foodiefanatics

Made banana bread this morning that was excellent. It was almost like dessert. The recipe is from Williams and Sonoma quick breads and calls for 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour which you would think would make the bread dried out, but instead it was light and sweet and quite tasty. I will definitely make this again.
Last week I made carrot bread starting with a recipe from Cookinglight, apr 09 but wildly adapting it. 
1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup whole wheat flour, 1 t cinnamon, 1 t baking soda, 1/4 t salt, 1/4 cup flax seed (mix this together)
2/3 cup grated apple, 2/3 cup grated carrot, 1/2 cup coconut milk, 2 T oil, 2 large eggs (mix together)
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, add the nuts, stir and bake in a greased bread pan at 350 for 45 minutes.

Hot weather last weekend led us to select some meals that could be done on the grill. We had people in and out all weekend so the food had to be flexible, quick to cook and not likely to heat up the house.  I made salmon burgers from cooking light (May. 09) that were good but needed a bit more flavor. I served these on some great Brioche buns from whole foods which I highly recommend.  These were easy to prepare, just throw everything into the food processor, form and they are ready to go. I refriged them for a while, making them stay together better. We put these on the grill and they didn't fall apart. 
Also on the grill, we made the Sausage, sourdough and bell pepper spiedini (bon may 09).  The kabobs were drizzled with a mustard vinaigrette which was also tossed with a light salad that the kababs were served on.  This was light, easy and tasty.
Farm Stand brownies from bon may 09 looked really good (with 3 1/2 cups of chocolate chips) but they ended up a bit dry. I don't know if I overcooked them or what. They taste great but the texture isn't so good.
Curried carrot salad with nonfat yogurt from bon, may 09 was a great use of both the carrots from the CSA and some hot serranos (the recipe didn't call for). I put the carrots and the serranos through the shredder and the salad was very tasty and spicy (just as good the next day too).

This has been a busy couple of weeks.  I've made spicy carrots with parsley and cilantro from food and wine (march, 2005) with my CSA veggies. I actually added broccoli and it was really tasty. I'll make that again. We served it both warm and cold and liked it better cold. 
I made a pea shoot stir fry which was kind of just like green things with garlic. I still haven't found a pea shoot recipe I really like.
Traditional hashbrowns "21" club from gourmet Nov. 1995. These were very yummy. You boil potatoes then fry them with onions, butter and oil. 
German Apple Pancake from Cooks Illustrated (Jan/Feb 2003) which actually wasn't very good. It didn't puff but instead was kind of like a firm custard (sort of). Didn't have a lot of flavor.
Pasta with vodka and cream.  The kids liked this but I found it a bit too mild.  Plus my Parmesan cheese didn't really melt which was strange. 
I made my own Caesar dressing (well, I don't think it's really Caesar) but it works and it uses what's in the fridge. I took mayo, dijon, worcestershire a bit of olive oil, garlic and bal vinegar and whipped it up.  It needed to be thinned with a bit of fresh lime (lemon would probably work too). Very flavorful and everyone loved it.