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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
| It’s Wednesday! While I may have dropped the ball on it the past few weeks, it’s time for a guest post! Today’s recipe is courtesy of Kim Ode, Food & lifestyle writer at the Star Tribune… and author of both Baking with the St. Paul Bread Club, and Rhubarb Renaissance.
Kim is one of the admins of the Baking 101 Facebook group, which is “devoted to sharing the baking experience, especially with the “lost generation” that slipped between the cracks when Betty Crocker was jilted in favor of EZ roll pie crusts and brown-and-serve buns”. Her website is at Kim-Ode.com, and she can also be found on twitter, at @odewrites.
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Truth be told, I never imagined spending as much time thinking about, preparing and eating rhubarb as I have over this past year. I’m not complaining. I’ve always liked rhubarb and, frankly, look with some disdain upon those whiners who say it’s too sour.
Still, it’s just rhubarb.
In a foodie world that swoons over sous vide cooking, and salted caramel macarons, and new fondant techniques, and pairing cotton candy with foie gras, rhubarb seems impossible homely.
When I was growing up, Mom most often served it as rhubarb sauce over ice cream. It was a simple dessert for a busy farm wife to prepare with ease or trust her sixth-grade daughter with the task — and everyone liked it. Why would you make something fussier?
The main variations were rhubarb pie, or rhubarb crisp, or a custardy rhubarb dessert made with a buttery pastry crust and topped with meringue. These pretty much were as far as anyone reached beyond their culinary grasp. (more…)
Posted in Desserts, Farmer's Market, Gluten Free, Guest Posts, Recipes, Spirited Baking, Summer Favorites | No Comments »
Monday, May 14th, 2012
So, I’ve written and deleted the first few paragraphs of this blog entry a few times. Who knew that writing a blog entry on a very simple comfort food from my childhood would be so complicated?
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Bottom line? Today’s recipe was brought on by all of the Mother’s Day ads lately, it’s a sore time of year for me, etc. To say that my family’s relationship status is “It’s Complicated” would be a gross understatement.
ANYWAY. My grandmother was awesome, and this recipe was inspired by her. She used to make mushroom soup and eggs on toast for me as a kid, and I loved it. Very simple comfort food – heat up an undiluted can of cream of mushroom soup, chop up some hard boiled eggs into it, and serve it over toast. Good stuff!
Well, now I’m an adult that’s allergic to gluten, so indulging in this weekend’s nostalgic craving took a little more effort. |
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Not a ton of effort, mind you… and the results were so good! This is not high cuisine, and it’s not the prettiest meal ever – but it sure hits the spot. While I’ve designed this recipe to be gluten free, feel free to serve it on regular toast, and/or use flour instead of cornstarch if you’re not Gluten free. Either way, hope you enjoy it!
PS: I have no idea if it’s a regional thing, or what – but no one I know seems to have ever heard of this dish. Anyone out there have any thoughts on that?
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Posted in Comfort Food, Gluten Free, Kid Favorites, Main Dishes, Recipes | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
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Whew! It’s been an incredibly busy few weeks, preparing for the release of “Twisted: A Minneapolis Tornado Memoir”. With things calmed down a little, I finally have time to get back to recipe developing, cooking, and blogging. I promise, today’s recipe is worth the wait!
Chicken Shahi Korma is my absolute favorite thing to order at our favorite Indian restaurant locally – Taste of India. I mean, to the point where I’ve never actually ordered a different entree there – I fell in love with it, and don’t tend to stray!
While we’re always in the mood for some Shahi Korma, we’re usually far less likely to be in the mood to deal with traffic, noise, and… well, people.
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I’ve been meaning to unleash my only useful “Aspie Superpower” – recipe replication – on this for a while.
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Thursday, April 5th, 2012
| Recently, I was asked to make 3 huge batches of my Paska for a screen test for a local TV show. I was so confused at what I was thinking – it was such a great opportunity, and I love to turn people on to Paska – it’s *glorious* stuff – but I had already planned to not have to make Paska this year. It’s too great a temptation for me – last year, I went off gluten free when I made it and lived to sort of regret it. (The pain was awful, but the bread was kinda worth it – it’s THAT good!).
I really didn’t want to go flying off the gluten free wagon, especially with my health doing so well lately. I’m strong, but some temptations are too great, even for me. I know myself well, so I decided to create a gluten free version. |
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Sure, I’d never made a gluten free bread before this point (and this was before my recent Gluten Free Deep Dish Pizza epiphany.)… but you know, I love a challenge.
Oh lord. This was amazing. It didn’t have quite the same texture as the real deal, but the flavor was there. I slathered butter on a slice fresh out of the oven, and it was heavenly. So good, in fact, that I immediately messaged local friend Alissa, of “The Accidental Celiac, to inform her that I am a GENIUS (and so humble!), and that if she was around, I had to bring her something. There may have been some capitalized expletives and exclamation point abuse involved also.
I wrapped some still-hot goodness up, stepped away from preparing supper, and went the few short blocks to deliver it. Yep, fresh out of the oven Paska is THAT urgent… especially because having access to safe, GOOD bread when gluten free can make you sort of… feral.
Says Alissa:
“GF Paska, I dub thee “Magic Bread.” My daughter already has had 2 servings..and a part of the braid on top. It was so yummy…and the scent was heavenly. Nice and lemony…mmmmm THANKS for the surprise delivery!!!”
Anyway, the screen test ended up cancelled, but at least I got THIS out of it all. This morning I was reminded that I had not posted this recipe, though all of this went down just over a week ago!
Enjoy! (more…)
Posted in Breads, Breakfast, Easter, Ethnic, Gluten Free, Recipes, Ukrainian | 4 Comments »
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