Greekish Vegetable Stir Fry

I know that this is a baking blog, but I also love to cook so I thought I might as well put some of the things I have cooked on here as well. This evening I decided to make a vegetable stir-fry as I had some fresh vegetables and some herbs. So I just put lots of stuff in and it tasted really good. I think I would make it again if I could remember what I all put in it.

I put one small zucchini

half a bag of baby carrots

half a bag of snow peas, ends chopped off

and about 6 spears of asparagus, ends cut off and cut in half

about 1/3 cup lemon juice

1/4 cup lemon flavoured carbonated water

2 cloves garlic, minced

rosemary- to your taste

oregano- to your taste

thyme, minced

salt and pepper to taste

2 TB olive oil

Heat the olive oil in a pan on med/high heat until warm. Add the garlic and fry for about 30 seconds until light brown. Add the carrots and fry for about 2 minutes then add the asparagus and the herbs. Add about 1/4 of the lemon juice and let soak in for a bit. Then add salt and pepper and more of the lemon juice. When that has been evaporated add the peas and the carbonated water. Then fry that for about 4 minutes and then add the zucchini. Fry for a bit more and add a bit more salt and pepper. Serve warm.

Serves about 2 people as an appetizer.

Enjoy

Cookie Brittle

This cookie bark it a nice treat. It is easy to make and only takes about 35 minutes with baking time. It is almost like a candy. Most people like it and it is also very addicting. I also made this for my sister who shared it with her Bible college friends. They all enjoyed it.


1/2 tsp oil, for greasing
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
pinch of salt
1 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup pecans, chopped
1/2 toffee bits

Preheat the oven to 375*. Grease a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper with the oil.
Place the butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat until fluffy, then stir in the vanilla. Sift together the flour and salt into the mixture and beat until combined.
Mix in 3/4 cup of the chocolate chips and all of the pecans and the toffee bits. Press the dough onto the cookie sheet and spread evenly.
Bake in preheated over for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Place the remaining chocolate chips in a saucepan with about 1 tsp butter and melt. Stirring constantly so it does not burn on.
Drizzle the chocolate over the cookie brittle and let set, then break into irregular pieces.

Serve.

Enjoy!

Meyer Lemon Meringue Pie

My Mom is the one in my family who always makes the pies. And she is really good at it! Yesterday she made a Meyer Lemon Meringue Pie... It was AMAZING! Here are some of the pictures of it. I don't have the recipe as I did not make it but it is definitely a good one.

Enjoy!

Fruit Salad

There is nothing I like more than a good fruit salad. Fruit is one of my favourite things and I can never get enough of it. Most fruit salads taste even better if you add yogurt. Which I do most of the time.

I put apples, grapes, strawberries, kiwi, and oranges in this one. Every time I make a fruit salad it always has different things in it. They are never the same. Just put all your favourite fruit in a bowl and enjoy it.

Royal Icing Flowers!

When I was taking my cake decorating courses I made many different flowers. I love making flowers out of icing, they are so much fun and so pretty. Here are some of the different flowers that I made. From roses to apple blossoms.

~ Violet ~

~Violet~

~Primrose~

~Daffodil~

~ Daffodil~

~ Pansy (Made out of Royal Icing)~

~Victorian Rose~

~ Lilies~

~Lilies~

~Pansies ( Made out of Gum Paste)~

~Fondant/Gum-paste Flowers~

~Fondant/Gum-paste Flowers~

~Apple Blossoms~

~Rose Buds~

~Roses~