Our May 2012 Daring Cooks’ hostess was Fabi of fabsfood. Fabi challenged us to make Boeuf Bourguignon, a classic French stew originating from the Burgundy region of France. This is the first time that I've ever made Boeuf Bourguignon. I've heard of it and I've made a number … [Read more...]
The Daring Cooks’ April 2012 Challenge – Create Your Own Recipe
With our diet plan for January, February, and March, we haven't had a great opportunity to do our Daring Kitchen Challenges this year. We are very excited to get back in the mix and take up the challenge for the rest of the year. Our April 2012 Daring Cooks hosts were David … [Read more...]
The Daring Cooks Challenge: Char Sui Bao
Our Daring Cooks’ December 2011 hostess is Sara from Belly Rumbles! Sara chose awesome Char Sui Bao as our challenge, where we made the buns, Char Sui, and filling from scratch – delicious! Thanks so much Sara for a great challenge. I've seen these sorts of things on some of … [Read more...]
The Daring Cooks’ Challenge: Moo Shu
The October Daring Cooks' Challenge was hosted by Shelley of C Mom Cook and her sister Ruth of The Crafts of Mommyhood. They challenged us to bring a taste of the East into our home kitchens by making our own Moo Shu, including thin pancakes, stir fry and sauce. I've never had … [Read more...]
The Daring Cooks’ Challenge: Stock to Soup to Consomme
Recently, I signed up with The Daring Kitchen to be a "Daring Cook." Basically, each month our host cook challenges us to recreate one recipe. We all create basically the same thing with a few variations allowed, but we all end up with wildly different results. Peta, of the … [Read more...]