cookies – Life Food and Me

After two failed recipe attempts over the past couple of weeks, I don’t know what happened, they started off as good ideas but they fell a little short of what I was aiming for.

The first recipe I wanted to make was to use up a half bottle of champagne; I was thinking to cook the chicken in it with some lemon and capers. Well the taste was ok but the look wasn’t what I was going for, so I’m thinking when I try this one again I will use the champagne as a sauce to serve over the chicken. Continue reading “A Few Kitchen Fails and Bacon Fat Gingersnaps!” →

Because I’m that kind of girl, when I read something about food that sounds really good, well I have to try it out and that’s how I ended up making a few do-it-yourself projects on my day off. Plus I had to make cookies for Nick’s father for his birthday so I did that too.

My first project was after reading through David Lebovitz cookbook “My Paris Kitchen” and he talked about salted butter and making your own, so of course he made it sound so good that it was the first thing I had to try. It was very simple and one that I will have to try with various salts. I use mines to sauté veggies and they come out with just the right amount of seasoning.

Make Your Own Salted Butter
¼ to ½ teaspoon of large flake sea salt
1 stick of unsalted butter
Simple knead salt into softened butter and then rechill.

See told you it was simple. I don’t have a picture this time because I didn’t have a cute container to put it in. Continue reading “DIY Day and Boozy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies!” →

Everyone that knows me knows that I will cook with whatever I have on hand. I will do some research online or go through my cookbooks to get some ideas or I will just go in the kitchen and start throwing stuff together and sometimes if I’m lucky I actually get something edible out of the deal.

The cool thing about cooking like this is that not only do I save money on my grocery bill I use up all the stuff taking over my pantry, pretty much like that shelf of canned goods that somehow made their way into my life will get used for some good meals and snacks later on this year so be on the look out for those ideas.

Continue reading “The Tale Of Two Cookies!” →

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