It's been awhile since I've blogged about food. After The Cookbook of Culinary Elegance came out I was "burnt out" of the kitchen for awhile, and then got caught up in dvlping other talents, but we all have to eat, and I LOVE the culinary arts, so here is a small food post!
I made homemade peanut butter cups for the first time in my life. They aren't too pretty...was sewing and trying to make them at the same time...aka sticky fingers and sewing don't mix, so I didn't smooth the chocolate down, but they taste okay. A little on the sweet side to me though, so next time I'll cut back on the sugar some.
..bought cups for the homemade candy, and then melted chocolate. Just used chocolate chips...cheap and fast!...added oil to the chocolate and melted on low heat in glass saucepan stirring constantly. Chocolate burns so easy!
poured a little bit of chocolate into the bottom of each candy holder and let sit until chocolate hardened on the bottom.
Melted 1 cup of peanut butter over low heat until it was of consistency to stir easily, then melted 3 tbsp of butter, 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar...next time I'll pull back on the sugar a bit, and then added salt to taste
While peanut butter mixture was still manageable....added a dollop of it on top of the hardened chocolate. Made sure to make sure the peanut butter mixture didn't touch the sides to allow room for the chocolate to fill around it. Next poured chocolate on top of everything and let harden. You are suppose to smooth the chocolate over so that it's pretty looking like the store bought kind, but I already explained above why I didn't, so mine are ugly! ha, ha!
finished result!
Next food project of the week......so I pulled my dehydrator out of the closet and want to start dehydrating food! I want to make beef jerky for the first time, so I bought beef sirloin....they say that's the best cut of beef to make jerky b/c of it's low in fat content. I will be hitting Mrs. Melissa Burks up for how to season my jerky and dehydrate it properly in my dehydrator shown above so I don't kill myself with meat bacteria, or anyone else who may eat my jerky!
Deepika Azariah's AMAZING healthy dinner that she cooked in her slow cooker last week. Was yummy. I'm such a health nut that I loved this, and food is so much healthier when cooked in a slow cooked method since nutrients stay in a bit more.
Paulette Corey's WAY COOL own cake design. She a computer programmer, so she designed an apple cake, a windows cake, and don't ask me what the middle cake is....If you know what it is, then you're a computer nerd!
Tried my hands at using up millet and pasta with a ground beef mix that I put garlic, onions, and other natural seasonings in....final result....BOO...BLAND! BTW--the millet is what looks like rice, it's not rice, it's millet.
Felt like taking an abstract shot of pineapple pieces to be discarded. It's the time of year when berries and fruit are way too expensive to buy fresh, but fresh pineapple is available. We all know blueberries are a super food...aka one of the healthiest foods on planet Earth, but summer's over. Pineapple is so healthy too, so many health benefits, loaded in vitamin C.......anti-oxidant.......strengthens bones....improves digestion....etc......so this time of year is pineapple time in my house!
A week or two ago I posted a pic of the other great Pyrenees dog that needed attention...This past week, it was the other one that wanted attention. This one is my favorite...she's so sweet natured!
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