First of all, I was thrilled yesterday to receive my box a day early!!!! I opened it yesterday and flipped through the cookbooks and my other book!
Betsy posed the question to Beverly and I a few days ago "who reads a cookbook?" I admitted to her that I have done that before and was in the process of reading The Flavor Bible, to see if it was worth owning my own copy. I have the library's right now. When Betsy arrived in France, they had a small apartment that they stayed in for a few days and no tv, so she started to read MAFC. When I looked at my copy (and I'm excited to have the same exact copy as Betsy), I saw that it is indeed a good idea to read first before trying a recipe. It's sort of a cookbook textbook. I'm okay with that. I'll be self educating in more fancy cooking without having to go to a school! Apparently the recipes increase in difficulty as you learn the techniques. I have to admit to you right now, that I don't have the time to go through this cookbook in one year like Julie Powell did. I also can't make every single recipe due to some of the food allergies in our family. But, I will try as many as I can and will post my experiences.
I also need to read through the beginning of AB in 5 Min. a Day because it's also new techniques. Therefore, I will be spending some time reading and preparing for my first recipes in these books. I'll try to post about other things I'm trying out in the meantime.
I was going to make some Oreo truffles today, until I found out that the bulk box I had bought to do this no longer has the amount of cookies I need left. I will have to wait until I go to Costco again to pick up more. Maybe before the week is over, since we may have another winter storm coming our way and I just may need to do a stocking up run again.
I found a recipe for Curried Meat in one of my other cookbooks yesterday. It is bascially a master recipe with variations to change it up. I may try to make some curried chicken before the week is over.
That's all for now. I'm going to watch some Olympics and knit for a while.
mmm- curried beef/ chxn...sounds delish!
ReplyDeleteCant wait to hear about it! Oreo truffles...
low fat right?
Sure Bev, if we turn our eyes away from the nutrional info!! Although, could make it with 1/3 less fat cream cheese instead of the regular cream cheese. I make my truffles with the regular cream cheese though. I haven't tried this particular recipe yet.
ReplyDeleteUm...can we go back to the Oreo truffles? That sounds delightful! And I wanted to add that I JUST tried made my first "clarified butter" from MAFC last night and made the chicken sauteed in butter recipe. I should've taken them off earlier (have a bit of a fear of undercooked chicken I think), but they were still amazing! I didn't know you could actually cook something that long in butter!
ReplyDeleteWhat allergies are in your family??
Bets
Courtney is allergic to tree nuts and peanuts. 3 of the kids are lactose intolerant, but we use the lactaid tablets and lactaid milks for them. And Steve is allergic to shrimp, lobster and scallops. Fun!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try to squeeze in some time to make the Oreo truffles tomorrow!!! If I like them, I'll post the link to the recipe.
Glad your clarified butter recipes turned out well!