I got so nervous making this because I thought it was an easy dish and then realized it was essentially a pasta with tomato sauce recipe. I thought it was lighter on the tomato than it actually was, and then I also realized too late that I didn’t have enough orzo, but somehow, after it was done cooking, it worked.
Hello hello! Last month I realized that I was coming up on my blogiversary, and decided to wait to write the post. Well, we should know that with everything going on, I once again neglected to write something for the actual day. I also haven’t made any new pie recipes recently for today’s special Pi Day holiday. So, instead I just wanted to post a celebratory post about having 10 years on here.
Oh, and if you really need some pi day recipes… I have you covered.
What has changed since the start?
Continue readingI was flipping through my Mooncakes and Milkbread cookbook looking for the char siu bao recipe and I happened to see this recipe. I had to make it right away. We have been enjoying it for breakfast, because why not find a socially acceptable way to eat pizza at breakfast? I mean, I used to eat leftover slices of pizza cold for breakfast, but my husband K gives me looks about it, haha.
I know it browned a bit too much, which is why I put in to check it sooner in the recipe below…it still tasted good, though.
Continue readingI was planning on making this green onion pancake again, but then I was curious when I saw a similar style pancake recipe in my current favorite cookbook, Mooncakes and Milkbread. The base dough is basically the same, but instead of using a skillet and doing it all on the stove, you bake the bread. Also, instead of one big pancake, you make several smaller ones. Finally, instead of green onions and sesame seeds, you use some brown sugar and butter, making a sweeter bread.
I was looking to make a recipe again that we hadn’t had for awhile. I came across this baked pasta dish and decided to try it because it was such a hit the last time.
For Christmas, K got me a cookbook from Jamie Oliver. He heard about it from (I think) a podcast, and unlike me, he didn’t go through and look at the recipes ahead of time. I asked him to look over it and find a few recipes that he wanted to try. The book is arranged as meals, and he picked three. Two of them required ingredients from a special grocery store, so I decided to try the third one. I asked him which parts were his favorites because it had multiple side dishes. He picked the garlic bread and pesto chicken.
Here is a one pot pasta meal that I can get behind. The Fudgelet said “this is a meal we should have again” which is always great to hear. I made a couple changes intentionally when I cooked this, but I didn’t realize until I made this post that I used prosciutto and the recipe called for pancetta. It was definitely one of those moments where I read one thing, said it to myself, and yet pictured the wrong thing and went with that. Oh well, I think this worked well, and I could see doing either.
fudgingahead 