Chocolate tarts filled with chocolate mint ganache and topped with mint glaze What's the most basic cooking skill? Boiling water? Well, if it is, it's something I have trouble doing. Yes, I can put water in a pot, set it on the stove and turn it to high. But it's the subjective decision of when the water exactly hits 212 degrees. (I'm crazy enough to get a thermometer and find the precise time when it hits boiling.) I mean is it when it just starts bubbling up, or a rapid boil, ...
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Chocolate Granola Pie
A fail-proof pie with a granola crust and chocolate pudding filling I used to think I couldn't make pie. It was one of the leading reasons why I was {am} an emotional baker. I could never roll pie crust out. The finished pie never sliced well. (probably because I was cutting too soon - fresh out of the oven pie is not meant to be cut, although I wish it was!) & it just didn't taste that great. Then, just suddenly, I could make pie. I honestly don't know what happened. Maybe it was ...
Carrot Cake Pop Tarts
Cake and pie meet in this delicious spring treat I went on an unexpected Easter egg hunt yesterday. Every morning I take Winston for a walk. I always go through a check list before we leave - bags (for clean up,) key, phone. I always use the RunKeeper app and start it as soon as we leave. I didn't remember starting it, but it wouldn't be like me not to. It was a typical walk except for the moderate rainfall. Once, we got home I put my hand in my pocket to stop the app and was ...
Veggie Pot Pies
A classic comfort food made without dairy and meat I have a weakness for Hallmark Channel movies. The love stories get me every time. Most recently, Chance at Romance, had me glued to the TV. This particular movie featured an aspiring chef who was particularly known for her pot pies. She starts her own "Pot Pie of the Month Club." At the end of the movie, I started craving pot pies. I was a little worried about making my own - that they wouldn't be up to standards, but these truly were ...