Jo's Kitchen

Tag: Kitchen Experiments

  • Pain d'Epi (or my Bread Saga)

    I’m in love with this bread. It’s just so pretty! I first saw it in a bakery in Seattle. Naturally, I assumed you had to go to bread baking school to make something so beautiful. It’s kind of true, but mostly not. Pain d’Epi is French for bread that looks like wheat. Fitting, since that’s…

  • Trial, Error & Fig Bars

    I need a pastry cutter. It started out so simply… So straightforward… But, like everything else in my life, if it seems too easy, I’ll over-complicate it.  I don’t plan it that way, it just happens. I had seen this recipe on one of my very favorite blogs (she’s local, too!), and couldn’t wait to…

  • Yellow Squash and Roasted Cauliflower Soup

    Hey everybody! Remember awhile back when I made Yellow Squash and Basil soup?  It’s ok, it was a long time ago.  One of my first blog posts, actually 🙂 Whilst (yes, I like whilst) wondering the produce section in Safeway the other night, I saw them!  Not very yellow, and not very big, but there!…

  • Sweet and Spicy Tofu

    I made a variation on my favorite tofu marinade.  This one comes from Caitlin at Healthy Tipping Point, and she’s not kidding when she calls it her Perfect Baked Tofu.  In our house, we call it candy tofu, because it’s surprisingly sweet from the honey, but spicy enough for dinner. I started with honey and…

  • Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Cups

    Yes, I said salted caramel peanut butter cups. I make some things that impress me, but I know it’s a really great sign when my husband is impressed.  It hardly ever happens.  I mean, he likes the things that I make, but he doesn’t really get excited about them like I do.  It’s just the…

  • 14 Things

    This post contains an obscene amount of exclamation points.  Read at your own discretion. 1.     I have exciting things to show you! 2.     But not today. 3.     I’m feeling so much better! 4.     Strep is awful. 5.     Antibiotics are amazing! 6.     Which is…

  • Baking in Daylight

    Weekends are awesome.  Not only because I sleep in until at least 8:00AM (what do you mean that’s not sleeping in?), but because I get to take pictures in natural light. I realize that if you’re not a food blogger, that might not sound like a big deal, but it’s kind of a big deal.…

  • Chicken Packets – Hold the Tomato

    I got this idea while running on the treadmill. No joke. Something similar was happening on 30 Minute Meals with Rachel Ray–similar in that she was wrapping meat in puff pastry sheets, but totally different meat and filling–and it’s been stuck in my head ever since. You know how songs get stuck in your head…

  • The Best Pancakes

    No, really. Don’t let my poor photography skills fool you. These are the best whole wheat pancakes I’ve ever had. The best ANY pancakes I’ve ever had. And I’ve been eating them my entire life, because I’m just that lucky. I remember the first time I had pancakes in a restaurant. They were ginormous (what?…

  • Fun with Dough

    The title pretty much says it all.  While staying with family over the Christmas weekend, I spent one morning in the kitchen making cookie after cookie.  There have been a few iterations of style, but the basic concept of sugar cookie + Nutella + candy canes = get in my mouth! stayed pretty constant.  I…