We are on a winter soup kick and we’ve made this soup twice during the week which means we like it and it’s easy. The pickles give it a salty flavor and a nice crunch. I made the ingredient sizes large enough to have leftovers for work the next day.
Cheeseburger Soup Recipe >
I am lazy enough to not cancel a magazine subscription that I didn’t even order. This month I was glad that I didn’t cancel it because I found this recipe in a Glamour Magazine of all places. The recipe is from New York City’s Butter Lane Bakery.
On Serious Eats they describe the difference between two different icing types that they use @ Butter Lane Bakery. They make an American icing version and a French version. This recipe is the Americano! What do you think?
Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe!
This is another family recipe and it wasn’t Sunday morning if our mom didn’t make these.
In my mind, there are two kinds of great waffles:
-Crispy, Golden Brown: Thinner Waffles, w/ a crunch & smaller grid
OR
-Bigger Belgian Waffles: Taste-Packed, more Cakey w/ bigger grid (This recipe!)
Risotto & Strip Steak
with Olives, Parsley, Pine Nuts, Lemon Peel, & Parmesan
Serves 4
My mom found this recipe in “The New Steak Cookbook” by Cree Lefavour and made it for us over break. It was quite elegant and bold in both appearance and flavor.
Recipe …>
Home Cookin’ for Xmas – New England Style + Some Family Traditions
• Lobster is one of my favorite foods. I have to eat lobster every time we go to Maine. Eating it at home is as good as eating it at restaurant if not better!
It is currently very affordable because of the overabundance of lobster due to the overfishing of its predators.
Pull out your Joy of Cooking and boil those “lobsta’s.” Serve with melted butter.
Click for “How to prepare lobster”.
• Gjetost Cheese Spread
Gjetost is a cheese that is a combination of goat and cow’s milk. Our family heats the Gjetost very slowly in a pot until the water has evaporated and the milk sugar forms a kind of brown caramelized paste. Then milk or cream is added to change the fat content of the finished product which looks like peanut butter that you can spread on crackers. This is a family tradition to make Gjetost around xmas time passed on by Swedish relatives from Minnesota.
• Peanut Butter Fudge from Kellie’s Belly
Tasty recipes we either prepared or had prepared for us for xmas:
Another great recipe from Kellie’s Belly! This fudge melts in your mouth. Fudge is not one of my favorite things but this fudge is wonderful.
Peanut Butter Fudge
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. whole milk
1/4 stick butter
pinch of salt
3/4 c. peanut butter
3/4 c. marshmallow fluff
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Our friend Kellie from Maine of www.kelliesbelly.com told us about this great recipe. She says “the cookies are soft, fluffy, and delicate. The icing really helps the eggnog flavor stand out, so don t omit the icing if you try this recipe!”
Easy Egg Nog Cookie
Ingredients
For some reason everywhere I went in Maui and Lania, they had blueberry drinks! Pretty tasty!
Serenity Blueberry Mojito
Muddle mint leaves and blueberries in a hi-ball glass. Add vodka, lime juice, blueberry syrup, and shake well. Pour in soda and garnish w/ lime slice and mint sprig.
Pineapple Blueberry Lemonade
Cut up a pineapple into chunks and then blitz it in the blender for a couple of seconds with some pineapple juice to break it down to drinkable sizes before mixing it with lemonade or blueberries. Muddle 10 Blueberries in the bottom of a Boston shaker. Add ice, pineapple puree w/ juice, and lemonade and shake. Pour contents into a hi-ball glass. Garnish with a Lemon wheel.