Yesterday I decided to start using up some of my frozen blackberries. Here is my recipe for you guys. Since the serving was so small, only two ramekins, there are no measurements that I can give you. Just follow along and you should not have a problem.
Blackberry Cobbler By Naomi
chocolate and vanilla swirl pancakes
How to Make Perfectly round cookies
Here are my photos. As usual, I take pictures of the entire process.
Over 60 ways to make chicken in Videos
Here is another fantastic playlist from Chef John - Over Sixty Videos about how to make Chicken. Super!
How to make a spicy Chinese Peanut Sauce
I like things that are spicy. On a scale of 1 - 10, I like my hot factor to be about a 6.5 or a 7. Once in awhile I will take it up to an 8.
| Basic Ingredients for a Spicy Chipotle Peanut Sauce |
Perfect Brunch
I have often wondered what constitutes the perfect ' brunch'. Is it suppose to be a real combination between breakfast and lunch? Like a pancake sandwich? Or a breakfast soup?
This morning I put together a little brunch for my husband. It consisted of stuffed eggs, grilled tomatoes, and potato pancakes.
Chef John's Pasta Playlist
Good Afternoon Everybody!
While my husband is at work, and I am missing him terribly, I decided to use my free time learning some new recipes from one of my all time favorite Chefs - Chef John. I chatted with him back in 2006 when I was living in Paris. He helped me put together a nice little menu of all American food that I could present to my friends.
There are forty four videos here. I hope you take the time to watch them all.
Cheers!!!
How To Make Mustard Videos
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| Homemade Mustards |
Today I wrote a little blurb in Naomi´s Garden, about how to grow and cultivate mustard. That blog lead me here. How to make your own mustard!
Ingredients
Directions
- In a heavy saucepan combine mustard, vinegar, salt, pepper and sugar. Simmer over low heat for 3 hours.
- Beat egg yolks into mixture and stir until thickened. Pour into hot, sterilized jars and seal. Cool at room temperature and store in the refrigerator.
Berry Orange Muffins
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After baking the muffins, I made an orange glaze and a blackberry glaze. I drizzled both glazes on the cooling muffins. They looked and tasted wonderful!
Making Wine and Alcohol
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| http://www.sterlingwineonline.com |
I read a few chapters of wine making, then looked up some unfamiliar terms. There are suppliers all over the country that will sell equipment to make beer, liqueur, wine, and soda. There is so much to learn and take it, I am only getting started.
Although I am not much of a drinker, I will certainly enjoy making alcohol (particularly wine), for my friends and family. Featured below are several tutorial videos about how to make different kinds of alcohol. At the end of this blog I am going to link some suppliers.
Blackberry Orange Cobbler - Low Calorie Recipe
| -Low Calorie Blackberry Orange Cobbler- |
In a previous post, Paula Dean´s Peach Cobbler, I posted a Paula Dean video showing how to make the cobbler. For further instructions, click on the link above and watch the video.
Follow her instructions step-by-step, but use my ingredients.
She will insist that you use butter instead of margarine. You can use margarine. The crust will be fine. The filling is going to be so delicious, that you will not miss the butter. So please go to my previous post about how to make a Peach Cobbler. Using Splenda cuts out a lot of the calories. So even though this is not the lightest dessert, it is significantly lighter than many other baked pastry or cobbler.
Naomi´s Blackberry Wheat Bread Recipe
Blackberry Fest Bread of Elma Washington
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| Naomi and her handmade braided sweet bread |
I remember when Elma had its Slug Festival. Then it was changed to the Blackberry Festival, and now it looks like that has been changed to the Outlaw Festival. After careful thought, I realized that both 'slugs'and óutlaws' are not good for the image of poor little Elma. Slugs are disgusting, and we certainly do not want to glorify criminals or outlaws.
Blackberry Wine and Syrup Suppliers
My Blackberry Plans This Year
Hello Everybody,
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| Coming to a breakfast table near you |
So hop on over to Naomi´s Garden if you want to hear all about it. I do not post too much on my gardening blog right now because all I am growing are potatoes, carrots, strawberries, grape tomatoes and basil. When we get a house, or a small farm, I will write more about my adventures in the garden. For now, it is Naomi´s adventures in the kitchen.













