Day 123- May 3 2010 My Birthday flowers from my Boyfriend
Posted by admin on 7th May 2010
5May
Day 93 – April 3 2010 – food day 184 Peep Show
Posted by admin on 6th April 2010
To those who celebrate. Happy Easter
4Apr
Day 45 – February 14 2010 – food day 136 Candy Hearts #project365 #photography
Posted by admin on 16th February 2010
2Feb
Day 1 – January 1 2010 – Food day 92 – New Years Day Pecan Rolls
Posted by admin on 1st January 2010
A new year, Another year of Project 365 begins. I will be printing a book of last years project 365, which I’m very excited about! I hope this years photos come to be as amazing, inspiring, and help me grow as much as project 365 has in the past year!
here’s a look back at my mosaics of the past year!
1Jan
Day 359 December 25 2009 food day 84 Pecan Pie
Posted by admin on 30th December 2009
My mom’s Chocolate Pecan Pie
Recipe to come
12Dec
Day 358 December 24 2009 food day 83 Peanutbutter Ball
Posted by admin on 30th December 2009
From my box of holiday treats from a friend yum!
12Dec
Day 356 December 22 2009 food day 81 Candied Walnuts
Posted by admin on 28th December 2009
A serious winter favorite
12Dec
Day 355 December 21 2009 food day 80 Kale Chips
Posted by admin on 28th December 2009
KALE CHIPS!
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Recipe Origin: Kath Eats Real Food
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Ingredients:
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Kale
1 teaspoon salt
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2 tsp of olive oil
Parmesan, Asiago or other cheese
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Directions:
| 1. | Preheat oven to about 375 |
| 2. | Use about 1 OXO salad spinner’s worth of kale (which was a stuffed grocery store veggie bag). Tear the leaves off the thick stems into bite size pieces. Spread out on cookie sheets. |
| 3. |
Drizzle with about 2 tsp of olive oil. Sprinkle with Parmesan, Asiago or your seasonings of choice. Plus a sprinkle of kosher salt.Bake for about 15 minutes, until edges are brown and kale is crispy when moved in pan. |
I’m not a fan of Kale normally but these salty crunchy homemade kale chips were great!!!
12Dec
Day 347 December 13 2009 food day 72 Latkes and Brisket
Posted by admin on 22nd December 2009
A perfect Hanukkah Dinner!
My apologizes for the hiatus I was in Florida visiting my grandparents there for the past week. My one reader informed me she was tired of looking at x-mas M&M’s so I needed to update!
12Dec
Day 330 November 26 2009 food day 55 Happy Thanksgiving Turkey
Posted by admin on 30th November 2009
This was the first year that my sister and I has thanksgiving alone. We did it all turkey, stuffing, potatoes, 2 pies, etc. We had never made a turkey before it was a seriously learning experience. It cooked okay and turned out with a nice golden skin, but when it came to the carving we were stumped! It’s so hard!! We put Oregano and another spice I can’t remember in it! It smelled great!
11Nov
Day 327 November 23 2009 food day 53 Pumpkin Pie
Posted by admin on 29th November 2009
This Year I decided to try a different recipe then the one of the back of the can of pumpkin pie. I tried a recipe from allrecipes.com.
Ingredients:
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1 egg
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree
1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
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Directions:
| 1. | Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). |
| 2. | Add the sugar gradually to the pumpkin puree. Beat well an stir in the flour, salt and spices. Stir in the corn syrup and beat well. Stir in the slightly beaten egg, then slowly add the evaporated milk, mixing until well blended. Pour the batter into the unbaked pie shell. |
| 3. | Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) for 10 minutes then reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees F) and continue baking pie for an additional 30 minutes or until a knife inserted into the mixture comes out clean. |
I ended up making this recipe for 2 pies but I didn’t double the recipe. The pie looked a bit different in each one. The pie pictured above in the one I made for my boyfriend. I used a deep dish pie plate which I realized makes things MUCH easier because there is no chance of spillage when transferring into the oven! This one took the amount of time listed on the recipe where as the other one I was making at the same time took about 30 more minutes until it had set completely! The flavor in this pie versus the Libby’s Pumpkin pie was slightly different. It was a lighter, airier pie, which I think is due to the corn syrup.
Overall a WONDERFUL Pumpkin Pie recipe! that I plan to use again!
11Nov
Day 326 November 22 2009 food day 52 Candied Lemons
Posted by admin on 24th November 2009
HOW TO:
Cut the top and bottom off the washed lemons:
Using a mandoline or sharp knife, cut lemon into 12 paper-thin slices; discard seeds and ends of rind.
Bring a medium saucepan of water to a rolling boil. Remove from heat, and add lemon slices; stir until softened, about 1 minute. Drain, and immediately plunge slices into ice-water bath. Drain.
Bring sugar and 1 cup water to a boil in a medium skillet, swirling to dissolve sugar. When liquid is clear and bubbling, reduce heat to medium-low.
Add lemon slices, arranging them in one layer with tongs. Simmer (do not let boil) until rinds are translucent, about 1 hour. 4.
Transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment. Let stand until ready to serve. Mine have been drying for 2 days now. They are still rather tacky but I will cover them in sugar tonight.
Candied Lemon Slices
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Ingredients:
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1-3 organic lemons, washed
water for boiling
ice water
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2-4 cups sugar
1 cup water
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Directions:
| 1. | Cut the lemons into thin slices (not too thin or else they tear apart too easily) removing seeds and the ends. |
| 2. | Bring water to a boil in a saucepan and blanch the lemon slices for about a minute. Drain the lemon slices and plunge them into a bath of ice water. Drain. |
| 3. | Meanwhile, combine the sugar and 1 cup of water in a large saucepan and stir over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved. Bring to a simmer and add the lemon slices. Let simmer (don’t boil) for an hour (you can simmer as much as 2 hours). |
| 4. | Remove slices from hot sugar syrup and set on a cooling rack over a baking sheet to dry. Could take up to 24 hours to dry. |
| 5. | Dip in tempered dark chocolate and set on parchment paper until chocolate has cooled and firmed up. |
11Nov
Day 324 November 21 2009 food day 51 Making my Grandma’s thanksgiving Cranberries
Posted by admin on 24th November 2009
I’d share the recipe but I’m not sure if it’s a family secret or not. The basics, 1lb cranberries (cut in half), Sugar, water, Almond extract.
11Nov
