TwD:BwJ: Semolina Bread

Other than running a bit late on posting, this recipe turned out really good! I had a lot of other stuff to do that day, so the multiple rises worked out fine. The Semolina flour gave the bread an interesting flavor. I cut the salt down a little bit, but not much, and I didn't use a razor blade, just a paring knife and that worked. Both my hubby and I really liked this and I will be making some again soon!

Before rise #3 (I think)

My lovely slashes!

Wonderful with some butter!

Big thanks to this week's hosts, Anna and Renee!

FFwD: Make up Roundup

Well, it has been a couple of weeks, and they have been some crazy weeks! We are finally moved, the weekend we moved, it was the hottest yet and we lost electricity for over 2 days. Yeah, we felt like we were going to spontaneously combust! I have been cooking, but havent' gotten to blog, so today is a make-up day. First up is the Seaweed Sables... they were OK. My husband was not a fan. There was a definite seaweed aftertaste, I think if you like sushi, then these might be for you!

lots of seaweed!

Mixed together

Fresh out of the oven

The next recipe is corn pancakes, not these were really good! Super easy (I had a little helper!) and quick. I also made a squash version also that was also great!

My little angel and his funny face!

Sizzling away in the pan

All kinds of yummy corn goodness!

My final recipe for today was the crunchy ginger cucumbers. One of my coworkers gave me some beautiful cukes from his garden and they worked perfectly! I knew I would like this, but I didn't realize how much, the cukes and just perfect with the ginger, vinegar, and a touch of red pepper. Really refreshing!

Yummy homegrown cukes!

Lovely!

Well that is it for today, I plan on making this weeks recipe this weekend, so hopefully I will link that in a couple days! So happy to be back, hope everyone is doing good, I have missed the blogging and interaction with everyone!

TwD:BwJ: French Strawberry Cake

Well, I am not sure if the genoise worked out the way it was supposed to, but it tasted pretty good. It was a little worrisome to watch it deflate with the addition of the flour. I got 2 layers out of it, it got a beautiful golden brown and the fruit was perfect with it.

 I used a frozen mix of strawberries, blueberries, rasberries, and blackberries.

My mish mash of fruit!

Now, when it came to the whipped cream....well, that did not work out that great. I didn't have any sour cream and only 1 cup of heavy cream, so I substituted yogurt and a bit of milk. Yeah, after 10 - 15 minutes of beating, it still was not whipping up well, kinda became a custard consistency, but it tasted good, so onto the cake it went. Because it was so liquidy, I only put it between the layers and on the top. It smoothed out really well! It ended up being a great dessert for Father's Day!

Thanks to our awesome hosts this week: Allison and Sophia !

FFwD: Lime, Honey and Beet Salad

This was a great salad! I love fresh beets and the little hint of lime with the chives was just perfect. I roasted the beets, peeled the skin, and added everything else. Ended up sitting in the fridge for a couple days (made on Friday, didn't eat till today). The salad was just perfect for the BBQ tonight, great with grilled chicken! Happy Father's Day to everyone!

Sorry, not the best picture, but the salad looked really nice!

WW-Chinese Trinidadian Stir-fried Shrimp with Rum

Couple days late again, I am pretty sure that will be common this month, we are in the process of moving so my schedules are all crazy!

Anyway, this was a really yummy dish! I think I put too much shrimp in at once, because my wok got a little cool and the veggies didn't cook very fast. Oh, well, I knew better than to overload the wok. The dish turned out really good anyway!

Wokking away

So yummy!

Thanks to Robin for hosting this week!

FFwD: Olive Oil Ice Cream

Since I flaked on last weeks recipe, I really wanted to do this weeks and that went double because it was Olive Oil Ice Cream! That really intrigued me. I don't have an ice cream maker, so I googled it and found the process to make it without an ice cream maker! A bit more time consuming, but well worth it! The recipe calls for a fruity olive oil, I was pretty sure my olive oil was a bit too peppery and my search for an infused olive oil turned up empty at the grocery store, so I infused my own. I used lemon peel and vanilla bean, it was so easy!

As the oil was cooling, I put together the cream mixture, tempered the eggs, and whisked away.

Once everything was the appropriate consistency, it all went into a ice bath to cool down in preparation for the freezer!

Once everything was cool, the bowl went into the freezer. Every 30-40 minutes, I took the bowl out and mixed it vigorously, breaking up the ice crystals. Here is what it looked like after about 2-3 hours:

It was really good, rich, complex and super satisfying! I already have some ideas of additions and adaptations! We had it for dessert the other night and every night since. I totally forgot to take a nice presentation picture, so here is the bowl with quite a bit eaten!

Yummy!

TwD:BwJ: Oasis Naan

I absolutely thought this recipe was for next week, so it is a couple days late! This bread was pretty easy to make, put the dough together in about 15 minutes and then sat it on my oven to rise and forgot about it. After about 4-5 hours (wasn't kidding about forgetting about it), I pulled it into 8 pieces, rolled into balls and pressed and pulled into disks (also didn't feel like rolling anything).

My pretty disks with salt!

Sprinkled some salt on 4 of them, left out the scallion and caraway seeds because I forgot to buy scallions and don't like caraway, and did cinnamon and sugar on the other four! I don't think I pre-heated the oven enough, because they did not get a pretty golden brown, but they tasted really good and made up dinner last night!

Thanks to our hosts this week, Maggie   and Phyl !