@jaysonsmom I am in awe of your selection and all matching serving dishes. Ok, where do you store all that when not in use? Some kind of heavenly closet that looks like a Williams-Sonoma open stock section? Like a Real Housewives closet but for kitchen goods?!
Wow - this is a fun thread! I am going to come back to it when I can really focus and enjoy it! The pictures alone are such eye candy. I love baking in general, but what is really fun is making baklava! I have not made it in years though. Not even sure at this point what recipe I used to use. I learned how to make it from my friend's mom when I was in 5th grade.
ETA I see you want to know why! Well, how fun is it to brush phyllo dough with melted butter, layer after layer after layer? So much fun!
Since we got a new oven i find i can bake again
No one used to beleave me when i said i used to be good at baking but in our old rented place our oven needed new seals/ or just needed replaced
i find im better at baking because generally a recepie must be followed where as making the main part of the meal im not good at improvising with flavour but i am good at chillie and chicken soup
I mostly make healthy food from scratch.
Low salt, no sugar, white rice or white flour!
I don't mind, the time and effort it takes cooking from scratch with all fresh ingredients takes, or the clean up.
I find it relaxing, and sooooo worth it.
I'm not an adventurous cook who's always looking for new recipes to relieve the monotony.
Fortunately SO and I don't mind eating the same old thing, so I make huge batches.
Getting 10 to 20 meals from one prep/cleanup is more efficient, and green, than cooking every day.
I relish the luxury of microwaving a home-made entree from the freezer ... a healthy home made dinner in 5 minutes, then only a plate and a fork to wash.
My favorite things to cook/bake are lentil soup, tabouleh, whole wheat bread, home-incubated greek yogurt, salsa for Trader Joe's organic unsalted tortilla chips, marinara sauce which freezes nicely for throwing on some whole wheat pasta.
While I don't 'make' them I do like a few proteins from Costco that are quick to prepare, frozen salmon patties, hot fresh rotisserie chicken, low-fat sirloin beef patties, frozen shrimp.
Also my freezer always has Costco frozen organic strawberries and mixed berries for my greek yogurt.
HI:
I like to make pastry--and it is always light and flaky and delish. I have a deep dish chunky tourtiere recipe from a 1996 Christmas Canadian Living that is awesome and of course I make quiche when I make pastry. I could eat quiche everyday! I make great souffles, gnocci and spatzle.
I dislike making cookies and only make them at Christmas. Even though I do not like cheesecake, my Mom's lemon cheesecake is divine. I must do that soon. Childhood staple. My Mother was (is) an exemplary cook and baker.
cheers--Sharon