Friday, September 30, 2011

La Dolce Challenge Day 30

DAY 30        SEPTEMBER 30       SLOPPY JANES        PAGE 159
  





THIS RECIPE WAS VERY EASY AND GOOD .WHEN SHE SAID IN THE RECIPE TO STIR CONSTANTLY  LISTEN TO SARAH  KRAMER !! ,MAKE SURE YOU DO!!!! ,OR YOU WILL HAVE BURNT SLOPPY JANE'S .I MADE SOME HOME MADE ROLLS TO GO WITH THEM .MY HUSBAND LOVED THEM .HE SAID THEY TASTE BETTER THAN REGULAR SLOPPY JOE'S [WHEN HE USED TO EAT THEM] I KINDA THOUGHT THE OUT COME OF THE SLOPPY JANE'S WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE DARKER SAUCE ,LIKE REAL SLOPPY JOE'S BUT THE TASTE MADE UP FOR IT.I DID ADD THE SPICE [NEEDS A LITTLE EXTRA ]I LOVE THAT SPICE RECIPE!!.MY MOM LOVED THE SLOPPY JANE'S TOO .IT MADE 5 GOOD SANDWICHES ON THE ROLLS.THIS RECIPE IS DEFINITELY A KEEPER.I WOULD RATE SLOPPY JANE'S A NOT SO SLOPPY 9. 

HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
364 RECIPES TO GO

Thursday, September 29, 2011

La Dolce Vegan Challenge Day 29

DAY 29        SEPTEMBER 29      MARIANNE'S  GOULASH               PAGE 134




    LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAN YOU TELL I REALLY LOVED THIS ONE! FOR ONE THING , ANYTHING WITH PASTA HAS TO BE GOOD IN MY BOOK, THE TASTE OF THIS RECIPE WAS PERFECT. JUST ENOUGH KICK FROM THE "NEEDS A LITTLE EXTRA SPICE" MADE IT TASTE DELICIOUS .JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SPICE MIXTURE.I LIKED THE "NEEDS A LITTLE EXTRA"SPICE I DECIDED TO WRITE THE INGREDIENTS ON THE BOTTLE SO WHEN IT GET EMPTY [WHICH I KNOW IT WILL SOON].ALL I HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE BACK OF THE SPICE CONTAINER AND FILL IT BACK UP. THIS RECIPE WILL BE A REGULAR AT MY HOUSE.KINDA REMINDS YOU OF HAMBURGER HELPER FROM WHAT I REMEMBER FROM YEARS AGO.I RATE THIS RECIPE 10+  BUT YOU DIDN'T GUESS THAT, DID YOU? HAHAHA
                                             HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                                   365 RECIPES TO GO

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

La Dolce Vegan Challenge Day 28

DAY 28        SEPTEMBER 28       YOUR CHOICE OF SALAD AND WOLFFIE'S      PAGE 99
                                                        DELICIOUS  DRESSING


I DECIDED TO MAKE A REGULAR SPINACH SALAD , TO GO WITH WOFFIES DRESSING RECIPE.I USED GRAPE SEED OIL WITH THE OLIVE OIL.AFTER I MIXED THE DRESSING I TASTED OF IT ,WELL IT DEFINITELY MADE MY MOUTH PUCKER.BUT I WENT AHEAD AND PUT IT ON MY SALAD ...IT WAS DELICIOUS !!!!!!!  '.S U P  R I S E ,  S U P R I S E ' [AS GOOBER PYLE  WOULD SAY ON THE ANDY GRIFFIN SHOW] I HAVE A LITTLE BLENDER CALL THE MAGIC  BULLET ,SO I BLENDED MY DRESSING IN THAT TO KEEP THE OIL  FROM SEPARATING.   I WOULD DEFINITELY USE THIS RECIPE AGAIN! THIS ONE RATES AN 10 WITH ME!!

HAPPY COOKIN [OR SHAKING OR BLENDING ]EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
366 RECIPES TO GO

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

La Dolce Vegan Challenge Day 27

       DAY27     SEPTEMBER 27            MIXED BERRY PUDDIN'              PAGE 207


OKAY WITH ALL THAT SAID !!!!!HAHAHA



THIS IS A VERY YUMMY AND BEAUITIFUL DESSERT!!!!
ALTHOUGH I THOUGHT IT WOULD NEVER GET THICK ,WHILE I WAS COOKING IT .
I STIRRED AND I STIRRED AND I STIRRED....ECT.....ECT..........
FINALLY, IT WAS THICK. SOMEWHAT LIKE PUDDING.FEELING UNSURE OF THE RESULTS WHEN IPOURED IT INTO THE GLASSES.I LEFT IT OVERNIGHT AND THE PUDDIN FIRMED UP NICELY.
THE TOPPING I MADE FROM MY SWEET VEGAN COOKBOOK BY HANNAH KAMINSKY.THIS PUDDIN TASED DELIGHTFUL AND REFRESHING. NICE ON A HOT SUMMER DAY.YOU COULD REALLY TASTE THE BERRIES,AND NOT OVER SWEET. I GIVE THIS RECIPE A 10!

HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
367 RECIPES TO GO


Monday, September 26, 2011

La Dolce Vegan Challenge day 26

DAY 26         SEPTEMBER 26           CHUNKY CORN CHOWDER                PAGE 120

WELL THIS WAS A VERY HEALTHY  SOUP RECIPE .MY ONLY MISTAKE I MADE WAS WHEN THE RECIPE SAID TO ADD A  PINCH OF NUTMEG , I WENT TO SPRINKLE SOME INTO THE SOUP AND THE WHOLE TOP FELL OFF!!!!!!!OH NO !!!!!!!!!HAS THIS EVER HAPPEN TO ANY OF YOU ?  SO I GRAB A SOUP LADLE AND TRY TO GET SOME OF THE BROWN CLUPS OF SPILLED NUTMEG OUT OF MY SOUP ,TO MAKE MATTERS WORST THE SOUP HAD  ALREADY STARTING BOILING, !!!!!  
  WELL , I SERVED IT TONIGHT AND ASKED MY HUSBAND WHAT HE THOUGHT OF IT .HE SAID IT WAS GOOD BUT HAD A LITTLE FUNNY TASTE.I HAD TO TELL HIM IT WAS THE NUTMEG OVERDOSE HE TASTED .SO I SAY THIS SOUP  WOULD HAVE BEEN TASTY IF NOT FOR THE NUTMEG MISTAKE.I LIKED THE CHUNKY PART OF IT WITH THE CELERY, CARROTS ,POTATOES
AND CORN. I RATE THIS SOUP AN 8.FOR TEXTURE AND PRESENTATION.

HAPPING COOKIN EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
368 RECIPES TO GO       

                 

Sunday, September 25, 2011

La Dolce Vegan Challenge Day 25

DAY 25  SEPTEMBER 25   KALAMATA AND SUN -DRIED TOMATO SODA BREAD  PAGE 265







THIS WAS ANOTHER EASY RECIPE .I AM NOT A FAN OF OLIVES, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHALLENGE I WENT RIGHT BY THE RECIPE.
       I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE LIKE A LOAF BREAD ,THAT YOU COULD MAKE SANDWICHES OUT OF , BUT IT DIDN'T TURN OUT LIKE THAT. IT WAS MORE DENSE LIKE A PUMPKIN BREAD. I WAS A LITTLE   DISAPPOINTED  ON THAT ACCOUNT ,BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO HAVE SANDWICHES FOR DINNER WITH IT.SO WHEN MY HUSBAND ASKED WHATS FOR  DINNER ? MMMM.............................I TOLD HIM I GUESS YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT    .HAHAHA
   SINCE I AM NOT A OLIVE LOVER I AM GOING TO RATE THIS RECIPE 6  .AND LIKE FOREST GUMP SAID ''THATS ALL I'M GOING TO SAY ABOUT THAT"

                                              HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                                               369 RECIPES TO GO

La Dolce Challenge Day 24

DAY 24           SEPTEMBER 24             KIM'S PEACH-ZZA                     PAGE 232


 
THIS RECIPE WAS VERY EASY !BUT I CAN SAY THAT FOR ALL OF SARAH KRAMERS
LA DOLCE VEGAN  RECIPES SO FAR .THE HARDESS PART WAS GETTING THE DOUGH READY SO IT WOULD HAVE TIME TO CHILL FOR A HOUR. GOOD THING I READ THE RECIPE EARLIER IN THE DAY!  IT WAS A LITTLE SWEET FOR MY TASTE . I WOULD PROBABLY CUT THE SUGAR IN HALF. I HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH IT STICKING TO THE PAN, BUT I DID OIL AND FLOUR THE PAN LIKE SHE SAID IN THE RECIPE.
      THIS IS A VERY FANCY WAY OF DOING A PEACH PIE .IT WOULD BE NICE TO CARRY TO A POTLUCK ,TO IMPRESS FRIENDS .I GIVE THIS RECIPE AN 8[BECAUSE IT STUCK TO THE PAN AND IT WAS A LITTLE TOO SWEET.


                                                 HAPPY COOKIN EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                                          370 RECIPES TO GO