Food convo thread #1

right now i'm workin on a rustic loaf

 

Well here it is.. my Polish bread loaf.. recipe was taken from Recipezaar.com like others commented.. i also added an extra 1/4c of water.. and kneeded by hand..

 

that looks very similar to the bread i always make.... i love round loaves...

 

my latest foray into deliciousness, from "extraordinary meals from ordinary ingredients" by readers digest, my favorite know everything books! the chocolate chips were my idea, they weren't in the recipe. Enjoy!

Foolproof Pound Cake

secret ingredient: cream cheese

1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter (no substitutes) softened
........................................(i only had salted sweet cream butter, it worked fine!)
1 package (8oz) cream cheese at room temperature
2 1/3 cups sugar
6 eggs, at room temperature
3 cups AP flour (if at high altitude, add about 2 TBSP to compensate, mine was ..........................delicious but very dense because i forgot that part ;Þ)
1 tsp vanilla extract
(optional: 1-2 cups chocolate chips)

1_preheat oven to 300°F
2_in a large bowl cream the butter and cream cheese. gradually add the sugar, beating until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes
3_add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition (i crack the eggs into a measuring cup, so i can pick out any shell before they go into the mix)
4_gradually add the flour and beat just until blended. stir in the vanilla (don't over beat it or you'll make too much gluten, unless you're into that kinda thing )
5_pour into a greased and floured 10 inch tube or bundt pan (i used pam and 2 loaf pans, i have no tubey pans )
6_bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with only moist crumbs, about 1 1/2 hours
7_cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely (that way it contracts a little before you try to get it out of the pan)

 

i just want to make sure my awesome recipe gets read. mmm poundcake!

 

Ive never eaten poundcake before but that sounds delicious!

I currently have homemade mac and cheese baking in the oven, I'll post pictures/ recipe when it's alll done

 

if its baked.. technically you could call it a "cheesy casserole"...

 

i freakin love tatertot casserole...that shits to die for

 

Really? I just thought it was "baked mac and cheese"

It was delicious regardless

 

anyone else love making smoothies?
i make em in the morning for something healthy going in me cause im usually lazy and will eat junk food at even 630 in the morning.

 

I am a smoothie junkie. I always have frozen fruit in my fridge. My fav is strawberries, banana with mango juice and cranberry juice and yogurt. Soooo goood, I love my blender.

 

im just sayin... you can sell things better with a catchy name.. mac and cheese sounds box-ish lol.. now cheesy casserole.. mmm..

 

i'm definitely also a smoothie junkie....

my freezer is always stocked with frozen fruit and greens to make them with...

i like strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and a banana with a handful of baby spinach and BIG dollop of plain yogurt and a bit of rice milk...

love it.

 

smoothies are delish!.. i like any mix of berries..

 

I dont know if you are still hanging around these parts, Renee, but I'm totally making this meatloaf tonight

 

I just made a tossed salad with Lettuce, Cherry Tomatoes, Green Peppers, Celery, Onions, Sharp Chedder, and a couple pieces of Salami. Best part is all the veggies with the exception of the onions were grown in my garden.

 

I just made my nana a lemon coconut birthday cake MMMMM

It looks kind of funny because I'm rushing a little and glazed it while the cake was still warm so it's shifting a little bit.

I'll post the recipe later, i stole it from Amy Sedaris' cook book "Hospitality Under the Influence" haha, but tweeked it a bit and just made butter cream lemon glaze. I love that book. Andddd I love cake!

 

1/2 cup of butter
1-1/2 cup of sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon plus 3/4 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
3 cups of sifted cake flour
1 cup milk
(SECRET INGREDIENT ALERT!!!)
1 package of jello instant pudding Lemon flavored

Preheat to 350
Mix the dry
Mix the wet
Mix that shit together

Grease the shit out of 2- 9 inch pans
Bake that shit for 20mins
Cool it down, baby, COOL THAT SHIT DOWN


Then frosting:
1lb powdered sugar
Stick of butter
1/4 cup lemon juice
Splash of vanilla

Mix it, mix it , mix it up.


Just ate a slice of that with my nana, and nana said it was "dankity dank dank DANNNK"

 

oh my that looks amazing

 

Thanks, it was pretty delicious. We should open a restaurant Eric. Awesome? Awesome.