CEimB | Apple Crumbles

CEimB: Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Lemony Cream Cheese Frosting

Oh NO not again! Two Carrot Cake posts within 7 days. What can I say...just can't get enough carrot cake. To see the Carrot Cake WHOOPIE PIES, click HERE. But don't leave yet because this recipe by Ellie Krieger and a baking bloggers bake-a-long (that would be my fellow CEimBers) is too good not to check out. This week Leanne of Enjoying My Favorite Things chose the recipe. Leanne, standing ovation! This one deserves an extra round of applause. We loved these little cuties. Carrot cake is my favorite kind of cake. I add pineapple and raisins and think of it [...]

By Joanne|2009-08-06T07:02:50-04:00August 6, 2009|Baking, Food, Food thoughts|10 Comments

CEimB: Cobb Salad

This weeks CEimB recipe was picked by Gabi of The Feast Within blogsite. It was a web based recipe from Ellie Krieger and can be found here: Foodnetwork.com Being that there was egg in this salad, that spurred conversation about an old favorite of my father's: Bombay Oyster. A Bombay Oyster is a raw egg dropped into a glass with vinegar and salt and pepper. Down the hatch it goes. My response...."Dad - you can keep that recipe to your self". I wasn't going to participate in CEimB this week but decided.."oh what the hay!" So I made 3 different salads. Why? 1. I [...]

By Joanne|2009-07-30T07:02:44-04:00July 30, 2009|Food, Food thoughts|11 Comments

CEimB: Aromatic Noodles with Lime-Peanut Sauce

This weeks CEimB is hosted by MrsBethorama at Supplicious. You can find the recipe in the book, "The Food You Crave" by Ellie Krieger on page 167 or online at the Food Network. It was an interesting recipe. I went about it with a lot of skepticism and kept the changes to a minimum. The ingredient changes by Apple Crumbles are in RED. 1/ 2 pkg. Udon Kamut pasta 1 1/2 cups Broccoli Florets 1 1/2 cups snow peas (untrimmed - whoops!) 1 1/2 cups sugar snap peas (untrimmed, ah hem...whoops!) 1/4 cup toasted, roasted, salted peanuts (I toasted them in a toaster oven instead [...]

By Joanne|2009-07-16T07:02:15-04:00July 16, 2009|Food, Food thoughts|13 Comments

CEimB:Lobster…ah..Shrimp Rolls

This week's CEimB recipe was right off the FoodNetwork site. It was chosen by MacDuff of Lonely Sidecar. The recipe is great for a weekend picnic type meal. Nothing fancy, just really good. I used shrimp because I wasn't going to rip apart a lobster. I checked the price of simply lobster meat and almost fainted. Forget it! I had a perfectly good pound of raw shrimp in my freezer screaming to be cleaned, cooked and tossed into a homemade dressing. I made my own rolls for this recipe using my trusty bread machine. They were wheat dinner rolls using 3/4 cup [...]

By Joanne|2009-07-09T07:02:27-04:00July 9, 2009|Food|12 Comments

CEimB: Breakfast Cookies

This weeks CEimB recipe was chosen by Natalie of Whats For Supper. Make sure to check out Natalie's blog for the complete recipe or go HERE for the link. Since the title of the recipe is "Breakfast Cookies", I made them for breakfast. Quick and easy. In 30 minutes the cookies were mixed, in the oven and my bowls and utensils were cleaned. There were a few changes and a couple of screw ups. My changes and screw ups resulted in a tasty, not too sweet cookie that was a bit dry for Ted but a good dunking treat for [...]

By Joanne|2009-07-02T07:02:26-04:00July 2, 2009|Breakfast ideas, Food|15 Comments

CEimB: Vegetable Cheese Strata / Frittata

Who else didn't read the recipe before starting it with the intention of serving it the same night? On Saturday, a quick perusal of ingredients needed for this weeks CEimB recipe was done prior to grocery shopping. I saw the whole wheat baguette required in the recipe and thought..."I'm not going to buy one. I'll make it and really do a bang up job!" Then I read the recipe this morning, before beginning my baguette. Major Whoops! No homemade baguette of mine was going to lay soaking in eggs and milk and other stuff, unseen in all its golden crusted, delicate [...]

By Joanne|2009-06-25T07:02:52-04:00June 25, 2009|Food, Food thoughts|10 Comments