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Mochi

March 5, 2012 at 9:33 pm | Posted in Food | 1 Comment
Tags: Japanese sweet, mochi, recipe tutorial

One of my favorite Japanese desserts is mochi. If I had to describe it, I guess I would call it a cross between a marshmallow and buttered rice – mildly sweet, slightly sticky, chewy, slight rice flavor, and delicious. Needless to say I am very happy to have discovered how easy it is to make at home. Continue Reading Mochi…

Bacon Pancakes with apples

October 10, 2011 at 6:12 am | Posted in Food | Leave a comment
Tags: bacon, bacon pancakes, breakfast, recipe tutorial

My husband took a few vacation days last week, and I decided to try making bacon pancakes. They aren’t a new idea, there is a Rath Bacon ad from 1961 that suggests making “wonderful” bacon pancakes using their bacon and Aunt Jemima pancake mix. The ad shows bacon strips on a griddle with someone pouring pancake batter out of a pitcher and over the bacon. I don’t have a griddle, and the pitcher of batter doesn’t seem very practical since so much would stick to the sides, so I just used my non-stick skillet and regular mixing bowl. Continue Reading Bacon Pancakes with apples…

Cake Balls from scratch

September 8, 2010 at 7:00 am | Posted in Food | 2 Comments
Tags: cake balls, cake bon bons, from scratch, recipe tutorial, step by step photos

These cute little cake balls are fairly simple to make, if time consuming. You are supposed to use a cake mix and canned frosting, but, by the time you measure out the eggs and oil I figure you may as well make your cake from scratch. And I can’t eat canned icing – too much soybean oil. I know, my color choose is, um, interesting to say the least. I utterly detest football, but I am bringing these to a football party, so I went with the team colors. Which is very unusual for me, but it made more sense than the baby blue and white that I also had. Read on for the recipe and directions. Continue Reading Cake Balls from scratch…