Something Prettyful for Weekend Tea
Free hand baking – no recipe to talk about. Challah type of dough filled with poppy seeds, walnuts and dates. Decoration… don’t know what came over me.
School Lunches
Looks like I finally cracked it! Cookie dough! Use it as cement to glue together as many goodies as you dare. I tried half a dozen recipes, with moderated success. They were all good, but never great. Biggest problem – too crumbly. Not a handy thing for kids during lunch break to go around the school with handful of bits of what was supposed to be a convenient snack. Out of desperation I tried to experiment with basic cookie dough. Result far exceeded my hopes.
Why not ready made? Control of cause. I can cut on sugar at least by half. Make a fruit&nut combination to cater for some fussy eaters. Warning! Not suitable for the fancy wrappings lovers.
… and some days are for cooking
That’s what a good rest does to me… Saturday I slept, Sunday I cooked with joy and ease . Feel rested and happy to start my Monday. Wish you all the same.
Slice of Heaven
Dough:
- 300g of soft butter
- 300g of sour cream
- 300g of flour
Filling:
- 300g of sugar
- 2 lemons
Dough is a straightforward affair, filling slightly more interesting. Lemons left in a boiled water for 10-15 minuets, chopped into chunks to pick out the seeds, then blended into pulp skin and all. In addition to the sugar I put 2Ts of tapioca flour – makes the filling less runny when cool. I do not favour a soggy crust, to brush the bottom part with the egg normally helps. But this time I used leftover almond meal. Lemons retain some bitterness, and it adds the interest to that otherwise unpretentious dessert.
Oriental meal
Cannot pinpoint the exact cuisine, but Eastern inspired that’s for sure. White radish salad with cashew and chives, kimchi, Stir fried beef and veg, rice of course.
I eat kimchi once every four-five years. This winter I crave it, I dream of eat… Is it a climate change? Am I getting old?
Baked Apples
Nothing beats the smell of cinammon baked apples. Add nuts and honey and you get a perfect autumn dessert.
Happy Breakfast to Me
Porridge Triptych
Roast Beef Sandwiches
Snacks, school lunches, quick bites before sport… I often stuck for the ideas, unless those meals between the meals are planed ahead. Why not create a snacks library the same way I do right now with the dinners/lunches/breakfasts. Same simple idea – no wasting creative energy on meals. A little effort to make my own cookbook might save a lot of time in the future, I hope. Plus, family can have an access to my catalog.
Mixed Fruit Crumble
Plums, peaches and apricots under the oat and almond crumble.
