What are you been cooking today

[achookwoman]

What do you do with the pistachio cream, Cookie?
No cooking here today.

[Cuilidh]

Busy day with visitors today.  My contribution is all the vegetarian cooking: macaroni salad; Japanese potato salad; ancient grains salad; lentil 'meat' loaf and summer berry pudding.  I suspect we will be eating left overs for quite a few days!

[achookwoman]

Marina, that is quite some spread.
Baking another batch of 3 bread sticks. The No Fuss recipe makes 3 generous ones. For single person households these are very useful.

[cookie1]

I’ve used some of the pistachio cream on top of the choc chip biscuits and I plan to use more of it to put melting moments together.
I also made a Classic loaf and a rye SD and a birthday cake for DD tomorrow.

[achookwoman]

RTE mini quiches to take to NYE party.
Apricot, fig and pomegranate paste to eat with cheese.

[mab19]

Yesterday I made a Chicken Galette and this morning a tea cake.

[achookwoman]

I used puff pastry instead of short pastry for the mini quiches. . Not 100% successful. The cases weren’t crisp enough for my liking. Will make again and par cook the shells first. Nevertheless, the quiches all disappeared quickly at NYE party.

[cookie1]

No cooking here.
Chookie I’ve found that anything home made tends to disappear fairly quickly.

[achookwoman]

No cooking here.
Chookie I’ve found that anything home made tends to disappear fairly quickly.

.    So true.
Made some fruit paste to eat with cheese. Apricot, fig and cranberry juice. I use the juice instead of water. I add Cognac to some  and leave some plain.
Everyone is commenting on the flavour of my jams.  I think the secret is that instead of adding water, I add fruit juice and use a minimum of sugar.

[K Atie]

I had a half batch of Christmas shortbread in the freezer so made them , it was easy to cut once the dough had thawed a bit . Dipped in milk Liint chocolate. For DD’s return .

[cookie1]

You are definitely the jam Queen Chookie.
No cooking here. I seem to be having a short nap every afternoon. The heat is wearing me out.

[achookwoman]

Cookie, I don’t know how you cope with the persistent heat. Very little cooking here while it is hot.

[mab19]

No cooking here

[cookie1]

Cookie, I don’t know how you cope with the persistent heat. Very little cooking here while it is hot.

I think that’s why I end up having a nap every afternoon. My recliner is right under an air con vent. I set the timer on my watch for 30-45 minutes, put the recliner back and sleep. Most times the budgie flies onto my shoulder and snoozes too. 😀

[achookwoman]

Cookie, I don’t know how you cope with the persistent heat. Very little cooking here while it is hot.

I think that’s why I end up having a nap every afternoon. My recliner is right under an air con vent. I set the timer on my watch for 30-45 minutes, put the recliner back and sleep. Most times the budgie flies onto my shoulder and snoozes too. 😀

I love that Cookie.
It was too hot to light oven and too hot to go out , so I baked a lovely loaf of potato bread in the bread machine , on quick cycle.