Monday, October 15, 2012

weekend review: muffins, bread, and cookies oh my

Figure 1. Saturday morning baking: orange-apricot-bran muffins. I used this base recipe for bran muffins with the following substitutions: 1/4 chopped dried apricots were added to the dry mixture; reduced the sugar to 1/4 cup; used 1 cup all purpose flour + 1/4 cup whole wheat flour; added the zest of one orange to the dry ingredients; substituted canola oil with 1/4 coconut oil; and added extra milk to the wet ingredients. They turned out delicious!

Figure 2. Saturday night's dinner: crock pot sauerkraut pork chops, mashed potatoes, and butter-roasted carrots. I'm sorry this looks really unattractive, but I like to drown my pork/potatoes in sauerkraut....

Figure 3. Sunday afternoon baking: pumpkin ale bread (I used this recipe, but used 1/4 cup whole wheat flour, Terrapin pumpkin ale, and 2 T of butter instead of 4).


Figure 5. Sunday night's dinner: spinach, mushroom, and feta crust-less quiche, pumpkin ale bread, and a baby romaine salad with orange slices, kalamta olives, and a lemon-honey vinaigrette (modeled after this salad).

Figure 6. Sunday night treat courtesy of the boyfriend! Perfect single serving size chocolate chip cookies. He doubled the recipe, but it made 6 large cookies instead of 4. Delicious and easy.

9 comments:

  1. Love bran muffins! :D Oh my gosh, that quiche looks so good!

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  2. Looks like you have the sauerkraut:pork chop ratio correct ;) I'm such a bad German - I just tried it for the first time a few weeks ago - and I LOVE the stuff! The tangy flavor is addictive!

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  3. Those muffins look awesome! And they sound pretty easy to make :)

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  4. i have not been in the cooking spirit but boy have you been. these all look great.

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  5. all the eats look SO GOOD! especially that pumpkin bread and that quiche!

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  6. Large cookies are the best. And the cheese on that quiche is browned perfectly...now where's my fork?? :)

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  7. It all looks very good

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  8. Your boyfriend made you cookies? Oh you lucky lucky lady! Sounds like we've gotta set him & Will up for a bake-off ;)

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