23Feb
Categories: Candy, Dessert
This weekend, I tried my hand at creme brulee:
I used Alton Brown’s recipe for Creme Brulee, and its pretty easy to make. Its also a tasty dessert that you’d have to go to a pretty fancy restaurant for. Plus, you get to use a torch!
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22Feb
Am I a cooking nerd? Kitchen geek? I got some new food coloring for my birthday… and I was excited about it! 
Ateco brand gel colors
I should also add that these are gel-based colors, and are much stronger than the standard food colors that you buy in the grocery store. The pink and purple colors are from just 2 drops of coloring each.
You can find these at Amazon:
27Nov
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving is like THE food holiday, and since we didn’t drive back home, we had our own Thanksgiving dinner here. It was my first time cooking a turkey, as well as the whole dinner. Everything was really good, except my Caramel Apple pie was invisibly ruined. First, the turkey:
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18Oct
Last year, I made Pumpkin Whoopie Pies and they were a huge hit with everyone that tried them. Now its suddenly October again and the perfect time to make these Autumnal treats! I just took a couple of photos , and you can find the recipe and write-up here: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
27Sep
Categories: Dessert, Fruit
Yesterday, I made this delicious peach cobbler from Allrecipes.com. Its got the fruit on the bottom, then an oat-crisp top and a dash of cinnamon on top. Recipe here. The recipe title is Peach Crisp III, but I know it as cobbler, so that’s what I’m going to call it.
I deviated from the recipe though. I put 1 cup of oats because I didn’t have granola. I also didn’t use the nutmeg, allspice, or pecans on top. I really liked the way it turned out. Definitely worth a try.
23Sep
Who needs a milk shake machine? A KitchenAid mixer will whip up a good milk shake for you. Just scoop some ice cream into the mixing bowl, turn it on and let it work through the ice cream. Once it becomes softened, dump in whatever flavoring you are making– like some fresh strawberries!
If you’ve ever used a blender to make a shake, you know that you have to make it pretty runny to get the blender to mix it well, but the mixer doesn’t have that problem. Clean-up is easier than a blender too.
I got this tip from a fellow KitchenAid owner who said he used his mixer to make big batches of shakes for family parties.
