Monday, December 28, 2009

The Only Book One Needs

I am convinced "How To Cook Everything Vegetarian" by Mark Bitman is the only book one needs. My mom got it for us for Christmas, and when we got back we started cooking! So far I made pancakes (variation with whole wheat, oatmeal, and yogurt) and braised lentils, spanish style. Both were delicious! Luke make potato gnocchi, another success! Later this week, we are going to make beer glazed beans and butternut squash with coconut and curry.

There are so many recipes I want to try!

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Cinnamon Rolls!


I made cinnamon rolls today. After all, I have been having this craving for a long time now. I made cinnamon rolls with cream cheese glaze from epicurious. I only made a slight change: I used part regular sugar in the filling. They turned out really well, but next time I would use all brown sugar or mix the sugar with the butter before spreading on the dough so that the filling doesn't spill out.

In fact, the cinnamon rolls were so good that I ate two as soon as they were done at 3:30 and then didn't make it to my belly dancing class at 4:00. But really, who can belly dance with a belly full of cinnamon rolls?