tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86945362416838625732024-03-12T00:39:15.544-07:00FoodologyExperimentations in deliciousnessJacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.comBlogger448125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-30406581304445363742023-04-30T18:28:00.005-07:002023-05-01T04:57:52.601-07:00Kentucky Derby Party: Menu If you've wanted a sign to host a Kentucky Derby part, here it is!!!Last year I put together a party for my cousins and aunts in Chicago and I have to admit, it was a blast. It's rare to get the ladies of my family together, so it was a fun way to have some time away from the men and little ones. Plus it was my first time hosting them at my condo... even though I moved here back in May 2017!In Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-2730544133749256672023-04-30T18:27:00.002-07:002023-04-30T18:30:02.160-07:00Kentucky Derby Party: Benedictine DipBelow is a description of one of the many dishes I made for a Kentucky Derby-themed party last year. Go to the main post for details about the party, links to all the dishes I made, and a simple schedule to help you host your very own Derby party!*******************According to Wikipedia, Benedictine is a spread made with cucumbers and cream cheese. Invented near the beginning of Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-7727302761572969822023-04-30T18:26:00.003-07:002023-04-30T18:30:25.055-07:00Kentucky Derby Party: Bourbon MeatballsBelow is a description of one of the many dishes I made for a Kentucky Derby-themed party last year. Go to the main post for details about the party, links to all the dishes I made, and a simple schedule to help you host your very own Derby party!*******************You can't think of Kentucky without thinking of Bourbon, so I knew I had to incorporate it into one of my dishes (and not Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-38368698967725068342023-04-30T18:26:00.002-07:002023-04-30T18:30:14.000-07:00Kentucky Derby Party: Pimento Cheese Deviled EggsBelow is a description of one of the many dishes I made for a Kentucky Derby-themed party last year. Go to the main post for details about the party, links to all the dishes I made, and a simple schedule to help you host your very own Derby party!*******************Pimento cheese—sometimes referred to as the pâté of the south or caviar of the south—is a cheese spread made withJacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-63771258899021466592023-04-30T18:25:00.003-07:002023-04-30T18:30:47.365-07:00Kentucky Derby Party: Hot Brown SlidersBelow is a description of one of the many dishes I made for a Kentucky Derby-themed party last year. Go to the main post for details about the party, links to all the dishes I made, and a simple schedule to help you host your very own Derby party!******************* The Hot Brown is a classic Kentucky sandwich, originally created in 1926 at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-63645819479039667622023-04-30T18:25:00.002-07:002023-04-30T18:30:39.437-07:00Kentucky Derby Party: Corn PuddingBelow is a description of one of the many dishes I made for a Kentucky Derby-themed party last year. Go to the main post for details about the party, links to all the dishes I made, and a simple schedule to help you host your very own Derby party!*******************Corn pudding isn't something I was familiar with before planning the menu for my Derby party. But after doing some researchJacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-68475870051240459542023-04-30T18:24:00.001-07:002023-04-30T18:29:47.787-07:00Kentucky Derby Party: Banana PuddingBelow is a description of one of the many dishes I made for a Kentucky Derby-themed party last year. Go to the main post for details about the party, links to all the dishes I made, and a simple schedule to help you host your very own Derby party!******************* Well folks, we've come to the end of my Kentucky Derby Party recap! For dessert I was deciding between a banana Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-68040975716351343662023-04-30T18:22:00.004-07:002023-04-30T18:47:42.305-07:00Kentucky Derby Party: Signature Cocktails and MocktailsBelow is a description of the cocktails I made for a Kentucky Derby-themed party last year. Go to the main post for details about the party, links to all the dishes I made, and a simple schedule to help you host your very own Derby party!