half-cooked broccoli, green pepper, carrots, and scallions
searing chicken
adding black bean garlic sauce to half cooked veggies and seared chicken pieces:
testing broccoli
lovely, overflowing container garden (mixed greens, arugula, baby spinach, and scallions)
the best kind of salad is that which was alive 10 minutes prior!
ice cream before & after freezing:
apple crumb with homemade vanilla ice cream!
Stir-Fry. See recipe from 1/30 here.
Apple Crumb. Similar to recipe from 1/30, except we decided that a change in proportions of the ingredients was necessary. The new recipe is: Scatter sliced apples in greased baking dish. Stir together 1.5 cup flour, 1 cup packed brown sugar, 2 cup oats, ½ cup melted butter, ½ cup chopped walnuts (optional), and plenty of cinnamon until crumbly. Whisk together ½ cup white sugar, ½ cup cold water, 1 tbsp. cornstarch ( =2 tbsp flour), and 1 tsp. vanilla extract in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until syrup is clear, and all sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Pour hot syrup over the fruit, then scatter crumble over fruit mixture. Bake at 350 until the top is brown and the crunch is bubbly, about 1 hour (or 30 minutes, or less, or until you're dying to dig in already). Serve with vanilla ice cream.
Ice Cream. Mix 2 c heavy cream, 2 c whole milk, 3/4 c white sugar, and tbsp. vanilla. (Optional - refrigerate until cold.) Pour into ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer directions.
Thanks to everyone who was part of the Cooking Circle this year - it was marvelous!
