Cookie Madness is one of my favorite baking blogs of all time!

hogwart's party?
the hogwart's celebration


japanese kids crafting links

clover
hamanaka

fujix sewing.com
craftheart

The Science of Cooking. Michael Ruhlman

exploratorium's the accidental scientist - the science of cooking.

found some interesting links from david lebovitz's blog:
david's blog!

now this link cracked me up!
chew on that blog's december monthly mouthful showcased the most witty and funny things that food writer and bloggers posted online.

Somethings I want to remember...A Ginormous list.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ip/0,3100,FOOD_27596,00.html - Paula's Party
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_pa/0,1976,FOOD_10234,00.html - Paula's HomeCooking

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_32630,00.html -Sugar Rush's French Meringue

http://www.pauladeenmagazine.com/ - Paula Deen Magazine
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=bed+and+breakfast+recipes - B& B recipes search

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_78750,00.html -Nigella Express' Hokey Pokey
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_77074,00.html -Nigella Express' Chocolate Macaroons
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_77077,00.html - Nigella Express' Budino Di Cioccolato

http://search.foodnetwork.com/food/recipe/nigella+express/search.do?N=0&No=15 - Nigella Express recipe search

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_11426,00.html - Wuollet's Brownie Enormous

http://www.digitalcookbook.tv/ -Digital Cookbook

http://dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipes.recipeListing/filter/dianas/recipeID/2199/Recipe.cfm - Chewy and Thick Chocolate Chip Cookies

I'm on the Flaky Biscuit Hunt! (google: flaky biscuits) Cuz sometimes you want to not buy biscuits in the exploding can. I get scared...really... by the gunshot twack sound they make.

http://www.americastestkitchen.com/ibb/posts.aspx?postID=174938
http://www.americastestkitchen.com/ibb/posts.aspx?postID=10027&postRepeater1-p=33
http://www.americastestkitchen.com/ibb/posts.aspx?postID=10027&postRepeater1-p=34
http://www.aminglingoftastes.com/labels/Sides.html
http://www.southernangel.com/food/biscuits.html
http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=45592
http://www.baking911.com/quikbrds/biscuits.htm
http://homesicktexan.blogspot.com/2007/04/everythings-better-with-biscuits.html
http://www.kswheat.com/upload/got-biscuits.pdf
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20050706/ai_n15832300

As Halloween comes to an end...

With all the candy still in tow,

All your pumpkins are in a row...to be made into pumpkin pie.

cooking for engineers' pumpkin pie - this year it's this recipe for Thanksgiving. I've always liked to use the Libby's recipe. Making my own crust? Maybe not this year. It's interesting to see that Michael Chu of CookingForEngineers.com has blindbaked the pie crust and cooked the pumpkin filling beforehand- making for one tasty pie. Can't wait to try it!

Whole Wheat Sablés

more chocolate recipes!

coffee fudge brownies at slashfood

make your own homemade twix @ chow.com.

october is breast cancer awareness month!

visit

bake for the cure!

Cookie recipes that I want to try!

brownie points' alice medrich's melting chocolate meringues
baking bites' brown sugar chocolate chip cookies

Is Your Food Safe?

These two blogs are notable in the fact that they address food safety, United States policy, the FDA, the USDA, and food packaging safety.

U.S. Food Policy
Food Karma Alert

Ben & Jerry's :P

I missed their free scoop day in my area! BOooOOo! So, I just went to my 7-11 and been eating pints. Not all at once mind you...a couple of pints here and there. My view on some of the flavors are here:

Banana Split: Banana and Strawberry Ice Cream with walnuts, fudge chunks, and fudge swirl.

My opinion- Banana ice cream was overwhelmed by the strawberry. I think I got the batch without the mix-ins( hardly any walnuts). Not memorable.

Oatmeal Cookie Chunk: Cinnamon ice cream with Oatmeal cookie and fudge chunks.

My opinion - I love this. The cinnamon ice cream with the lovely texture of the oatmeal cookies and fudge were definitely a hit with me.

Creme Brulee: Custard ice cream with a swirl of crunchy caramelized sugar.

My opinion - I loved the ice cream and texture of the crunchy bits of caramelized sugar. However, the sugar would get stuck in my molars.

