Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Recent Indian food exploration

Potato Masala https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/potato-masala-aloo-masala/#wprm-recipe-container-37991

Just used potato, no dal, also didn't have onions so I used onion powder.


Moong Dal (modified) https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/moong-dal-recipe/

I didn't use tomato or onion in this, but I did use onion powder and lots of garlic in the tadka. This could have been vegan had I used oil instead of butter in the tadka 

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Chive blossom vinegar

 https://leitesculinaria.com/80938/recipes-chive-blossom-vinegar.html#wprm-recipe-container-368591


I made this and it was great. It was wonderful to make some salad dressing with this!!

And it was so pretty pink/purple color.

Birthday cakes

For Roland's 6th birthday party,  he wanted a two-tier cake covered in sprinkles.

It wasn't beautiful,  but I did it! To appeal to the widest variety,  I did half yellow cake and half chocolate cake with vanilla frosting. 

I used the chocolate cake I have made many times.  I found a yellow cake recipe on the same blog - web address- and I tried making Swiss buttercream-https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/swiss-meringue-buttercream/#tasty-recipes-80765


Since I couldn't find the right size cake pan,  I just cut down the upper layer.  I had a hard time making them even! 

I made quite a mess putting on the sprinkles, but it looked great and tasted better. 


For Roland's 8th birthday he wanted vanilla cake with vanilla frosting, so I will make this:https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/new-favorite-white-layer-cake/

Monday, April 21, 2025

Stuffed kabocha squash

 https://cookingforpeanuts.com/roasted-kabocha-squash-recipe/#recipe

Made this "acid watcher" friendly:

Subbed pepitas for the walnuts and just omitted anything pepper, tomato, onion,  and garlic-related

For the tahini sauce I just used tahini, water, honey, and salt.

I had one squash and for dinner I stuffed each half with one cup each of brown rice and the tofu taco filling. I ate one quarter of the squash, rice, filling combo and that was quite a lot!

Sunday, April 13, 2025

AIP Cinnamon rolls

 https://healmedelicious.com/cinnamon-rolls/

These were pretty good for gluten-free, lower-sugar, lower-fat cinnamon rolls. As one commenter wrote, the whole thing is like the inside of a Cinnabon roll.

I followed the recipe except for using honey as the sweetener in the filling, I needed to chill the filling so the coconut oil solidified in order to keep it from oozing out when rolling. They needed to bake for about 33 minutes. If you follow the recipe or use maple syrup instead of honey, then they would be vegan.

Sunday, March 30, 2025

Carrot cookies

 I've been on a pretty strict low fat, low acid, low sugar diet for about a week and a half to combat years of "silent reflux." It's going mostly good so far but I've been craving something sweet or more dessert-like.

This recipe is in a book/cookbook for the diet I'm following.

1c GF oatmeal 

1c GF AP flour 

1tsp cinnamon 

1tsp baking powder 

1/2tsp baking soda 

1/2tsp salt

1/2c honey 

1/2c coconut oil 

1c shredded carrots 

Mix dry and wet ingredients separately before combining. Don't over mix together.

Drop tsp size dollops of dough on a cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes at 375degF.

Makes about 36-45

These turned out great, not very sweet 


Soy sauce noodles

 This was very simple, but very good!!

I used sweet potato noodles to make it gluten free 

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023889-soy-sauce-noodles-with-cabbage-and-fried-eggs?smid=ck-recipe-android-share

Monday, March 24, 2025

Maple parsnips stacks

https://www.riverford.co.uk/recipes/maple-parsnip-stacks

I bought some parsnips in a whim and these were excellent as long as you don't burn them. I made half a recipe, but filled 12 muffin cups. 

Looking back I should have used 6 because the 12 were small and short.

I used dried sage instead of the other flavors in the recipe, and I did without the shallots. I used the 1/8" setting on the mandolin and cutting it went really fast.

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Recent salad dressings

 Chipotle Ranch 

https://www.onelovelylife.com/chipotle-ranch-dressing/#tasty-recipes-32457-jump-target

This one, as written tasted too much like mayo, so I added more garlic powder and then some white wine vinegar. I used the high side of the chipotle peppers, probably closer to a tablespoon.


Honey lime vinaigrette https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/235712/honey-lime-vinaigrette/

Used this as a general guide, didn't add any extra sugar, and just used olive oil.

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

GF Crepes

 https://www.mamaknowsglutenfree.com/gluten-free-crepes


I made this recipe for La Chandeleur on the lefse griddle and they were pretty good. Based on the videos I saw, I think it's easier to spread out the batter with a t-shaped tool to make them extra thin. I made do with a spatula.

We had strawberry, banana, Nutella, and peanut butter toppings.

Sunday, January 19, 2025

Gingerbread Cake

 I made this cake because I wanted to 

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026424-holiday-gingerbread-cake-with-molasses-whipped-cream?smid=ck-recipe-android-share

Used mostly Bob's Red Mill 1:1 GF flour in place of the AP flour.

It needs the whipped cream because the cake itself is not too sweet. I didn't make the cream from the recipe but had it with ice cream.

It was a little bitter, probably because it burned a little. But not sure if I'd make it again.

Thursday, January 2, 2025

Macarons

 https://thebeachhousekitchen.com/chocolate-peanut-butter-macarons/#wprm-recipe-container-21486

Made these on New Year's day because Leela loves them. I had a hard time following the instructions and had a couple missteps in the egg white whipping. I missed adding the plain sugar. I added it after I whipped the egg white. Then I forgot to add the vanilla at the soft peak stage and had to keep whipping after I added it.

I probably under mixed the batter after adding the almond flour mixture because the shells were slightly hollow. Also, I baked both trays at the same time and some we bigger than others and they cooked slower than the "normal"-sized ones.

Generally, this tutorial is what I followed the first time and I think it is very informative.

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/french-macarons/