Most people know that my favorite place to be is in the kitchen and to show you how much I enjoy “playing” there, I thought I would share what I cooked all this month. On the days I didn’t cook, we usually had leftovers as I prefer to eat at home than go to a restaurant. I hope my joy of cooking and baking will spark a similar passion in others to cook more at home. And now, here’s what I cooked this month…
Oct. 31 – Tortillas, salad, baked ziti, tapioca pudding with chocolate swirl. (photo below)
Oct. 30 – Asian salad, vegetable chicken soup
Oct. 29 – Granola, Greek salad, salmon patties, Greek spinach rice, dark chocolate almond clusters
Oct. 28 – No knead whole wheat bread, chicken noodle soup, my butter mix
Oct. 27 – Tuna salad, chicken stock, two bean turkey chili (photo below), whole wheat blondies
Oct. 26 – Granola bars, sesame seed breadsticks
Oct. 25 – Deviled eggs, tortillas, vegetable soup, pork fried rice
Oct. 24 – Pork loin with roasted vegetables
Oct. 22 – Multi grain no knead bread, Caesar salad, fast rice & beans, tapioca pudding
Oct. 21 – Eggs & hash browns, no knead raisin walnut bread
Oct. 20 – Granola, salad, pesto pasta with chicken
Oct. 19 – Egg salad, marinated beets, stuffed grape leaves (photo below)
Oct. 18 – Tortillas, chicken noodle soup, chocolate loaf cake
Oct. 16 – Beet & cabbage borscht, salad, skinless chicken drumsticks
Oct. 14 – Chocolate loaf cake (photo below), vegetable-bean soup
Oct. 13 – Wound healing soup, faster whole wheat no knead bread, biscotti (for a gift)
Oct. 12 – Granola bars, deviled eggs
Oct. 11 – Chicken and mushrooms with steamed broccollini
Oct. 10 – Granola, vegetable-bean soup
Oct. 9 – Chewy chocolate clusters, tuna salad
Oct. 8 – Deviled eggs, caesar salad, leftover turkey chili
Oct. 6 – Multi grain no knead bread (photo below) It’s one I make the most.
Oct. 5 – Whole wheat french toast, chicken soup, spicy cabbage salad, turkey chili, double chocolate biscotti
Oct. 4 – Hard boiled eggs, granola bars (photo below), tomato salad, cabbage soup, tortillas, leftover baked ziti
Oct. 3 – Simple whole wheat bread (photo below), whole wheat french toast, croutons, salad, leftover chicken pot pie, crispy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
Oct. 2 – No knead bread, salad, baked ziti, chocolate loaf cake
Oct. 1 – Sesame seed breadsticks, salad, chicken pot pie, dark chocolate fudge brownies.
My Christmas snowball cookies look fancy but they are so easy, even an amateur cook can make them. There’s no mixer required because this recipe is so simple. You just put all the ingredients into a bowl and combine with your hands. After a brief stint in the fridge, you just shape them into balls and bake. They are actually pecan balls so you must be sure to toast the pecans first. It really adds so much more flavor to these powdered sugar cookies.
