Hooray for the first ever Foodie Fight!
332 people (plus 2 guest judges) voted for their favorite lemon and potato inspired dish. The winner was this potato wrapped cod. We tried making it too. We were concerned about slicing a hard, raw potato with our cheap cheese slicer, but it worked surprisingly well! We used tilapia instead of cod, and made a mustard sauce instead of an aioli (no mayo or olive oil). It was delicious! The instructions by http://www.peterandrewryan.com really helped us prepare it with confidence - especially the tip to leave the potato alone even if it means leaving the room.
You can read all the Foodie Fight rules here: http://www.foodiefights.com/rules/ Basically you get two featured ingredients. Then you make a course with those 2 ingredients and blog about it. An entree, appetizer, dessert - anything you want it to be! Just keep your entry to one course please.
Congrats to Pete! We hope you keep running, cooking and making art - hey, just like us!
One Bowl - fast and delicious!!
We were craving something baked up fresh today, but didn’t want to O.D. on sugar, so we opted to bake muffins. Muffins are fun because they can be a breakfast or a snack, they can be eaten alone or with something yummy spread on top. Usually we make muffins using applesauce or bananas to provide moisture without needing a lot of oil or butter, but today we looked online to find something new. We adapted this recipe for Peanut butter muffins brushed with melted jelly and dipped in chopped peanuts.
Ingredients:
2 cups whole wheat flour
¼ cup raw sugar
¼ cup white sugar
1½ teaspoons baking powder
½ cup creamy organic peanut butter
¼ cup peanuts (ours are roasted and shelled with no added salt)
2 tablespoons butter
2 eggs
¾ cup milk
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Sift together the flour, sugar and baking powder in a large bowl
3. Microwave the butter until melted, about 22 seconds
4. Cut peanut butter and butter into dry mixture until it resembles coarse meal
5. Chop peanuts - the easy way to chop a small amount like this is to place them on a plate and smash them with the back of a soup spoon or meat mallet. Add to batter in large bowl.
6. Crack the eggs and beat them in a separate small bowl
7. Add beaten eggs and milk; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened
8. Fill jumbo muffin rack about 2/3 full with the batter
9. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes, or until done. You can test the centers by poking them with a toothpick. If the toothpick has sticky batter on it when you remove it, let them bake a few more minutes. We like them just barely done, still mushy.
Makes 6 jumbo muffins or 18 regular sized muffins.
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