A few days ago, in an effort to share the little I know about cooking cheap (I’m still learning here), I posted a recipe for Easy Lentil Dal made with pink (or red) lentils. Ever the experimenter (remember, we’re cheap around here), I tried the same recipe this morning with brown lentils (I had a half cup that’s been sitting around forever) and I am surprised to report that I like them even more than the red lentils. They are meatier (sorry vegan* friends) and a little less like…ok, this is a bit gross, but a lot of Indian cuisine reminds me of (extremely delicious) baby food. The brown lentils definitely lessen that quality. And best of all – they’re cheaper. Go brown!
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Butter converter|Helpful stuff!
For those of you with a scale (or a specific weight of butter, which is a little odd without a scale, but I’m not judging), here’s a helpful butter converter for…converting your butter? From volume to weight. From Traditional Oven. Check it.
Cheers.
Crap! I missed World Bread Day!
How did I manage to do that? Apparently, yesterday was the third annual day to celebrate bread around the world via blogs, and I MISSED IT. And yes I meant to use all caps and yes I know I’m not supposed to.
Well, water and bygones and split milk and all. Nonetheless, I have a lovely loaf that I made and am posting in honor of World Bread Day 2008, which was organized by the amazing Zorra. This post was originally titled “True (bread) confessions.” I think it fits nicely in the spirit of World Bread Day, showing the good and the bad of baking your own loaf. The recipe used here is “Cook’s Illustrated Almost No-Knead Bread.”
Cheap food|Recipe (warning – there is no mention of baking in this post)
It’s morning (it was when I wrote this) and I’m still in that time where I can somehow justify just messing around instead of getting anything productive done. Scrolling through the ever-growing list of blogs I’m following (what HAPPENED to me??), I came across this idea on Awaken Your Superhero:
[In the midst of all the panic about the economy]…Maybe you make Enterprise PR Software or underwrite private student loans, but that shouldn’t stop you at all from offering a money-saving recipe that your grandmother taught you [on your corporate blog].
How much does a “large” egg weigh| Useful info…
My friend V at 40licious (who incidentally just threatened my benign heart murmur by titling her last post “Getting Engaged”) says I don’t blog enough. I’m taking that as a challenge to bring the mother f#*&ing baking ruckus – it’s on!
So apropos of nothing, here is some information I found about how much eggs weigh, according to their size classifications. Another great use for the new scale!
Minimum weights per dozen are : Jumbo (30 oz.), Extra Large (27 oz.), Large (24 oz.), Medium (21 oz.), small (18 oz.), and Pee Wee (or pullet) (15 oz.)
