Saturday Farmers Market & Lunch

Stopped in at "Taste of Bavaria", check out the pastry case!

Two types of Rye Boules from the Covington Market


Covington Farmers Market
3 loaves of Bread, Goat cheese, Baba ganoush and a fat stuffed Artichoke and all for $ 32.00. A lot for fresh fare, but everything was homemade, and this is the best goat cheese I have ever eaten, no kidding...!

Covington Farmers Market

Picture by Paul Swain borrowed from CFM Website

Here's what I'm talking about...yum.
Going to visit the Covington Farmers Market today!

AMEN to a Great Saints Football Season

Congratulations to the Superbowl Champions the New Orleans Saints. We are a happy bunch of folks down here in Louisiana and the Gulf South Region...Who Dat Nation.

I wanted to share the headline of our newspaper on Monday. A prettier one is available at this site: NOLA.com

Kumquat Harvest

What to do with the just picked Kumquats? Checked out recipes on the Kumquot Growers and found a marmalade which sounds do-able for me. I love marmalades, and this one will be unusual. Join me for the task of making marmalade click here for my recipe!

Yummy Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Pineapple Upside Downcake using Paula Deen's recipe.

My daughter Hanna wanted to try this one. It was really good, even though we used regular flour, not cake flour.

Panettone

Italian Christmas Bread!
This is my adjusted recipe, which makes a moister bread than the ones you may have bought at stores!
1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons Honey
1 stick butter, softened to room temp.
2 packages dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
2 eggs and 2 egg yolks (fresh eggs!)
1/2 cup candied orange peel, chopped small
1/2 cup dark raisins
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
5 1/2 cups flour

( Save 3- 1 pound size- tin coffee cans to bake 3 breads. OR you may bake in mini loaf pans to give as gifts, or 2 regular loaf pans)
Heat the milk in saucepan, add the sugar and butter. Remove from heat and let come to lukewarm. Stir.
In mixing bowl add yeast to the warm water, to dissolve. Add the milk mixture, the eggs, orange peel, lemon peel and raisins. Add 2 cups flour. Stir well. Add remaining flour 1 cup at a time. Knead dough until smooth and slightly elastic. Will be a bit sticky. Knead for 15 minutes. Plop out into a large buttered bowl. Cover with plastic. Allow to rise, in a warmish spot, until doubled in size. After rise, place dough onto floured surface. Divide into 2 pieces. OR -- how ever many loaves you intend to bake. Shape and place into greased pans. Allow to rise, covered again about 1 hour. Bake in hot oven, which has been set at 350 degrees. Bake until golden brown, depending on loaf size, about 40 minutes.

Chunky Noah Shortbread Cookies

Noah Shortbread Cookies
Delish~!

1 cup butter, room temp.

1/2 cup sugar

1 3/4 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup mini chocolate chips

1/2 cup pecans, chopped and lightly toasted in oven

Mix ingredients together.

Shape batter into log and roll up in wax paper. Chill for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Slice cookies 1/2 inch thick discs and bake for about 40 minutes until very lightly browned on edges. Cool on pan for 15 minutes prior to removing onto rack as these are delicate when just out of oven.