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3.29.2011
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baci's baking - Artichoke Dip
¾ lb. cream cheese, softened
½ cup chicken broth
½ cup mayonnaise
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 T. Dijon mustard
3 scallions trimmed and chopped (optional)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 T. lemon juice
2 t. lemon zest
2 cup coarsely chopped artichokes – either jarred (drained) or frozen (thawed)
salt
pepper
2 splashes of Worcestershire
1) Combine cream cheese, broth, mayonnaise, cheese, scallions, garlic, lemon juice and zest in a food processor bowl fitted with the steel blade. Process until smooth.
3.28.2011
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3.24.2011
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3.22.2011
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baci's baking -Flank Steak with Salsa Verde
2 cup loosely packed fresh parsley
3 scallions, coarsely chopped
2 T. capers, drained
Zest and juice of ½ lemon
2 anchovy fillets
2 cloves garlic, smashed
½ t. dijon mustard
⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the grill
Kosher salt
1 flank steak (about 1½ pounds)
Freshly ground pepper
2 or 3 medium tomatoes
1) Make the salsa verde: Pulse the parsley, scallions, capers, lemon zest and juice, anchovies, garlic, mustard and olive oil in a food processor until slightly chunky. Pour into a bowl and season with salt.
2) Preheat a grill to high or place a grill pan over high heat.
3.21.2011
Handpicked - Wedding Favors
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3.17.2011
St. Patrick's Day
HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY, BLOGGERS!!!
Fun Things to Eat on St. Patrick's Day for Kids
By Laura Wilson, eHow Contributor
updated: February 05, 2011
Let kids celebrate St. Patrick's Day with some unusual food.
Children enjoy celebrating holidays and luckily St. Patrick's Day is no longer reserved for just the Irish. All families can get in on the fun by creating fun food that centers around a St. Patrick's Day theme using the color green, leprechauns, and a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
1 ) Make a Green Breakfast for Kids
On the eve before St. Patrick's Day, leprechauns often visit and leave some signs that they were there causing mischief. Use a few drops of green food coloring to color scrambled eggs or pancakes. Tint cream cheese green to top a morning bagel or "discover" the yogurt turned green overnight with the help of food coloring. Shockingly, the milk is often turned green the morning of St. Patrick's Day thanks to the antics of the little green men.
2) A St. Patrick's Day Lunch
Many children have a sandwich for lunch, which can easily be cut into a shamrock shape using a cookie cutter, according to Perpetual Preschool. To add some green to lunch, tint marshmallow fluff or cream cheese green as part of the sandwich filler. Cut up green vegetables, such as cucumbers, broccoli, or peppers, and include some green dip. Most children enjoy ranch dressing, which can easily turn green with the addition of food coloring.
3) Dinner Options for Kids on St. Patrick's Day
Dinner choices will vary depending on a family's tradition on St. Patrick's Day. Some prefer to stick to traditional Irish corned beef and cabbage. For a fun alternative, roast turkey or chicken can be accompanied by some green mashed potatoes (using food coloring). Pasta with pesto sauce will give a natural green hue. Make a fun punch using green juice and lemon-lime soda, or serve the milk the leprechauns got into earlier.
4) Colorful Desserts for Kids
Dessert is where families can get very creative. Leprechauns are known for chasing a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, so create unique rainbow desserts. According to Family Fun in "Taste a Rainbow", bakers can divide a white cake mix into six equal amounts, add food coloring to make typical rainbow colors and layer them in cupcake papers to make rainbow cupcakes. Kids will also enjoy a rainbow-layered gelatin dessert.
Make a pot of gold by creating gold coins out of lemon gelatin and using the "jigglers" recipe on the box. When firm, cut the gelatin in small circle shapes for coins.
For a green dessert, simply add drops of green food coloring to frosting for cakes or cookies or to a vanilla milkshake.
3.15.2011
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3.14.2011
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baci's baking - Polish Paczki
1 cup lukewarm milk
1 cup sifted flour
2 packages dry yeast
1 T. sugar
2 T. warm water
1) Dissolve the yeast in warm water and add sugar.
STEP 2 - Making the dough:
5 eggs
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 t. vanilla
1/4 lb. soft butter
1 t. rum extract
1 t. orange rind
1 1/2 T. salt
6 cup flour, sifted (or just enough to make a soft dough)
1) Take 5 eggs and add confectioners' sugar. Beat well until lemon colored.
STEP 3 - Frying the paczki:
1) Heat the oil to 350°F, drop doughnuts into hot oil and fry on one side until golden and puffy, then turn on the other and continue to fry until other side is golden.
The paczki can be filled with jelly; a pastry tube is used after the doughnuts are fried.
3.07.2011
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3.04.2011
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3.01.2011
baci's baking - Fancy Chicken Breasts
4 thin slices prosciutto
1 large egg
1 cup fresh bread crumbs
4 large, boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1) Preheat the oven to 375 ° F.
2) Place the chicken breasts between two pieces of waxed paper and pound on them gently with a rolling pin until they’re about ¼-inch thick.
3) Peel and mince 1 small garlic clove. Mix the goat cheese with the garlic and lots of black pepper.
4) Lay out the chicken breasts. Lay a slice of prosciutto on top of each (if the prosciutto hangs over the chicken, trim it). Place one-quarter of the goat cheese mixture on one end of the prosciutto. Roll up the chicken breast around the filling.
5) Set the rolled up breasts on a plate, seam-side down. They’ll stay rolled up.
6) Put the bread crumbs in a shallow bowl.
7) Whisk the egg with 1 teaspoon of water in another bowl.
8) Dip each rolled chicken breast first in the egg, then in the bread crumbs. Roll it around so it’s covered in crumbs. (tip – use one hand for dipping the chicken into the egg mixture, the other for dipping into the crumbs – it’s cleaner this way!)
9) Heat 2 tbsps. oil in the heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the chicken on all sides, which will take about 7 minutes.