Monday, February 25, 2008

Look What I Made This Week!

Yet again I've been lurking around the food blog world. And yet again I've found some delicious delicious posts on other blogs that I gave a try...


This week I decided to give the Egg Muffins found originally on Kalyn's Kitchen, and then found here and here and numerous other places on the Internet. These little babies are a tasty way to start your morning on the go. I usually eat mine cold right out of the refrigerator, but the Brain likes to heat his up. They are super versatile too. I've made them with goat cheese, Swiss, Parmesan, dill and asparagus. I've also made them with red pepper, carrots, fennel, cracked black pepper, and mushrooms. Either way they're great, easy and a healthy way to start the day.


I also made, because I couldn't resist, these unbelievably cinnamony brownies from Quirky Cupcake. They were delicious even though I think I made the glaze wrong. If you'll notice the difference between my week glaze to her luscious glaze in the photos. All I can think is that if mine were made wrong and still tasted so decadent and so lovely that even the Brain, who notoriously doesn't like brownies, ate far more than his share of them. Although it should be noted, because he's been insisting, that I did indeed eat over half of the pan. But I'm not the one who took a fork to the pan the next morning.


Finally I made this delicious Greek noodle dish found on Kalofagas. I bet you were wondering what I was going to do with Halloumi and Ricata Salata. Well okay maybe you weren't wondering. But I have been poking around a lot and when I saw this dish, I knew I had to make it. I just had to wait until I could find some Halloumi cheese and it took a trip to Michigan to find it! And Peter M. is right! Halloumi does squeak when you eat it. I also had to substitute chardonney for port and these fun little radiatore shaped pasta for egg noodles. It's amazing what you run out of when you're not looking. Anyway, it was delicious and light and just perfect. Although I did have some trouble that I kept eating the hot fried Halloumi before I finished making the dish.

9 comments:

Deborah said...

I have been wanting to make those muffins. They really have been making their way around the food blog-o-sphere...

Anonymous said...

Are those heart-shaped silicon muffin cups?? Cute!

Kalyn Denny said...

Love, love the heart-shaped muffin cups. I'm glad to hear you liked the egg muffins. You're right, you can put anything in them and they always turn out to be good.

Anonymous said...

Will you please come and cook for me?

glamah16 said...

I have never seen these muffins. But if it is like baked eggs, I would love it.Cinnamon brownies sound good.

LisaRene said...

Squeaky cheese, what fun! Must be somewhat similar to a cheese curd? You have been cooking a ton, the cinnamony brownies sound wonderful and spicy.

Pixie said...

Great list of different recipes. I missed out on blogging a recipe last week, so will have to make up for it on friday (i hope!).

Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...

You've had a great week Mary :D I love all of these bloggers and their foods :D

Lisa Johnson said...

Aren't these egg muffins the best? Yours are so cute! ; )

And the brownies sound really good too even though the glaze wasn't how you expected.