*******************If you're looking for a fun way to have signature cocktails at your next party, here's a few HOT TIPS for you:Tip #1: Get a frame Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-18185725568787730702023-03-19T11:46:00.003-07:002023-03-19T11:46:51.998-07:00Flakiest Butteriest BiscuitsI've posted in the past about some of the easiest (yet awesome) drop biscuits you'll ever make, which come together in a flash and are really tender and delicious. Today, however, I'm going to the other side of the spectrum and giving you a biscuit recipe that's a tad more involved.But man oh man is it flaky and tender. And super, duper buttery. So buttery, in fact, that no butter Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-89686021177721098382023-01-29T12:47:00.000-08:002023-01-29T12:47:17.715-08:00Slow cooker ribsThe weather has plummeted here in Chicago, which means that it's just a touch too cold to be grilling outside. But this is also the weather where I start craving all the smoked meats. What a conundrum!!But fear not, because I have a great recipe for indoor ribs that definitely don't taste like they were cooked inside. I've previously posted about an incredible smoky pulled pork recipe that Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-27089491619515785342023-01-14T12:09:00.000-08:002023-01-14T12:09:13.860-08:00Chocolate Toffee Crunch CakeBack in 2019 I made bi-monthly birthday cakes for the office. This post has a link to the 6 cakes I made that year, which were an Orange Dream Cake, Verry Berry Cake, Triple Chocolate Cake, German Chocolate Cake, Lemon chiffon cake with fruit and lavender pastry cream, and an Apple spice cake with salted caramel cream cheese frosting. I've made some treats periodically since then, but not asJacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-51546114725310200952023-01-08T11:58:00.000-08:002023-01-08T11:58:14.609-08:00Orange and Cream Pie (no bake filling)I must get a kick of energy around the end of year/New Years time because I've posted a lot of great recipes I've made over the years. Not just sweet desserts (apple pie, salted caramel apple cheesecake pie, cheesecake with passionfruit sauce, chocolate French silk pie, pumpkin cupcakes) but also a lot of savory dishes (regular and a sausage/mushroom stuffing, turkey, dinner rolls, stuffed Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-86335072378153272082022-11-22T14:47:00.002-08:002022-11-22T14:47:56.445-08:00Pookie (cookie from pie scraps)Popping in real quick for a hot tip: when a recipe writer tells you to discard your extra pie dough after trimming, DO NOT LISTEN TO THEM!!!Instead, take those scraps and form them into a cookie (or two), brush with your egg wash, sprinkle with some turbinado sugar (sugar in the raw), and bake them on a baking sheet when you're baking your pie. Just don't forget about them because they'll Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-11344070768355449062022-11-19T19:56:00.004-08:002022-11-22T14:49:02.612-08:00Chocolate French Silk PieIf you're looking for a delicious and relatively easy pie for Thanksgiving, I've got you! This chocolate French silk filling is smooooooooth and rich at the same time, but not too sweet. And as much as I loved me a French silk pie from Baker's Square back in the day, there's just no competition. The pure chocolate flavor from this pie is simply unmatched! The best part is that the Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-84350416904637615392022-11-19T13:51:00.000-08:002022-11-19T13:51:53.629-08:00Japanese milk bread (shokupan)Japanese milk bread is like eating clouds of bread. But it's not only light, fluffy, and tender—its ridiculously delicious.You'll find approximately 203496767209462340 recipes for this amazing bread on the internet, so I cannot say this is the best or the most authentic. (I am also far from a bread expert!) But it turned out a seriously impressive loaf, so I want to document this hybrid recipe, Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-5258760248879548872022-02-27T13:27:00.001-08:002022-02-27T13:33:03.524-08:00Smokeshow chiliWould it be overkill to call this an award winning chili if it came in second place at my company's chili cookoff?!? Well, maybe so, but I'm going to anyways. I'm not a huge chili fan in general, and I haven't made any tried-and-true competition worthy recipes, so I didn't have a shoo-in entry for our chili cookoff. My goal was just to make a delicious vegetarian chili (technically Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-41744258185181482562021-11-20T14:19:00.005-08:002021-11-20T14:22:17.984-08:00Sausage and mushroom sage stuffingGrowing up I was never a huge fan of stuffing on Thanksgiving. It wasn't until my adult years that I realized it was because my family just made the kind from the red box, which doesn't hold a candle to