Looking for more fun and interesting ways to use strawberries right now? This roasted strawberry browned butter buttercream really caught my eye. Roasting strawberries adds a lot of depth to the fruit, and mixing it with browned butter sounds so cozy and rich. Even if you don’t have any birthdays or other celebrations coming up, this recipe is worth making a cake or cupcakes just for fun.
Q: Can I bake and freeze cupcakes ahead of time? When thawing to decorate, will papers come off? Thanks! I have a big wedding I’m cooking for.
Sent by Laurie
A couple years Roeshel of the blog DIY Show Off removed the pantry closet in her kitchen to make room for the refrigerator. While that was necessary at the time, she still lost a lot of valuable storage space in the process. To regain that space, she turned a good-sized but unused hallway into a makeshift pantry area, complete with a DIY industrial pipe shelf. See what this area looks like now!
We shape clay into a pot, but the place where it is empty is what makes it useful.
We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable.
— Tao Te Ching
I’ve been cooking my beans in a big fat clay pot that sits all day on the lowest possible flame on the back of my stove. Once in a while, a little burbly bubble pops up and breaks the surface and slowly, slowly the beans swell and grow creamy. They’re flavored with salt and olive oil and a little onion, maybe a bay leaf if I remember or a whole dried chili if that seems appropriate.
Una deliciosa tortilla a base de huevos, espinacas, zanahorias, fácil a preparar y muy rica
Happy weekend, food folks! Are you getting into the weekend spirit? What’s on the menu this weekend? I’m planning on eating a lot of strawberries and making a big family lunch on Sunday. What about you? Also, here are a few of my favorite posts from the past week, just in case you missed them.
Q: I’ve started to make homemade granola, and dried fruits and nuts can get pretty pricey. Should I buy them in bulk or online? Any suggestions?
Sent by Alice
The angle: Let’s branch out from gravlax and apple cakes — Tina Nordström, Sweden’s own celebrity chef, shows us what Scandinavian home-cooking is really all about.
Recipes for right now: Cress Salad with Coconut and Lime, White Asparagus Soup with Bread and Salami, Grilled Cod with Green Pea Pesto, Stuffed Lemon Bread, Mascarpone Gratin Blackberries with Grand Marnier
Who would enjoy this book? Fans of Scandinavian cuisine, my fellow Midwesterners, armchair-traveling cooks
Consider it your duty this summer to make pulled pork sandwiches. This week we’ve got a tutorial for how to cook and shred a pork shoulder, how to make BBQ sauce, and finally putting it all together in a delicious sandwich. In the meantime, let’s take advantage of more spring-things by making Izy’s asparagus soup with frittata bites and Sara Kate’s pesto pasta with fava beans. Looking for dessert? Be sure to try your hand at the lemon-lime curd with rosemary sables – a real treat!
Deme’s Dayton, Ohio kitchen “was definitely drab,” she writes on her blog House For Five. “And dirty. And really, really blah-brown.” We see what she means. The enormous lightbox in particular “made the ceiling feel like it was grazing the top of your head,” especially for her 6’4″ husband. It was time for a change.
To give her kitchen new life and spark, Deme embarked on a plan to transform the space by updating, repainting, or replacing almost everything while keeping the budget to under $700. How did she do it? See the amazing transformation below:
