Thursday, November 27, 2008

Per a request from Gma Ohki, here are some videos of Quinn walking. He is now a holy terror.





Sunday, November 02, 2008

For starters, Alison asked about the recipe for protein bars, which can be found here.  I don't include the dried fruit, which besides being expensive, also violates a strict rule I have against dried fruit in baked goods of any kind.  Throughout my life, I have spent significant effort carefully examining the surface of oatmeal cookies for signs that dark portions are raisins (bad) as opposed to chocolate chips (good).  On the subject of chocolate chips, I would just dump a bunch (maybe one cup) into the protein bars instead of the fruit.  It just tastes a lot better, and only adds about 30 calories per bar.  Well, now that I think about it, the exclusion of the fruit means that it adds even less than that.  I usually make a double batch, cut them up, and freeze them in individual zip lock bags.  On my way to work I just grab a bag and I'm good for snacks for the day.

These are not pictures of protein bars, but yorkshire pudding - a continuation of the popover Alton Brown show that I watched a few weeks ago.  I made this today for sunday dinner with drippings from a rib roast.  I thought the combo of the meat and bready-eggy stuff tasted great (in a humble, non-top-of-the-BofM-pride-cycle kind of way).  Props again to Alton, who has sent me astray only once - his pizza dough was overly salty.  The above pic is in process yorkshire pudding, and the lower is the finished product.