Archive for the 'Tasty Tools' Category

Crockpot applesauce and Oct 09 Tasty Tools

October 20, 2009

An easy great way to have homemade applesauce. A few steps and let it go! I found this on A Year of Slow Cooking and it is great! I doubled it for extras to freeze and use in handpies.
I am also submitting this to Joelen’s Tasty Tools Event. Check out her blog at the end [...]

German Pancake and Aug 09 Tasty Tools: Cast Iron Skillets

August 18, 2009

This months tasty tools for Joelen’s Culinary Adventures is Cast Iron Skillets. I have never used one before and dont even own one, but thankfully I was up visiting my folks and my mom has one. So after some search I decided to make a German pancake with apple topping-cooked apples in butter and cinnamon. [...]

Strawberry Margarita Pie-July 09 Tasty Tools Springform pans

June 5, 2009

I recently saw this recipe on Annie’s Eats and knew to instantly mark it for future use. The recipe sounded and looked delicious and would be a perfect dessert to any Mexican meal. Well the opportunity to make it came sooner than I thought. This week H had several work dinners that we were putting [...]

Mini Brownie Bites and April’s Tasty Tools: Muffin Pans

April 6, 2009

mmmmm I love brownies. I love any recipe that can be whipped up in just one bowl. No need to pull out the mixer on this, just grab a whisk and a large bowl and you are all set. I love the deep chocolate flavor of these and how they are bite sized. Bite size [...]

Tasty Tools March 09: WOKS and Stir Fry

March 9, 2009

This months Tasty Tools is using a WOK. I have always found using a wok can make cooking a bit easier, a bit healthier, and faster. I have found when I want to make omelets, using my wok is a great tool. You can first stir-fry the veggies, then set aside. While the pan is [...]

Whole Wheat Pizza Dough and Feb. Tasty Tools: Food Processor

February 4, 2009

In an attempt to make over our favorite foods to be much healthier, I was on a quest to find good tasting, but healthy pizza dough. Pizza can be healthy when topped with the right toppings, but only if you have good, healthy dough too. I found this recipe on allrecipes.com. I did take the [...]

Warm Double Chocolate Brownie Cakes and January Tasty Tools: Measuring Tools!

January 7, 2009

I just received my first issue of Food and Wine and immediately wanted to make the warm double chocolate cakes I saw in the back of the issue! The recipe was very easy to make and I had everything on hand! They remind me of a lava cake  how the middle is a bit gooey, [...]

Italian Sprinkle Cookies and Dec Tasty Tools: Cookie Sheets

December 14, 2008

What a great, easy cookie ball with an excellent light flavor! I wanted a new type of cookie to make this year with all my other baking and found these in my Taste of Home Cookie book! Very easy to make and huge on flavor!
I am also submitting this to Joelen’s Culinary Adventures Tasty Tools Blog [...]

Pumpkin Cheesecake and November Tasty Tools: Roaster Pans

November 29, 2008

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! My mom and I love love love pumpkin cheesecake! I had seen this recipe on Cook’s Illustrated for a while now and knew this was the recipe I wanted to make! This cheesecake recipe was my first ever to make and it was excellent! The mixture of the spices with the creams (cream [...]

White Bean and Chicken Chili and Oct. Tasty Tools Blog Event!

October 17, 2008

This month for the Tasty Tools Blog event we needed to use a dutch oven. I love using my LARGE 8 qt dutch oven for big batches of bolognese sauce, stews, and soups. It is a rather large dutch oven, I keep meaning to get a 5 qt, but for this recipe it was great. [...]