Friday, January 29, 2010

Pav


January 26th was Aussie day, so we had our usual BBQ celebration (pictures on facebook) What Aussie day dinner would be complete without Pavlova for dessert? Pavlova is a hard meringue filled with fruit and cream, very tasty and light. In this case, mini size with lactose free pastry cream and mango, strawberry and banana sliced on top.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Naners

Abbie loves banana muffins with chocolate chips. Only banana and chocolate chip. I get a little bored with just one kind of muffin around all the time. I am always on the look out for something different she will like. These ones fit the bill!

Banana muffins with graham streusel. They need a little tweaking, I think they are slightly gummy but the streusel makes up for it. (And they are pretty! Thanks again Amy, David and Zoe!)

Banana Muffins with Graham Streusel
Muffins:
1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temp
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
1 cup light brown sugar
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 cup mashed over-ripe bananas, about 2 large
2 1/4 cups white whole wheat flour (King Arthur)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Streusel:
2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp oats
1 tsp ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 12 cup muffin tin with papers or spray with non stick cooking oil.

In a large bowl beat the butter, sugar and yogurt until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla. Beat in the bananas until well mixed.

In a separate bowl mix together the dry ingredients. Fold into the wet mixture just until moistened.

Evenly spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tins. Mix the streusel topping together until crumbly, then sprinkle over the batter.

Bake for 20 to 22 minutes until spring to touch and lightly golden.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Certified cake

Liam was on the A/B honor roll again this quarter! Yay for good grades!


And the promised chiffon cake, Tuscan Orange. Perfect after a rich dinner!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

brotform


For Christmas I received a brotform from Stan and Lorna (thanks again!). For those of you who don't know, it is a willow bread proofing basket. The canes and airflow help the crust stay nice and crisp and also make a pretty pattern on your loaf. I tried it out today with some wheat potato bread.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Cheekan gooood


Kyle has decided tonight's dinner should be called the evolution of the chicken. We had hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper chicken thighs, and noodles cooked in chicken broth. Maybe the evolution of use of the chicken....I'm not sure. I think I will just call it tasty!

Lava!


Zara and I made silly drinks for News years...they are called "lava lamps" Jello shots smashed up in a glass of champagne. They were fun, the jello really does go up and down in the glass! But, it is a little weird to have to chew your drink :)