Gingerbread Houses: post-modern style

The December 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to you by Anna of Very Small Anna and Y of Lemonpi. They chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ everywhere to bake and assemble a gingerbread house from scratch. They chose recipes from Good Housekeeping and from The Great Scandinavian Baking Book as the challenge recipes.

This one was actually [...]

I like meatballs so much I’m blogging about them!

I love meatballs.   Meaty goodness, in a bite-sized package — all the fun of meatloaf without the commitment!

One of the things I like about them is the fact that you can combine them with all kinds of flavours — any way you want.  That way you can eat them in all kinds of forms — not [...]

“I’m just goofin’ around, that’s all!”

Just like the 22-Minutes version of Babe Bennett  (having some time this afternoon) I decided to goof around a bit … with teff!

I was interested in coming up with an alternative bread formulation that was rice-based, but still had plenty of spring to it.  My usual formulations start with a base of garfava flour, millet, tapioca [...]

Chewy Gluten-free Granola Bars

Do you love those granola bars from the supermarket?  Take a look at the ingredients list on the side of the box, and more than likely, theres a scary-huge list of ingredients.  According to a NYTimes piece from the spring, a Kellog’s Nutri-grain bar contains ingredients from 9 different countries!  Supply-chain management strikes healthy convenience foods!

Granola [...]

Behold the mighty power of sugar!

With the economy in the toilet, its interesting to see people returning to self-sufficiency activities such as gardening… and canning.  I have always “put up” food through the years, partly because its cheaper, and partly because it tastes so much better than the stuff you can buy in the store.  Folks in this house refuse to [...]