Steak au Poivre

This dinner was brought about by my addiction to Food Network.  Alton Brown did an entire show (Good Eats) about Beef Tenderloin, and one of the recipes he made was Steak au Poivre.  The meat I bought was a slightly cheaper cut – and honestly, I forget what it was – but it tasted great and [...]

Menu-Plan Monday, January 5

Wow, it’s already 2009! As you all have noticed, I’ve fallen off of the menu-plan wagon.  One of my new year’s resolutions is to get back to planning and blogging.
It looks like Gluten Free Goodness is hosting this week’s menu-swap.  She has been in charge of organizing it lately. (Look here for info.)
The week’s “ingredient” [...]

Chocolate Eclairs with Coffee Cream Filling (gluten free)

Chocolate Eclairs
This month I joined the Daring Bakers, and this was our challenge.  I had been reading about the past few months’ challenges as they got posted, and decided that this was something that would push me to improve my baking and overallcooking skills.  I was glad when I saw that this month’s challenge wasn’t [...]

Creme Brulee

I tend not to bake much. I never have. To be honest, I’m not really much of a dessert person. Growing up, we always had icecream, and occasionally homemade cookies, but that’s it. No cakes, or pies, or anything like that, unless it was a special occasion. So for me, dessert really isn’t something I [...]

Beef Stew in Red Wine Sauce

This recipe is one of Jacques Pepin’s, a renowned French chef. I found it in Food and Wine Magazine, and only made a few minor changes. (Here is the original recipe with a pretty picture.) While this hearty stew is inspired by boeuf bourguignon, classically flavored with red Burgundy, Pepin “prepares his version with the [...]

You asked for it — GF French Bread

Flowers in Sydney’s Royal Botanical Garden
A little while ago I posted a poll, asking you all what you would like to see more of on my blog. The votes weigh heavily in favor of breads, vegetarian main courses, side dishes, and appetizers.So for my first installment of “you asked for it,” I have a recipe [...]