What a year...
posted by joeli under misc
I cannot believe it's been a year since I updated this! I've not been cooking very much because I was too busy being pregnant and eating only pb&j sandwiches. Then I gave birth to a son (10lb1oz!, the pb&j did him good) and have been too busy with him. But he's 6 months old now (!) and is getting interest in food. So I want to start posting some of things I've been cooking/baking for him. Recently we've done risotto, mac&cheese and leek&potato soup.
March Daring Bakers
posted by joeli under Daring Bakers
This month we got to bake lasagna!! As I mentioned before, when the challenged was reveal I wasn't that excited. But then I started seeing pictures of the lasagna role in and it became all I could think about. Here are the details of this months challenge:
The March 2009 challenge is hosted by Mary of Beans and Caviar, Melinda of Melbourne Larder and Enza of Io Da Grande. They have chosen Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna from The Splendid Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper as the challenge.
It turned out great:
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Banana Bread
posted by joeli under bread
My food mojo is slowly coming back. A week ago I thought I was going to skip this months Daring Bakers challenge because I just wasn't interested. I look at it again yesterday though and now I'm super excited about it. I also had no interest in looking at photos on Tastespotting but now I find it inspirational again. It's nice to be excited about food, planning meals, and to be looking forward to dinner.
While I can't reveal the Daring Bakers challenge until the end of the month, I can talk about the other item I've been making a lot...banana bread.
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Apologies
posted by joeli under misc
I've been away for a super long time and for this I apologize. The problem was that shortly after Christmas I found out that my uterus is now occupied. Futhermore, the little sprog inside me has decided he's not very fond of baking or food. In fact, just being reminded of that last Daring Bakers challenge still makes me feel nauseous.
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December Daring Bakers
posted by joeli under Daring Bakers
This month's challenge is brought to us by the adventurous Hilda from Saffron and Blueberry and Marion from Il en Faut Peu Pour Etre Heureux. They have chosen a French Yule Log by Flore from Florilege Gourmand.
I apologize in advance for the poor photos. This month was a bit rushed.
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More failures and sugar cookies
posted by joeli under cookies
Before I started this blog, baking was a bit easier. If things came out bad, it was alright. My husband and I ate whatever it was and no one had to know about it. Now when this happens I either have to pony up and write about it or figure out something else to make and blog about. There were also no pictures to take so things were often eaten straight out of the oven. I'm still not quite used to taking photos and despite some earlier success I've been having trouble lately taking good photos. I am going to blame this on the fact that it is December and my little town in England is permanently gray. The other trouble is that, like so many others, my husband and I spent the past two weeks feeling very poorly. I made some sugar cookies though to try and cheer things up!
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