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Cooking Frustrations!
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Oh, yes it's true.. . Jared needs to eat more veggies and less cookies. I am trying to accomplish this by trying new things. The Dr. said he needs to get more iron in his diet.
This week I tried recipes from Food Network's Everyday Italian, and I have some progress to report: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_30882,00.html
This recipe was good, but I had to separate it out because I didn't want to give the baby pine nuts that are in the pesto sauce. When Jared tasted the squash, he put down the spoon and shoveled it into his mouth with his hands. I added a touch of sugar and it tasted just as good as sweet potatoes. Next time I'm going to leave it chunkier than a puree.
This recipe for Coconut Cake by Alton Brown did not turn out well at all!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_37190,00.html
Oh the cake was dry like cardboard. I couldn't get the coconut open or the shell off to even grate it. My food processor melted in the dishwasher top rack. I had to grate what little coconut I could harvest with my Pampered Chef slicer. I was practicing this recipe for the annual dessert auction for the Smokey Mtn Children's Home benefit. Did I mention that the icing was thick and gritty?
I'm glad I practiced the weekend before I actually had to make the cake. I ended up using a recipe for Pina Colada cake from the Cake Doctor and just omitting the pineapple. I used Coffee Mate Coconut Creamer instead of coconut milk (mine was nasty when I opened the can). The cake was soooo much more moist. Wow! For the icing, I used a recipe from Cooking Light. It was for an Italian Meringue. I was elated when I tasted how smooth and creamy it melted in my mouth! I decided to use a coconut instant pudding w/ less milk added to thicken it for a filling. I made 3 layers; putting 2 together for the benefit auction cake and cutting one layer into 2 halves stacked for a 1/2 cake for me and John. Our half cake was gone in 2 days.
This week I tried recipes from Food Network's Everyday Italian, and I have some progress to report: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_30882,00.html
This recipe was good, but I had to separate it out because I didn't want to give the baby pine nuts that are in the pesto sauce. When Jared tasted the squash, he put down the spoon and shoveled it into his mouth with his hands. I added a touch of sugar and it tasted just as good as sweet potatoes. Next time I'm going to leave it chunkier than a puree.
This recipe for Coconut Cake by Alton Brown did not turn out well at all!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_37190,00.html
Oh the cake was dry like cardboard. I couldn't get the coconut open or the shell off to even grate it. My food processor melted in the dishwasher top rack. I had to grate what little coconut I could harvest with my Pampered Chef slicer. I was practicing this recipe for the annual dessert auction for the Smokey Mtn Children's Home benefit. Did I mention that the icing was thick and gritty?
I'm glad I practiced the weekend before I actually had to make the cake. I ended up using a recipe for Pina Colada cake from the Cake Doctor and just omitting the pineapple. I used Coffee Mate Coconut Creamer instead of coconut milk (mine was nasty when I opened the can). The cake was soooo much more moist. Wow! For the icing, I used a recipe from Cooking Light. It was for an Italian Meringue. I was elated when I tasted how smooth and creamy it melted in my mouth! I decided to use a coconut instant pudding w/ less milk added to thicken it for a filling. I made 3 layers; putting 2 together for the benefit auction cake and cutting one layer into 2 halves stacked for a 1/2 cake for me and John. Our half cake was gone in 2 days.
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