Sunday Dinner, Two Weeks Ago!!

I'm waay behind, but I've got pictures of a Chicken Basteeya I made a couple of weeks ago. It was my first attempt at using phyllo dough, and I'm really proud of how it turned out. I used a recipe from a blog. You can find it here: http://cooking-books.blogspot.com/2009/07/bisteeya-moroccan-pigeon-but-in-this.html. It was a lot of work, but definitely worth it!! When I make it again, I may try using cooking spray instead of brushing the phyllo with butter. I had a lot of trouble with the phyllo dough tearing. AND I won't run the dishwasher while I'm putting the bisteeya together!! The humidity...Well, that just wasn't my brightest move! If you attempt this recipe, you'll probably want to do it in stages. I started around 2pm and didn't finish until 6:30! I was pretty tired, but everyone who tried it loved it. There are several places where you could refridgerate fillings and take an overnight break.

First Post!

Well, the tradition start is to tell everyone why this blog is here, etc, etc. I'm not one to break from tradition much, so I'll just get to the point. The purpose of this blog is to document some cooking adventures! I just joined Daring Bakers, and it seems appropriate to have some place to write about the recipes and to post a few pictures. Of course, I'm also going to write about my other successes (and perhaps a few failures) in the kitchen! I get to cook most of the weekday meal, so there will probably be quite a bit to document.

Yesterday, I baked some really good snickerdoodle cookies, and I still have some of the dough sitting in my fridge. I'm thinking of baking some more tonight to go along with the fried tofu I'm making for dinner. Too bad I don't have any leftover rice! I'm in the mood to make fried rice, but that only really works with leftover rice.