I'm back!

Hello! I've been away, but after being lovingly harrassed by friends and family to keep up my blog I've finally gotten my butt in here. Among my latest experiments:

Braided egg bread (at left): The first white bread I've made in a while, as I usually opt for whole wheat. I made it for my grandpa, for Christmas, since he's always making us the cheesebread that I love so much. The dough is braided and then glazed with an egg batter/poppyseeds and makes a very pretty picture. I got this picture off the internet, but it's pretty close to what mine looked like.



Also, homemade whole wheat bread and whole wheat pasta: a hit with my huband, although he complains about the fiber. :-P He'll be okay. ;-) But he gets annoyed when I talk about poop.

Two different pestos a la Christina Pirello:


a cilantro hempseed pesto, as a relish to blood orange-infused olive oil fried tofu/sauteed arugula ( a peppery green akin to baby spinach). Mix a few cups cilantro with 3 tbsp hempseeds, drizzle olive oil, 2 tbsp. white miso (femented soy paste, very good for you, adds nutty flavor and moisture) and blend in food processor.

an arugula/pinenut/cracked pepper pesto simply mixed with whole wheat pasta and a sprinkle of shredded parmesan. The above listed ingredients and another drizzle olive oil and white miso.

Some "leftovers" concoctions:

mixed veggie tofu stir-fry: sauteed baby spinach with assorted chopped veggies found in the fridge- seeded jalapeno, red pepper, onions/shallots, garlic, chunks tofu, and some other stuff I can't remember. It turned out pretty tasty. Mostly because I used a rediculous amount of garlice. :-)

And general other things:

smokey edamame: this simple dish was hubby's idea but it was excellent! Frozen edamame thawed/warmed and mixed with a generous sprinkle smoked salish sea salt. AWESOME.

We got a few new cookbooks for Christmas, I'm excited to try them! I actually got the egg bread recipie from one that Erich's grandma got us (it has a whole section on yeast breads, which I plan to go through one by one).

That's all for now.

:)