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Salmon with green beans and lemon zest After reading Bebe Day by Day my next salmon recipe was going to be Salmon Creole but the green beans in the fridge changed it. I have never made  En papillote  before. So another reason to try this recipe. I didnt want to sear the salmon.

Wedding cakes

Authors blog The first I saw of  wedding cake  as a project is on smitten kitchen website, which gave me an idea that it is not a snap. A colleague's wife, an avid baker's recent project was a wedding cake. It needs time and obviously preservation, so freezing. The raspberry poking out of the whipped cream layer in the Italian wedding cake has sent me on a wild plucked goose chase. Shamrock farms has a 50% sale. what best time to buy whipping cream for the frosting. I made my first buy of cake flour At first I thought Bashas might not carry it and there it was one of those boxed things instead of the usual the paper bag things  with the sack look. A friend  has these kind of layered cakes for birthday parties. with her birthday in the offing, I thought it would be a great idea. I have been struggling with the whipped cream. Stabilizing. whew! The confectioners sugar was supposed to do that. It might be a better idea to just open the damned thing and fix ...

Cauliflower kothu parata

I had some nicely chopped 1/3 of a cauliflower in a bowl. I microwaved it for 6 min and added it to the onion, egg mixture to make  egg kothu parotta . Soft cauliflower after cooking, looks similar to small egg clusters.

Cookie world

Authors blog Each cookie is inspired after he national day of whatever that day is. Carrot cake breakfast cookies Accordion cookie cinnamon snail cookie Penuche icing fortune cookies, checkerboard cookies  On the right, Candy topped brownies without the candy                                                                                                                                                                                                             ...
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Indian with firangi twist

Easy Indian cooking by Hari Nayak Author blog Coriander crusted salmon with cilantro cucumber chutney Petits pois  turns into  Masala petit pois The tomatoes didnt make it to this plate. But the see-saw of fish and veggie crunch was sweet music. Havent made/had such elegant dinner.

Switching when the tomatoes go in

Come Monday, the fridge has a party. Just when I was thinking that there couldnt be many ways of making cauliflower, heres a recipe of  cauliflower curry with spinach ginger . I have never added spinach to cauliflower. With Monday's abundance potatoes and spinach are there for use. My parents made dal on saturdays when there were no vegetables left. But when there are fewer vegetables, like everything looking like a nail to the one with hammer, the uses of veggies go up. Palak gobi sails.