October 18, 2018   Hi Foodies!

This month Ruby used Handmade Gifts from the Kitchen

Page 98-The front left recipe was White Chocolate and Rosemary Truffles- the recipe was easy to follow, not expensive to make and taste was GOOD.  Ruby suggests that you use less cream and butter as it was too soft for a truffle.

Page 29- Front right recipe was Rose Petal Cookies- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was GOOD.  Ruby suggests you add rose water to dough to bring out the flavor or process sugar with roses.

Page 153- Back left recipe was Lemon Loaf- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was GOOD.

Page 77-Fig Relish- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was VERY GOOD.

Ruby would use this cookbook again.

I used The New Midwestern Table (please note that the loaf of bread was my recipe and not from a cookbook)


Page 278- front left recipe was Cottage Cheese- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was NOT GOOD because it did not taste like cottage cheese it was basically a recipe for ricotta cheese. 

Page 346- back left recipe was Mom's Butter Caramels- esy to follow, not expensive and taste was VERY GOOD.  This recipe is a keeper, soft to chew and not a filling jerker.

Page 276-back right recipe was Homemade Butters- easy to follow, expensive to make and taste was GOOD.  One quart of cream  made one stick of butter for $3.84.  You can buy four sticks of butter from the grocery store for the same amount.

September 20, 2018

RUBY

The Family Table, Recipes and Moments from a Nomadic Life

Page 31- Dad's Cuban Picadilla- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was NOTHING SPECIAL, the olives overwhelmed the palette

Page 58- Green Pea Gnocchi with Parmesan White Wine Sauce- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was GOOD.  Ruby would use a lighter sauce for the gnocchi.

Page 68- Pull Off the Bone Slow Cooked Ribs- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was GOOD.  Ruby said the ribs were good but nothing to WOW about.

Overall Ruby said she would use this book again.

I used Betty Crocker Come Home to Dinner

Page 11- Oriental Pork Soup- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was GOOD.  I would use a little less Soy Sauce.  This tasted better the second day.

Page 29- Creamy Leek and Potato Soup- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was GOOD.  This also tasted much better the second day.

Page 204- Chocolate Rice Pudding- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was NOTHING SPECIAL.  Not enough chocolate to be called chocolate rice pudding.

All the recipes were done in a crockpot.

I would use this book again.