Recipes by Beki

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	Magic Bars! by Beki	1 vote 313 views
	Days 5 & 6: Just don't lick your fingers by Beki	1 vote 313 views
	Banana Walnut Cake - Nostalgic Kitchen by Beki I really like old cookbooks. I don't mean from 2000 or even 1980. My favorites are from around the 1900s and use terms like "teaspoonfulls" instead of just teaspoons. Since a lot of them are now public domain, you can even find them for free online! They are fun because of the recipes, too. I mean, at the time they didn't have the…	1 vote 1066 views
	Gluten-free Shortbread Cookies by Beki New experiment! I found a recipe here that looked worth trying, but couldn't resist tweaking it by adding in some almond butter. Since I was a little skeptical, I planned to make a 1/3 batch. In fact, I added the butter as if it were a 1/3 batch. And just realized that I only halved the rest of it... I should know better than to not…	1 vote 384 views
	Baba a l'orange - Or an easy, fancy-seeming French dessert by Beki Last week I was watching a French competition show, "Who will be the next great pastry chef." I love it, it's a Top Chef kind of set up, with 15 or so people competing to be a master chef. I forget what the prize is, they don't repeat it ten trillion times. I happen to like the French version better because each episode is 2.5…	1 vote 355 views
	Chocolate Beet Brownies with extra protein! by Beki Since I mostly put these up for me (notice there aren't any ads?) and I'm spending way too much time in front of a computer lately, I figured that I will put things up without pretty writing around it.Goal: Treats that are food, not sugar and empty calories. More 'real' food and protein here.Ingredients to use: Beets and…	1 vote 428 views
	Quick Vegan Lentil TVP bolognese by Beki I am a fan of both lentils and TVP to sub for ground beef. But either can get boring. Lentils have a nice texture, but... I don't know, they just aren't quite right. And TVP doesn't have quite enough bite to it for me. Luckily Mr. More Calories brought me some TVP from home and it's probably enough to last me comfortably for the next…	1 vote 434 views
	Fried Apples by Beki After looking around the interwebs, it looks like the secret to these is typically bacon grease. And of course that is an ingredient that I will have less than no access to for the next four months. Even if it sounds pretty likely. So I went with what I could get - margarine. Not exciting, but you do what you can. I suppose I could…	1 vote 515 views
	No-Oven Carrot Cake! by Beki I am having an amazing afternoon snack of freshly baked Carrot Cake. I am thrilled by it.When I was little, my mom almost always had an after school snack for us. Cookies or cake or popcorn or who knows what. To be honest, I mostly remember cookies. There may have been other things. It was so consistant that we would sometimes have…	1 vote 475 views
	Stove-top biscuits by Beki Being in another country means adjusting ingredients and cooking methods. Let me show you around my kitchen.First, here it is! The fridge is to the left, and there is a small set of shelves that you can see on the right. I think the stove and oven are recognizable, and to the right of those is the sink. That's right, no cabinet. Those…	1 vote 296 views