We have a curious and sudden abundance of summer squash around the house. Last night I made some zucchini bread. The initial batter was a little moist and I made the mistake of adding some oats and flour – this made it more dense. Here’s the functional recipe: Zucchini bread, www.wt8p.com, adapted from Jane Brody’s […]
Here’s a recipe for a homemade sports drink I used on STP. It’s adapted from Arnie Baker’s Bicycling Medicine. I threw in the lime because I needed to use it up before it went bad. You could use any citrus fruit or unsweetened juice. Sports drink – adapted from Arnie Baker’s recipe 4 Valencia Oranges,
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Bybee-Nims Farms, in North Bend, opened its “U-pick” blueberry fields this week. When we went on Wednesday, the parking lot was teeming with mini-vans and station wagons full of families with the same idea. The fields are very prolific, and one doesn’t have to venture far to find a good bush. Blueberry bushes have no
I made some excellent cream cheese brownies last night, using the recipe from the January 1999 Cook’s Illustrated. The combination of cocoa and bittersweet chocolate works wonderfully. I used whole wheat flour because this would otherwise absolutely no redeeming nutritional value. Eat sparingly. I love the magazine, but its indexing is frustratingly linear. Instead, I’d
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Last week, I wrote about the difficulty I had getting my sourdough starter … started. All this effort is done because I want to have a starter that leavens and provides a rich flavor in my bread. Leavening in baking is done aerating the dough with carbon dioxide, causing it to puff out. There are
Last month, I killed my second batch of starter. This was a good thing, for reasons I’ll comment on later. I decided to purchase some “professional” quality sourdough starter from Sourdo International, the company Ed Wood, author of Classic Sourdoughs created. I went a little wild — pun intended — as evidenced by the number
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Last year, we subscribed to market baskets through Pike Place CSA. Because there’s no convenient pick-up option in the ‘burbs east of Seattle, we found another CSA, run by Full Circle Farm. During the summer months, the market basket concept is great because it offers excellent, quality produce grown locally, and in many cases, organically.
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I didn’t do that well at predicting the banana consumption in the household this week, so we had plenty of extras for banana bread. Here’s a good recipe. I prefer to have this slightly undercooked so the loaf is extra moist and squishy. Feel free to experiment. Banana Bread — https://www.wt8p.com 1 1/2 C mashed