Crumpets – Second Attempt

I tried making crumpets last week. Due to my fear of frying (I’m bad at it, and if I mess something up in the kitchen, its usually due to frying) I tried them in the oven, not on a griddle as recommended.  Also my batter was incredibly thick. They were very tasty, and very un-crumpetlike…

Baking with Beans – Gingerbread

This recipe is loosely adapted from a great cookbook (with lots of bean baking), The Daily Bean by Suzanne Caciola White.  I used fresh ginger not powdered and red beans not lentils because I had them on hand.  I also used the food processor for all the mixing, skipping using a stand mixer because I…

Tuna and Chickpea Curry Casserole

My mom used to make this crazy dinner sometimes, a curry tuna sauce with vegetables and mushroom soup, that she would serve over pancakes.  I am still suprised I liked it so much, as I was really fussy about fish, and besides, its curried tuna on a pancake… But I did love it and when…

Baking With Beans

I’ve been interested lately in using beans in unconventional ways, like baking, both for the nutrition value and to use up some of the huge stockpile of beans we always have on hand. I had a good result with Bean Brownies, based on a recipe from Mennonite Girls Can Cook.  The brownies were moist and…