Empanadas Anyone???Daring Bakers Challenge Sept 2012

Hello...Its that time of the month again...Hormones go into overdrive and endorphins endorse all that is good about food.Hot and spicy and hand held.Empanadas.I am a rebel without a cause...so could not bear to do a whole pie which would be massacre"d" in the name of slices and dinner.These are the crisp...straight out of the oven empanadas...Crisp-which was surprising ,because this was bread dough.Almost like toast wrapped around the corn"y" filling.My...

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Egg Free Orange Silk Cheesecake-Chocolate and Orange...go hand in hand

A cheesecake...that had to be chocolate  and egg free and beautiful...And if possible...low in fat.Well almost...An almost Birthday cake for friend Kanchan Bhartari...For birthdays, the last thing we reveal are ages...We are, forever young.That is why we keep company...A birthday is not always about the cake.Its about the  friendship and good times and good food and chocolate.A cake would have been superfluous here...as she had already...

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Oatmeal Spice Cookies

Another cookie post.Another jaggery post.I’m becoming a jaggery advocate.We have had zero internet connectivity in Jharkhand since the last eight days. How this works now...magic!Each day is a dull ,stressful day...ever try ensuring a 12 year old revises his lessons for his midterm exams when he would rather be wrestling imaginary humongausaurs....yes...the WWE bug has hit sweet child.So there are tackles and jumps waiting at each corner of the house,...

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Focaccia Bread with Garlic,Basil ,Rosemary and Olives

I came I saw and was conquered.I never knew how enticing the aroma of freshly baked bread stuffed with olives and basil and garlic and slathered with extra virgin olive oil is.Up to a little while ago, I used olive oil as massage oil…and used it liberally on my hair too. Consequently, every time I cooked in extra virgin olive oil or used it as a salad dressing…I could only think of oiled hair.Not the most appetizing thing on the surface of the earth.So...

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