Coconut Ice Cream!

I love coconut, and I love Ice Cream! So I made.... lasagna! jokes! I made coconut Ice Cream!
The recipe called for saffron, of which I had none, so my ice cream was probably not as interesting as it could have been, or as yellow, but as long as is tasted like coconut, I was happy.
But I did find it a bit toooooo creamy. It kind of tasted like coconut moisturizer, delicious, just a little much. So I think next time, instead of using heavy cream, I will make a lighter version, using lighter cream or maybe even milk! That sounds preferable... But would it work with milk? I don't know the science.. We'll see.


So in that case, it would go --
2/3 cup of cream or milk
1 cup of coconut milk
1/4 cup of loose cane sugar

bring them to a boil, then simmer, stirring for 10 minutes and remove from heat.
when cooled, put in your ice cream machine (or freezer and stir every 2o minutes..), and follow your machines guidelines...

Chicken Noodle Soup

The other week, my beau was feeling ill and I decided to make him some Chicken noodle soup..
But I like things spicy, and I figured it would clear his sinuses a bit if I had a little fun with it.
So I invented this, not that it's very inventive, but we really enjoyed it and made it three more times that weekend.


Not that you care, and not that anybody reads this except my sister - But she's sick now too and so maybe her husband will make it for her and the kids! So here's the recipe:

Sauté 1 small onion, chopped coarsely
add 2 celery stalks, chopped coarsely
once the onions and the celery are nice and sweaty, add
2 cups boiling water (with 1 chicken broth cube - or veg cube, or both)
and 1 cup of medium seashell noodles, PRE boiled and strained (10 minutes)

then add: (my pinches are fairly generous)
1 pinch ground coriander
1 pinch ground cayenne pepper
2 pinches of sea salt
2 grinds of pepper
1 pinch chili peppers (I put quite a bit.. spicy)
1 pinch oregano
1 bay leaf (remove before serving)

Gently stir everything all together, let it simmer a bit,
then pour into bowls and serve with crackers (or not, if sore throats are involved).

Blondies

There's a lovely little bakery, Le Fournil, down the street from where I grew up and a few years ago their recipe for Blondies was published in the newspaper and honestly, they are some of the most wonderful things that will ever cross your lips. Covered in raspberries, cooked so that the inside remains nice and moist, lots of brown sugar.. mmmmmmmmm


I made them for my pal and my boyfriend the other night and they are my boyfriends favourite food now! Adding fruit, especially berries.. especially raspberries to things - gives them such a wonderful new dimension.

Crackers and Goodness

I made some tasty crackers a few weeks ago, the recipe called for semolina flour, but I never have any of that around - and I always forget to buy any - so I used part whole wheat flour and part cornmeal. They ended up tasting kind of like wheat thins - I was satisfied!


You just combine 1 cup cornmeal with 2 cups whole wheat flour, a large pinch of salt, 1 cup of warm water and 1/3 cup of olive oil - mix and knead that until its a bit tacky (adding more flour or water as needed) and then divide it into eight or so fist sized balls, coat them in olive oil, and set aside for an hour, covered.

Then, roll 'em out, I cut mine with one of those little pizza cutters for making the jagged edges on pie tops? you know? But you can use a knife - cut them into whatever shapes you want - you could even use cookie cutters if you want! and you can cover them in whatever you want, but I find the toppings fall off, so I use a rolling pin, gently, just to push the salt, or herbs, or whatever a little into the surface.

Put the pieces on a pizza stone, or a baking sheet with parchment paper -- and bake them at 450 until they're nice and golden, if they're thin, it doesn't take long - about ten minutes, keep an eye on them. I usually burn a batch or two.


Anyways, the reason I made these crackers is so that I could have something to go with some salmon mouse I made! And they went very well ensemble.