Half-Baked:

Vermonty Python:

Chunky Monkey:

New York Super Fudge Chunk:

Chocolate Fudge Brownie:

Cinnamon Buns:

Everything But The... :

Chocolate Almond Nougat:

I love chocolate, especially good chocolate. Now large chocolate corporations want to cheapen chocolate by using some derivative fat instead of cocoa butter! Outrageous, I say! From the CandyBlog - found via The Accidental Hedonist.

Don’t Mess with Our Chocolate!I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but the FDA controls what fits under the definition of chocolate for sale in the United States. They want to make MOCKOLATE into CHOCOLATE.
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I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but the FDA controls what fits under the definition of chocolate for sale in the United States. They want to make MOCKOLATE into CHOCOLATE.
As it is, chocolate is not an unhealthy treat. Cocoa Butter, which is composed of stearic acid, has been found to have no effect on blood lipid levels (cholesterol). Cocoa solids have been shown to have a positive effect on our bodies because of the high levels of antioxidants, insulin-like and anti-inflammatory compounds.
The new rules would completely obliterate the current definition, basically making any concoction containing cocoa solids and a fat into Chocolate. Like magic!
The rules currently state (basically) that chocolate must contain cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Other things can be in there, like milk fat and milk solids to make milk chocolate and a small amount of milk fat can be added to dark chcoolate as well. The new proposal would allow products that contain NO COCOA BUTTER to be call chocolate."

We all know that these mockolate products are crappy. They don’t taste the same ... they feel oily or greasy on the tongue and don’t have the smooth buttery melt. But the big chocolate companies that want to make this cheap mockolate will flood the market and confuse consumers ... ultimately just frustrating us with bad experiences and wasted money (and possibly a fatter belly and clogged arteries).
You know what? The FDA doesn’t have to give the CMA what they want. You have the power to reject this ... but you have to tell the FDA!

I remember watching a Friends episode "The One With The List" (208) about mockolate...and it tasted bad. And I quote:

MONICA: Ok, this is pumpkin pie with mockolate cookie crumb crust. This is mockolate cranberry cake, and these are mockolate chip cookies. Just like the Indians served.

RACHEL: Oh my god.

MONICA: Oh my god good?

RACHEL: Oh my god, I can't believe you let me put this in my mouth.

PHOEBE: Oh, oh sweet lord! This is what evil must taste like!
***
MONICA: Now, in some of these recipes, the quantities may seem just a little unusual, uh, like these coconut mockolate holiday nut bars. I've indicated four cups of coconut, and four cups of crushed nut, and only, uh, one tablespoon of mockolate.

MR. RASTATTER: Doesn't matter.

MONICA: What?

MR. RASTATTER: Our FDA approval didn't come through. Something about laboratory rats.

MONICA: Oh, gosh, I'm sorry.

MR. RASTATTER: Yeah, well, anyhoo, here is your check. Thank you for all the trouble you went through. Um, listen, you didn't eat a lot of it while you were cooking, did you?

MONICA: Well, uh, I ate some.

MR. RASTATTER: Oh, some, that's fine. Some is fine. Some is not a lot. So, it doesn't burn when you pee, does it?

Please comment to the FDA website and stop this atrocity please. Please visit this website and save the GOOD STUFF! Keep it real! Do it before April 25th 2007!!
DON'T MESS WITH OUR CHOCOLATE!!!

No Need to No-Knead So Far.

Now I must be the only one in all the world that hasn't made the absolutively, posituley awesome no-knead bread? Why not? LOL. Why don't you just go with the flow? what's stoppin' yah, eh?


Now don't get me wrong, I've been thinking about making this bread since it debuted in the NYTimes site last Nov. There was all the hub-bub in the Foodie Stratosphere. :) Isn't it nice to follow a trend and be the last one?


Okay, I'm bending and capitulating to the will of the masses. I will post on my results eventually, using this method i saw on the egullet boards. link: no knead bread at aresrocket.com. It uses a Pyrex bowl, because some of us don't have cast-iron dutch oven. Le Creuset anyone? Not me. :P I'm still waiting for someone to give a HUGE wedding party, so I finally take advantage of a wedding registry. haha. But, I digress. :D