the real deal!You can find a recipe for a more traditional stuffing on the blog, but last year I wanted to try something different. And I kept seeing recipes for sausage stuffing, which had Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-30170976568116084992021-11-14T18:37:00.007-08:002021-11-14T18:39:15.995-08:00Ballpark pretzelsIf you're anything like me you love ALL. THE. CARBS. I particularly love those Bavarian style pretzels that are tender, flavorful, and HUGE. It was my first time attempting pretzels at home and I have to admit I'm pretty proud of myself! Now these ballpark pretzels aren't exactly the same as one you might get out at a gastropub, as these were a bit denser and chewier, but they were so Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-4420317592710039582021-02-06T13:39:00.002-08:002022-11-19T13:43:56.750-08:00Chocolate-Espresso DacquoiseHappy 2021 everyone! This dessert, which has been on my to-do list for years, was my last big project of 2020. I started preparing it a few days before NYE so we could enjoy it before sending 2020 off with a swift kick in the ass. And it was a great sendoff as we stuffed ourselves with prime rib (recipe coming soon!), potato and leek al forno, and butter-basted whole mushrooms. First Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-3823051397467895342020-12-06T16:05:00.002-08:002020-12-06T16:05:59.520-08:00Cheesecake with passion fruit curdI don't feel like there's much I can say about this recipe to introduce it... other than it was beyond delicious. It was rich and creamy but didn't feel heavy. It was neither too dense nor too fluffy. The crust wasn't wimpy but it didn't overpower the cheesecake. And the slightly tart and sweet passion fruit curd was the perfect accompaniment to the richness of the dessert. It was like the Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-48032644678129873442020-11-22T12:45:00.002-08:002020-11-22T12:47:31.032-08:00Mushroom bologneseAnyone else craving ALL the comfort food right now? All I've been wanting the past few weeks are carbs, carbs, carbs.
Well, who am I to deprive you of what you want? Here's a dish that gives you all the comfort in carbs BUT manages to do it in a pretty healthy (or healthy-ish, or healthy-er) way!
This mushroom bolognese has a ton of that meaty goodness in a tradition bolognese but without the Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-56083451062703655482020-10-19T16:09:00.000-07:002020-10-19T16:09:05.732-07:00Caramel chocolate cakeDo you know that moment when you're out to eat and everyone takes a bite of dessert and a brief moment of silence takes over the table as pure bliss passes over everyone's taste buds?
This cake will do that to you.
It's a chocolate cake filled with the most perfect caramel layers and frosted with a dense, deeply rich chocolate frosting. Oh, and a sprinkling of Maldon salt, because that's my Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-55766504221361149382020-08-14T08:50:00.000-07:002020-08-14T08:50:20.876-07:00Lentils and quinoa with coconut curryLike everyone else, I've been doing a lot more pantry cooking these days (you know, pandemic living and all). I've found that making a big pot of lentils on the weekend is perfect for weekday lunches.
This recipe for lentil soup with lemon and mint is probably my all time favorite, but I've got some other good recipes on the blog, including creamy lentils (sans cream), sausage and swiss chard Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-21099964438434239382020-05-03T12:16:00.000-07:002020-05-03T12:16:36.266-07:00Brown butter butter cookiesYes, I realize I used the word butter 2x in the title of this post.
But they're the most amazing, simple, butteriest cookie there is.
Dubbed by some to be the BEST COOKIE EVER, who am I to disagree with such proclamations?
I might also have to crown them the sexiest cookie ever...
My cookies didn't come out *quite* as lacy as the originals, but they still had some little holes.
Plus Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694536241683862573.post-65092642884470770682020-04-25T10:33:00.002-07:002020-04-25T17:07:02.785-07:00Giant Chocolate Chocolate CookiesIf you love chocolate—and I mean looooooooove chocolate—then I have the most perfect "small batch" recipe for you today.
It's small batch because it only makes 4 cookies. Caveat: the cookies are the size of your head.
The cookies themselves are rich and chocolately—like a cookie brownie. Bonus: you can make this recipe with regular 'ole pantry staples that you likely have on hand.
The Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708599377490026319noreply@blogger.com0