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syako I miss this agyness Mar 19, 2009 7:49 AM Agyness then: Agyness now: I miss the old Agyness. That is all.
syako Peanut Pretzel Bark Dec 15, 2008 6:57 AM Not only did it take less than 10 minutes of prep time total, this recipe is also really delicious. I was afraid the white chocolate would overpower, but the end result is perfect. It's more like pretzels and peanuts with a little bit of white chocolate to hold it together. It makes a great mix of sweet and savory. So if you have some last minute gifts left, and only $10 to spare, make these and you'll have a great present for 4-5 people. Enjoy!
syako Tried and true - Chocolate PB Fudge Crunch Dec 2, 2008 6:54 AM As I've posted here and here, I've had some problems the past few weeks in trying to come up with a dessert recipe of my own... my poor husband has been without a decent dessert for weeks --- so this Sunday I made him one of his favorites. This Chocolate PB Fudge Crunch is another Rachael Ray recipe that is easy and delicious.
syako they say third time's a charm... Nov 24, 2008 6:53 AM If you haven't guessed by the title's name, I tried making my 'disaster' again yesterday and once again, it didn't come out as expected. My hubby was full of suggestions and encouragement when the first disaster came out of the oven, so armed with those, I tried this once again. Let me start with telling you what I envision. I envision a cookie cake with a yummy creamy marshmallow and chocolate topping. The cookie cake part will be a peanut butter cookie, because I've learned that in order to keep hubby happy, all I have to do is flavor things with peanut butter. Disaster number one was caused for two reasons - 1. I did not let the cookie part "set" and harden before putting the marshmallow goodness on top, which meant they all blended together to make, well randomness. 2. I needed flour or something to make it more the consistency of a cookie and to counteract the richness of the ingredients. Naturally, I took those lessons to heart and this time I used both flour and let it set and harden. Problem is, the cookie cake part is more cake than cookie. It's good but it's dry. And I didn't use nearly enough marshmallows on the topping so it's sporadically covered. Part of me wants to say, WHATEVER! And just stick to using recipes for the rest of my life - and seriously, who tries to bake without recipes first? I think I might be setting myself up for failure. Plus, we're not the type of family who throws food out, so whatever disaster comes out of the oven has to go into our tummies (this is mostly due to stories from the former Soviet Union that have been both told to me and I've read in the course of completing my Russian Literature reading list). And then another part of me really wants to get this right and have my first made-up recipe under my belt. I think what I may do is take a few weeks off and bake things with recipes from now on and then one day, when I'm feeling adventurous I will attempt to right this wrong. In the meantime, I hope none of you are holding your breath for this recipe.
syako sy pie - a recipe for disaster! Nov 19, 2008 12:32 PM Pardon the cheesy title - I could not resist. In college I rarely cooked meals. I either ate something really simple (hamburger helper, anyone?) or I went out to eat. Needless to say, I gained a lot of weight the first couple years in college. The end of my junior year I realized that if calories consumed were more than calories spent, I gained weight. I started eating healthy and counting calories. Fortunately, this led me to start actually cooking --- unfortunately it led me to have very boring meal selections. Baked chicken, broiled fish, brown rice, steamed veggies, and other very simple and very lite foods were a part of my weekly regulars. I was never adventurous in the kitchen, I rarely looked up recipes unless they were from a health Web site and had nutritional information. That limited me severely. At some point I started cooking for my now-husband (then boyfriend). He would quickly tire of my baked chicken, so I started branching out a little and found recipes that were not from health Web sites (but did still have nutritional content!). I know, I was a maniac. After he'd shower me with compliments on my more risky meals, it inspired me to explore more. My cousin (and roommate at the time), Liz, got me a subscription to the Rachael Ray Magazine back when it first came out in 2006. I smiled, and thanked her for noticing that I was learning to cook, but secretly I was disappointed because Rachel not only left out nutritional content --- but she also cooked with butter and olive oil! Quel Horreur! Well, let's just say Liz opened up a floodgate. By that point I was no longer trying to lose weight, instead I was (and still am) just maintaining my current weight. That meant that using butter or olive oil was OK and hubby LOVED that fact. Then I got the Bon Appetit subscription from my sister, and it just added fuel to the fire. From that point on, I made dinner mostly every night and I tried at least one new recipe a week. I'm still doing it and loving it and finding recipes from all sorts of places. Despite my excitement for new recipes, and despite the fact that I still try new things very often, I've been very timid in creating my own recipes. I have, in the recent past, modified recipes with success. Sometimes even changing a recipe quite drastically, but I still needed it written down and in front of me. And when it comes to baking, I'm even more weary of tweaking. That is, until this weekend. I've started this new thing where every Sunday afternoon I bake a dessert and then hubby and I nibble on it all week long after dinner. We used to eat ice cream most nights, but now that we're no longer in Louisiana and there's no Blue Bell Ice Cream - well, it just aint the same. So this Sunday I'm looking through my cookbook trying to decide on what to make (well, more trying to figure what I have on hand that I can make) when I decided on peanut butter cookies. I had a huge bag of marshmallows from last week's easy Rice Krispy Treats dessert, and I was really itching to include them. So I decided I'd make a cookie "pie" and then top it with marshmallows and chocolate chips. I put things in the bowl, in the oven, went through all the steps... and... well... it came out.... as a disaster! My husband says I can only call it a disaster if it was so bad that we threw it away, and we didn't have to, so it wasn't a disaster per se, but it was not as I intended it to be. Regardless, I know what I did wrong, and I know what needs to be done right, so you can bet your bottom dollar that I will post this recipe as a success very soon! So... I want to hear your messes and successes! SPILL! ;)

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