Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Gluten Free Bread Mix Experimentation
Now that half of our two person household is gluten intolerant, I've been slowly finding solutions/products that will hopefully help with changing long time favorite recipes from being tossed into the bin. Recently, I did a search for Simple Mills bread mix, to see what others have created with the mix.
I've had a box sitting in the pantry for a couple of months and realized I just needed a little community reassurance regarding what options others have discovered while experimenting with the GF mix. This blog, was the first to pop up in the search results. And, to be honest, I didn't look at other results, because I liked the idea of using a "muffin top" pan (which always makes me think of Seinfeld) to make burger buns.
The first thing I realized (too late)-- I hadn't read the blog carefully enough, before ordering a muffin top pan. I went with a company I've had experience with, which makes a 3" muffin top as opposed to 4 1/2" muffin tops. I went ahead with the baking, because --dang it-- these making/baking moods need to be taken advantage of when they alight.
I followed the directions on the package for "dinner rolls", portioned out the batter into the 12 muffin top indentations, baked for the required number of minutes. Not only did they turn out well, but they didn't stick to the pan I forgot to grease. They are on the smallish side, but now that I know it works well, I'll go get the larger muffin top pan for the next batches. Then the next tasty step will be using them with either pulled pork or a hamburger. Wahoo.
Love, K
Monday, June 13, 2022
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Drooling While Reading
I've been having a problem with the current novel. Some novels are difficult to put down and others can be difficult to get into, depending on reader's expectations or mood or ?. My pen pal cousin and I are reading this book together for the month of June. So yesterday I sent cousin a text sharing my book lapse. Typing it out and reading her reply seemed to be the encouragement I needed to take that book out to the deck for an hour or more.
During that hour, as the main character was dining alone in his hotel restaurant, he recommended a dish to a pair of young nearby diners. Along with the recommendation was his detailed delicious memory of that dish, Latvian Stew:
“...the onions thoroughly caramelized, the pork slowly braised, and the apricots briefly stewed, the three ingredients came together in a sweet and smoky medley that simultaneously suggested the comfort of a snowed-in tavern and the jangle of a Gypsy tambourine.”
Of course my stomach insisted I had to put the book down, pick up my phone and do a quick search. That's when I discovered a blog post written by another reader who stopped mid-read to savor the tasty words. Reassuring to know I'm not as strange as I often fear.
Love, K
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Streaming from 2021-Present
Kinhorn
Only Murders in the Building
Jon Stewart
Mr. Roosevelt
Captain Fantastic
Maid
Home Before Dark
Water for Elephants
The Good Lie
On Our Feet
Dune (new)
African Elephant
Colin Kapernik
Begin Again
Bonus Family
Finch
Dopesick
Pursuit of Love
The King
The Shrink Nextdoor (limited series)
Trapped
Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Tick Tick Boom
Robin Robin
The Song of Lunch
Annette
Power of the Dog
Ride the Eagle
Outside In
The 2nd Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Rewrite
Steady Habits
Red Joan
Swan Song
Crooked House
Cinderella Man
Little Shop of Horrors
Premonition
Being the Ricardos
Don't Look Up
Lost Daughter
Henri
The Courier
Pig
Hunderby (UK series)
Separate Tables
Monarch of the Glen (Scottish series)
A Tender Bar
Star Struck
Together Together
On Chesil Beach
Falling for Figaro
Limbo
Anxious People
My Father's Violin
Mainstreet
Something Borrowed
My Dog Stupid
Railway Man
Beguiled
Someone Somewhere
Landscapers
Woman in the Window (series)
Fisherman's Friends
The Miniaturist
Inventing Anna (limited series)
Westside Story
Drive My Car
Bright Star
Everything Must Go
The Guilty
Adam Project
Life and Beth
Thing About Pam (series)
The Half of It
Phantom Thread
Ben Franklin: Ken Burns
Julia (HBO series)
When We Die
Righteous Gemstones (HBO series)
Old Enough (Japanese series)
Guilt
Closer (2004)
Worth
Mr. Harry Lights a Candle
The House
Friday Night Dinner (UK series)
Staircase (NF series)
Stardust
Last Tango
Michael Clayton
Love & Marriage (BBC series)
Made for Love
Troop Zero
The Last Duel
White Lies (New Zealand indie)
