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948 days ago

It's not often I find a dessert recipe that really calls to me. After all, we have so many good places to eat in Seattle. Two different cupcake places, several excellent bakeries, and a whole host of restaurants that serve almost any type of dessert you can think of. But when I saw these cupcakes on Slashfood, I knew I had to try them. I made the curd and cupcakes on Saturday and assembled everything on Sunday. Now, I could have just followed the recipe to the letter, but J's diabetic. So I wanted to see if I could adapt these to be low sugar. If that wasn't enough of a challenge, these were a test for a party we're going to next weekend. The additional catch? The hostess is allergic to wheat. So I also needed to make these without flour. So... do you think I did it? Well, here's a picture of the result. Without further adieu... onto the recipe. I'll separate the recipe in to the three parts (lemon curd, cupcakes, and meringue). All organic ingredients will be marked with ...

We've Moved!

959 days ago

Well, Cook Local has moved anyway. We just opened up a brand spanking new website at www.cooklocal.com! I'll probably keep updaing this blog as well when I make a post... at least for a little while. But in the future, go to www.cooklocal.com. I promise we'll be updating it more often!

Frittata-A-Go-Go v.3

997 days ago

So we've been playing around with the frittata recipe each week. We've tried varying the eggs, the milk, and the cheese. They are always good, but they needed something. Plus, they were wet. Today, we made the following modifications: 5 eggs 2 egg whites 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream 4 ounces reduced fat cheddar cheese 1/2 cup crumbled bacon 1/2 cup cooked, chopped red peppers 1 dried cherry bomb pepper, crushed The nutrition information keeps getting better and better. Calories: 146 Fat: 7.5 grams Carbs: 2 grams Protein: 17 grams Fiber: Negligible In addition to varying the ingredients, I beat the living hell out of the eggs. I think that helped them rise a bit more and fluff. The only problem tonight is that I forgot to add the feta until I had already started cooking the frittata's. I think they would have been even better if I'd been able to beat the cheese in with everything else. They were definitely fluffier and drier this time. Stay ...

Alaskan Salmon Bake

999 days ago

(AKA Pecan Crusted Salmon) This recipe has made it into the category of "one of our standby recipes". The only problem is that we rarely make it. I'm not sure why, except for the fact that shortly after we discovered it, we bought a grill and started cooking almost all of our meals on that. But when it's cold and rainy outside, you don't want to spend any more time outside than you absolutely have to. Ingredients: 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard (Moutarde de Dijon) 3 tablespoons butter, melted 5 teaspoons honey (we use Agave nectar for a lower glycemic index) 1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans 3 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley 6 fillets of salmon (4 oz each) Salt and Pepper Lemon wedges (optional) So examining our success at local shopping... it seems that we were quite unsuccessful today. The Dijon mustard is from France. The only organic and local ingredient is the butter. But, you could make this recipe with more local and ...

Frittata-A-Go-Go

1010 days ago

Breakfast is supposed to be the most important meal of the day. Yet John and I rarely eat it. Our schedules just don't allow it. When you get up and immediately go to the gym, you don't want a heavy breakfast and when you go from the gym to work, you can't really take along scrambled eggs or oatmeal. So I've been pondering what I could make for breakfast that would be portable, have a good mix of protein and carbs, and would work for John. Hence... frittata-a-go-go, or Muffin MacEggs, or OmFins, or Scrambled Quickfins, or Atkins Muffins (we had trouble coming up with a name). Ingredients 7 eggs 1 cup sauteed mushrooms 1 1/3 cup grated cheddar cheese 4 slices of bacon 1/2 cup milk 1 diced red bell pepper, sauteed 1 bunch green onions, sauteed Salt and Pepper Crushed red pepper The eggs were local, from Skagit River Ranch. If you're in the Seattle area and want eggs from Skagit, you need to get to the farmers markets early, especially in the summer. There ...