Confessions of a Fugitive Mind
November 07, 2005
Epicurious
What a great weekend for food...
- Spinach & Artichoke Dip
Friday's dinner started with a trip to the grocery store and my demand that we have something "spinachy." Enter the excellent recipe for spinach and artichoke dip I found in this month's Real Simple:- frozen spinach, chopped and thawed
- 12 oz artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
- 1/2 cup whipped cream cheese
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1 cup grated Cheddar
- salt and pepper to taste
- Kibbeh
I think I finally found a reliable recipe for kibbeh. Thank you Emeril! I layered the mixture into a casserole instead of frying the kibbeh balls and it turned out quite moist and delicious. I also subsistuted traditional lamb for the beef, although a blend would be fine. My only complaint was that it could've been spicier. Either I add more spice next time or get newer, fresher stuff. - Quack! Quack!
Jon made duck last night. He just couldn't pass up the little package of duck breasts on our aforementioned shopping trip. And I can't say I blame him, because it turned out really well. He served it with his excellent cranberry sauce and cous-cous. I added a rather bland acorn squash. - Pumpkin Bread
No culinary campaign is complete without dessert, so I made this recipe for pumpkin bread. It's moist and very pumpkiny, just the way I like it. The streusel on top adds a nice sweet crunch. - Cookie Party
The book club ladies are talking about doing a cookie party, which sounds like oodles of fun. Now we just have to figure out how to do it. Do we make it a cookie/recipe swap and bring dozens of cookies? Should we just bring dough and bake everything there while watching chick flicks? Or do we do some combination of the two? And if we cook, where the heck do we have it? I'm not sure anyone's kitchen is big enough to hold all of us and a mess of cookies. I'm scouring for recipes already.
Posted by criminal at November 7, 2005 01:55 PM
Comments
So when is dinner? ;-) It all sounds great!
Posted by: Liz at November 7, 2005 03:54 PM
When I've done that in the past, everyone brings already-made cookies, and also brings enough copies of the recipe to share with everyone - and whomever hosts bakes her cookies recipe while everyone is there, so people can hang out in the kitchen, help out, drink wine, etc. Not sure if that makes sense or helps but I hope so!
Posted by: Erin at November 7, 2005 07:42 PM
I like the cookie party idea...but it might be best to bake all non-sugar/decorating cookies before the event to decrease kitchen chaos. Remember decorating cookies at Uncle John's and Christmas? And with mom on our little people table?? Those were some fun cookie parties!
Posted by: Barbie at November 8, 2005 07:09 AM