If you should be lucky enough to have three straight snow days (like I just did), you should definitely make this fantastic soup. Cream of mushroom is one of my favorite soups, and I can't imagine a better version than this! The recipe comes from the Barefoot Contessa and has four different kinds of mushrooms, one stick of butter, and lots of cream and half and half.
Favorite Cooking Blogs
- Little Bit of Everything
- Ade's Fakebook blog
My friend Ade just added a terrific recipe for lentil soup-- check it out!
01/28/2011
01/27/2011
Ponderosa Lemon Squares
I have always been very lucky. Almost every year I've won so many prizes from the summer reading contest at our library that I stopped entering. It was a little embarrassing.
At Christmas I went to Tudor Place. I was holding a lemon on the branch, and it fell off in my hand. The docents said I could keep the lemon and that it made great lemon squares. It really did. Thank you, Tudor Place.
11/28/2010
Scott's Pumpkin Cheesecake (Not!)
This pumpkin cheesecake was so good, a friend tried to claim the cake as his own. Scott said he made the cheesecake. He didn't.
11/02/2010
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Carving pumpkins isn't an easy job. It's messy, and you have to wash your hands constantly.
The most disgusting part is pulling out the stringy insides. The process was so messy that we got our neighbor to give us a hand. (Thank you, Annie T.)
06/26/2010
Happy Birthday Cupcakes
I'm twelve (yesterday was my birthday). Tonight I'm having a make-your-own-sushi party and these cupcakes.
06/17/2010
Cherry Blossom Cupcake
I spent the week at an Asian cooking camp at Just Cakes in Bethesda, MD. Today we made Japanese sushi, udon soup, and decorated cupcakes in a Japanese style. The cupcake was decorated with fondant and buttercream frosting. Isn't it spectacular?!?!
06/03/2010
Strawberry Shortcakes
Every year I go strawberry picking. I love being outdoors and eating fresh strawberries right off the bush.
One of the best parts is the smell when you're driving home. The whole car smells like strawberries. I picked the most strawberries; Denise was second and my mom and sister were last.
04/21/2010
Ugly Egg Salad
A good thing about having one of the cutest hamsters in the world is that you can put her photo where the photo of the ugly egg salad should go. (To see just how ugly, you'll have to read to the end of the entry.)
This egg salad may not be as cute as Clementine but it IS delicious. (To find out just how delicious, you'll have to make it yourself.) It's very unusual, too. It has caramelized onion on top, it has a crunch to it, and it tastes a little like eating out at an Indian restaurant. That's because it has curry in it.
03/14/2010
Cloudy with a Chance of Marshmallows
Do you have any idea what marshmallows are made of? I didn't until I found a recipe for them.
They're mainly sugar, corn syrup, and unflavored gelatin.
02/16/2010
The Love Cake
You know a cake is really amazing when your literature teacher loves it. Miss T. calls this strawberry frosting "awesome."
The best part about making this cake is eating the frosting off the beaters. It was fun. The second best part was asking my dad and little sister (the Maniac) if they could figure out how to make a heart out of one 8-inch square cake and one 8-inch round cake. They couldn't. Can you? (Answer at the very end.)
