Culinary Goods

This looks good, right? WRONG. It sucked. It had too many flavors and it was just totally yuck. I would give this a 4. This recipe came from Fine Cooking magazine, and while they rarely disappoint, this one was awful. BLEH. Pistachio Frozen Yogurt with Salted Caramel By Cheryl Sternman Rule August/September 2017 Issue Ingredients For the yogurt 3/4 cup granulated sugar I cut this down by a couple of Tbs. 3/4 tsp. ground cardamom 1-3/4 cups raw, unsalted pistachios 2-1/4 cups plain whole-milk Greek yogurt 3/4 cup whole milk 1-1/2 tsp. pure almond extract This was the downfall, leave it out Recipe retrieved from: http://www.finecooking.com/recipe/pistachio-frozen-yogurt-salted-caramel I used my own caramel sauce, which was the one highlight of the dessert.

These were fine. I would make them again, but not with this same recipe. They got an 8. 2 parts fresh cut peaches to 1 part fresh raspberries Sugar and ultragel to taste, typically 1 Tbs of ultragel per cup of fruit and 2 Tbs. of sugar per cup cinnamon ( I would ditch this next time and use a teensy bit of almond extract instead) Pour juice over berries and then combine ultragel and sugar in a separate bowl. Dump it on the berries and stir just to combine. I used 1 package of Pepperidge Farm puff pastry dough and it made 8 turnovers. You brush egg wash on top of them, cut slits in the crust, and bake for about 20 minutes or until they are deep golden brown.

So I started making these and messed up the recipe majorly, so just improvised, and they turned out great. They get a 7, and here is what I did: 1 C. flour 3/4 C. sugar 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1/2 tsp. allspice 1/4 tsp. salt 2/3 C. olive oil 2 eggs 2 tsp. vanilla 1 1/2 C. grated carrots I mixed this all together and baked it in an 8x8 pan at 325 for about 35-40 minutes (I kept checking it every 3-5 minutes). I frosted them with cream cheese frosting with 1/2 tsp. orange extract mixed into it.

This was yum, and made good use of the zucchini in my garden. I left the frosting off and still really enjoyed it. It gets a 7, and the recipe came from melskitchencafe.com. 3 large eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups (11.25 ounces) granulated sugar I used 1 C + 1 TBS 3/4 cup buttermilk ( homemade version here ) 1/2 cup olive oil 2 cup shredded zucchini (10 ounces) 1 1/2 cup (7.5 ounces) all-purpose flour 1/2 cup (2 ounces) natural, unsweetened cocoa powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon baking powder Here's the link:  https://www.melskitchencafe.com/best-chocolate-zucchini-cake/

I called this "Fine Bread", because it was just that- fine. I was looking forward to it since I thought it would have a lot of flavor, but it was pretty underwhelming. It basically tasted like a blandish biscuit in bread form. Boo. It got a 4 and the recipe came from gatherforbread.com. 3 cups all-purpose flour 4 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon garlic powder 1 cup shredded zucchini ¾ cup shredded cheddar cheese ¼ cup of finely chopped green onion 1 Tablespoon fresh dill (or 1 teaspoon dried dill) 2 large eggs 1 cup buttermilk 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) of butter, melted Here's the link:  https://gatherforbread.com/cheesy-garlic-zucchini-bread/

When I worked as a supervisor at Coldstone in college, I was responsible for actually making the ice cream, and banana was one of my favorites. We used actual fresh bananas with no artificial favors or colors, and it was just lovely. So I was super excited to try this since you roast the bananas in the oven with brown sugar and butter for 40 minutes before-hand. Can't go wrong with that, right? Wrong. While this had good flavor, it was so disgustingly sweet that nobody could have more than a few bites. It was terribly disappointing, but could taste much better if the sugar was cut down by about half. As it was, it got a 4, and the recipe came from annies-eats.com. 6 medium-sized ripe bananas, peeled 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar 2 tbsp. butter (salted or unsalted), cut into small pieces 3 cups whole milk ¼ cup granulated sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice ½ tsp. coarse salt Here's the link:  http://www.annies-eats.