This zucchini bread is an easy one bowl quick bread recipe that is perfect plain or you can dress it up by adding nuts or chocolate chips!
Steakhouse Mushrooms are an easy side for steak or maybe for roasted chicken. You're going to love this simple, scrumptious recipe for Steakhouse Mushrooms.
It should come as no surprise that I like to end my days with something sweet. And this sweet thing usually goes through phases. Last month it was microwave mug cakes--scant spoonfuls of flour, sugar, and spice whisked with an egg and zapped just long enough to produce a tiny hot, spongy little cake. The weeks before that, I was into homemade dark chocolate bark studded with bits of cracked espresso beans. (Delicious, but an unwise evening snack as it usually left me up all night thinking up projects.) Now, with sunny warm days upon us, it's berries. Strawberries, in particular, washed in cold water and served alongside a bowl of tangy crème fraîche and crunchy, toasty coconut palm sugar. It's the sort of treat that seems and tastes gloriously indulgent, and yet is not something that would be out of place on the breakfast table. I rediscovered my love for creme friache just a few weeks ago when I attended a reception hosted by the folks at Vermont Creamery. For dessert, they served rich flourless chocolate cakes topped with a cloud of the silky sour cream, and I was blown away by how perfectly it worked to balance out the sweetness of the rich cake. The flavor, if you've never tried it, is a bit of a cross between mascarpone and sour cream. It's got the cultured tang you might know from yogurt or buttermilk, but there is also a very lovely sweetness like that you get from good heavy cream. And the texture is thick and a bit gooey, like marshmallow fluff. When my gifted container finished, I bought another and then a third, and then this weekend I was dismayed to find that the container was nearly empty yet again. I wanted to serve it along with dessert at the Mother's Day lunch I was preparing for my mom and mother-in-law, but I didn't have time to buy more. That's when I remembered a long ago article that mentioned how incredibly easy it is to make creme fraiche at home. I got online and found that it really was easy. As easy as whisking together good heavy cream and a few tablespoons of buttermilk or yogurt or even just some storebought creme fraiche. I happened to have a small unopened bottle of Ronnybrook cream (the best around here), so I poured it into a bowl and stirred in equal parts Greek yogurt and what was left of my Vermont Creamery container. I covered the bowl with a piece of the plastic (poking in a few holes to allow air to travel), and left it on top of the stove overnight. By Sunday morning, the bowl of cream had turned thick and silky. I was so excited that I brought it into the bedroom where Eugene was still sleeping. "Look at this! I made creme fraiche!" I exclaimed. "That's nice," he mumbled, then rolled over back to sleep. I left the room hugging my bowl then placed it in the fridge to chill and thicken a bit more. I served my homemade creme fraiche to the moms along with fresh strawberries, blackberries, and coconut palm sugar. They loved it. The bowl is nearly empty again, and I think I just may have to make another batch. This is definitely a dangerous skill to have acquired... **** Love Always Order Dessert? Let's connect! Follow me on Twitter or Pinterest, become a fan on Facebook, or sign up to receive my once-a-week e-mail updates. And if you ever need any entertaining or cooking advice, please don't hesitate to e-mail me. Thanks for reading! Homemade Creme Fraiche Recipe Ingredients 2 cups good quality heavy cream (not ultra-pasteurized) 1/3 cup buttermilk, yogurt, or creme fraiche (or a combination of these adding up to 1/3 cup) Directions Whisk the heavy cream and buttermilk together in a glass bowl. Cover with plastic wrap that's been poked several times to allow air to pass. (You can also use cheesecloth.) Leave at warm room temperature for 12 to 24 hours, or until the cream has thickened into the texture of loose whipped cream. Give it another stir, cover tightly with a new piece of plastic wrap, and place in refrigerator for at least 8 hours. It will thicken and set completely. You can now serve this with both sweet and savory dishes, or use for cooking. (Just as you would use sour cream or store-bought creme fraiche). You can also sweeten or flavor the creme fraiche after it's ready--some good additions are lemon or orange zest, vanilla beans, dried herbs, or sugar. Keeps well 1 week to 10 days when stored in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator.
This is the absolute best Homemade Baked Mac and Cheese! This creamy and cheesy mac and cheese is made with 3 cheeses and topped with a crispy and tasty topping.
Fresh mozzarella is one of the quickest and easiest cheeses to make! It only takes about half an hour and you can eat it right away!
Make breakfasts easy when your freezer is stocked with hash browns. Great way to preserve the taters from sprouting.
Make these fluffy cottage cheese pancakes with a few sim ingredients to up the protein and nutrients! They're packed with 15g of protein per serving and kid-approved. The perfectly crispy edges and fluffy center will make these your go-to pancake recipe.
Here's how to make the best roasted okra around! Baking it in a hot oven might be the best way to cook this green vegetable.
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Classic gluten free lasagna that tastes just like you remember. Go all out with this easy recipe, and bring back the ultimate comfort food!
Get the stains out of your furniture with this DIY Upholstery Cleaner. It takes two ingredients and is great at getting out grass stains, dirt, and food stains.
Elevate your next Mexican meal with these incredible flour tortillas from scratch. The perfect vehicle for tacos, burritos, enchiladas, and more, these tortillas manage to be soft, pliable, and sturdy all at once. Plus they're amazingly easy to make - five ingredients and no special equipment.
Creamy white sauce is the perfect creamy base to so many other of your favourite sauces. A basic white sauce, known as a bechamel is a French classic. This is one of the most basic versions with only a few ingredients.
My favorite no knead bread recipe is incredibly easy to make, perfectly crusty and golden on the outside, and soft and flavorful on the inside. See notes below for an alternate faster (2-hour) version too.
Clean your smelly dishwasher with two household ingredients in your home! Super easy cleaning hack...
Learn What Foods to Avoid (and how to spot them) When on a Gluten Free Diet Learn what gluten is, what it's in, various words that mean "gluten," and a list of foods that contain gluten. Download a free list of what to lookout for on nutrition labels, and which foods tend to contain gluten.
This Dutch Oven No Knead Bread recipe comes out perfectly crusty in under 3 hours - it's easy to make homemade artisan bread with 5 minutes of prep!
