Tag: recipe
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Croissant Dough
This dough is so versatile! You can make plain croissants, almond and chocolate croissants, cream cheese and turkey croissants (my favorite), cheese danishes, morning buns, bear claws, or special sweet and savory pies. This recipe comes from The Model Bakery Cookbook by Karen Mitchell and Sarah Mitchell Hansen with Rick Rodgers. Great book to have!…
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Sweet-Sour Rye Bread Part II
Here are two more variations of my original sweet-sour rye bread recipe I shared earlier. I love my rye bread so much that one recipe is not enough 🙂 Simple Sweet- Sour Rye Bread Makes 1 loaf Ingredients: For directions, please see my original post here: https://aquietlifeofmine.com/2023/01/18/sweet-sour-rye-bread/ Carrot Sweet- Sour Rye Bread Makes 1 loaf…
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Country Farmhouse White
Here is another bread recipe from my favorite list. There is nothing better than eating a slice of freshly baked bread with some butter and jam on top. The best dessert ever in my humble opinion 🙂 This bread is perfect for that! Again, I found this recipe in the Artisan Sourdough Made Simple book,…
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Sweet-Sour Rye Bread
or Rye Bread Latvian style. The scent of bread is the fragrance of all fragrances; it is the primal fragrance of our earthly life, the fragrance of harmony, of peace and of home. – Jaroslav Seifert, 1984 Nobel Laureate in Literature On the last day of 2022, I finally finalized the recipe for my very…
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Veggie Noodle Recipe
It’s the most busiest time of the year! This quick veggie with rice noodles recipe will help you a lot during this rush time. You can have a delicious meal in less that 40 minutes. If you have an extra helper in the kitchen, you can do it in less than 30 minutes. Anyway, it’s…
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Pickled Red Onion
My family is a big fan of things all pickled! When I came across this recipe, I knew I had to try it. We tried it, and we love it! We love adding it to our cold sandwiches. It is so good! But don’t stop there! Try it in your paninis. You will absolutely love…
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Simple Homemade Butter
Homemade butter – It may sound very complicated, but it is not at all.Simple ingredient, and simple equipment. Ingredients:Heavy whipping creamThat’s it! Equipment:You have some options here – food processor or stand mixer with a whisk attachment.Or do it by hand like in the old days 🙂When your butter is ready, you can simply shape…
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Peas and Carrots in One Pot
Speaking of memories… This simple dish brings back some more of my childhood memories. It is interesting how sometimes smell, taste, or sound can bring back memories to us. In my case it is this side dish.Every summer we would stay in our little summer house in the forest by the river. The house had…
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