Bell Jar wrote:
> I hit a home run w/ dinner last night.
> Thanks all to the positive responses to my sick of cooking thread.
> Last nights dinner consisted of a nice, simple red leaf salad topped w/ home
> made oil and vinegar dressing made w/ spiced rice vinegar, a glug of sesame
> oil, EVOO, dash of soy sauce, and assorted spices. YUM.
> From the back yard grill, NYStrips lightly marinated in a little EVOO, soy
> sauce and a dash of pepper.
> My first California rolls. My husband really liked them, my kids didn't at
> all, (fine w/ me, they did try them) and I wasn't impressed w/ the Nori, the
> Nori was way to fishy tasting for me. I don't know if there is another
> brand that I can try (bought these at an Asian market) But I didn't care
> for it. However they were BEAUTIFUL! I have to say I was rather impressed
> w/ myself ... they could have been on a food show! The Sushi rice was
> perfect.
> Also from the grill, sliced fresh pineapple omg .. it was to DIE for .... I
> think I could have eaten it all myself.
> For desert, sliced fresh strawberries, fresh pineapple and banana topped w/
> a bit of cream. I did make shortbread, however I was so busy w/ the grill I
> forgot it in the oven and the shortbread ended up way to hard. It wasn't
> missed at all though, the fruit and cream was a perfect ending to a very
> filling meal.
>
> Breakfast was whole wheat banana pancakes served w/ left over fruit from the
> dinner before.
<snip>

the next time you are in an asian market, see if they have pumpkin
flour. you can substitute it for a quarter or a third or so of recipes
like pancakes and quick breads (im sure you oculd use it in yeasted
breads, too, but im no maven on that ) i make pie crusts with it
sometimes, and it worked really nice for a chess pie (thanks, Wayne,
BTW, for that recipe! hubby loved it :>)

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