Any Home Bakers Here?

[sunflour]

I need some advice and opinions on how to prepare this recipe, planning to try it tonite.

They call for 1/3 cup of basil leaves, firmly packed - I guess just clip off the stems and press them in a measuring cup. But wonder why they are not chopped, even after measuring?

This recipe got 5 stars from all reviewers (over 30) but several mentioned to initially hold out the basil and add it when you add the spinach.
I wonder what would be the effect on the flavor by adding it as the recipe was written or at the end?

Any advice or opines?

One-Pot Pasta with Tomato-Basil Sauce

This dish is a revelation. Throw all of your ingredients into one pot over medium-high heat, and about 25 minutes later you'll have noodles perfectly coated in a luscious tomato-basil sauce.

Makes 6 servings. **** this is from Southern Living**

Ingredients:

12 ounces casarecce or fusilli pasta

• 1 (28-oz.) can diced tomatoes
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1/2 medium-size yellow onion, sliced
• 4 garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano

• 1/3 cup firmly packed fresh basil leaves ??
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper (optional)
• 1 (6-oz.) package baby spinach
• Freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Preparation
1. Place first 9 ingredients and, if desired, dried crushed red pepper in a Dutch oven in order of ingredient list. Cover and bring to a boil over medium-high heat (about 12 to 15 minutes). Reduce heat to medium-low, and cook, covered, 10 to 12 minutes or until pasta is slightly al dente, stirring at 5-minute intervals.
2. Remove from heat, and stir in spinach. Cover and let stand 10 minutes. Stir just before serving. Serve with Parmesan cheese.
Note: We tested with Garofalo Casarecce pasta.
Shrimp Pasta Pot: Prepare recipe as directed, stirring in 1 lb. peeled large, raw shrimp, deveined, with spinach in Step 2.

@NorthFLChick please don't add this to the index. It was OK at best, not terrible, just not good enough to try it again.
Cannot imagine how this got a star rating.

 

[DigMyChicks]

Those look good and your little guy is a cutie pie!

Blueberry fruit roll ups.

Gabe approved

. He is watching Star Wars: A New Hope, so can't be bothered to look at me

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Fruit Roll Ups
3 cups fruit
Sugar (optional, I didn't add any sugar)

Choose whatever fruit you want, we did blueberries, and put in food processor or blender until smooth. Add sugar to taste if you wish.

Preheat oven to 170, line a baking sheet with plastic wrap*. Pore the fruit purée onto the baking sheet. Spread evenly with a spatula. This is very important, my son really wanted to do this part, so half the sheet is thin and half thicker. I just had to cut half the sheet and leave the rest in the oven. Keep in oven 4-6hrs. Check on it and turn the pan every half hour to 45min. The roll ups will be tacky feeling, but not squishy when done. They will also be able to peel up from the plastic smoothly. When done lift plast wrap out of pan and set on counter to cool. When cool, cut in strips and roll up. Store in fridge.

*I know lining a pan with plastic wrap sounds weird, this is what the recipe said. You aren't cooking the fruit, just dehydrating, the pan doesn't even get hot. Make sure the plastic wrap goes to the lip of the pan so when it's done you can lift it out.

You could also do this in a food dehydrator, but I don't have one, so I used the oven. It makes 10, could be more or less depending on how thin you spread the purée and how big or small you cut the roll ups. I'm going to be sending these to school with my son as a special treat.

 

[Alice28]

Yes!

I have the Nesco Snack Master with the inserts. I like it quite a bit.

look for a sale or a return.

Thanks! I just looked it up. I think next month I will buy one!

 

[Alice28]

Ok, my goal for tomorrow is to make pizza with cauliflower pizza dough and to make @BBrady's beer bread (post #1293). Now the recipe looks very simple, however it does not say to let rise. I have never made beer bread, but I would imagine it's like every other bread where you let it rise right? Or does it just go right into the oven after you mix it all together? Anyone on here ever made beer bread? I don't want to do it wrong! I actually have beer in the house right now, so I want to try it!

 

[N F C]

@NorthFLChick please don't add this to the index. It was OK at best, not terrible, just not good enough to try it again.
Cannot imagine how this got a star rating.

Noted, thanks for trying it out and letting us know

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Ok questipn to all you moms out there what do you do when you feel sick to stomach and are having pain in abdomen with you infant and possible (cold) sick almost three year old. I have the kids in my bed but i cant be in bed right now i feel horrid i checked on them and lucy had her hands on his face in her sleep both fine but seriously at lose afraid to pick either up right now and move them. I keep debating on calling charlie homr from his old job. ...

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Just called him he says he on his way i feel even worde since i called him i know thats stupid but cant help it. I tried taking a shower to help myself relax but only helped while i was in it sitting down otherwise unbearable nausea. I am a wimp, i left the bathroom once or twice only to run back afraid i d get sick

 

[appps]

Just called him he says he on his way i feel even worde since i called him i know thats stupid but cant help it. I tried taking a shower to help myself relax but only helped while i was in it sitting down otherwise unbearable nausea. I am a wimp, i left the bathroom once or twice only to run back afraid i d get sick

How old is bubs again exactly? a week or two? you need to get into your dr. Quite a dangerous complication of childbirth which has stomach pain and nausea is retained placenta. Only needs a small bit to be missed. As its so recent and its abdominal you need that ruled out.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

He was born dec 23 so alnost a monththe dr i talked to said it was probabky a stomach bug ir constipation.. Hhe said unkess i got fever or lasted more the a few days to go in.

 

[appps]

Well keep an eye on your temp then!