Well, I tried the first recipe from Good to the Grain. I really want this book to work because I think it has amazing ideas for how to incorporate different whole grains into your meals. That means a healthier you! So the first recipe was chocolate chip cookies. I followed the directions (some of you may know that I don't always read the directions all the way through and sometimes that comes back to bite me, but this time I did!) It says to mix the butter and sugars together just until they are blended. Normally you want to cream the butter and sugars together, which is a good few minutes at the mixer. So, I mixed until just blended and went on with the recipe. The end results were: #1 mine didn't look like the picture and that bothers me, and #2 they were hard as a rock unless you devoured them right out of the oven, which I did, and that gives you roof burns! So, my conclusion would be to cream the butter and sugar, not just mix.
As for my goal of trying to cook something out of the mountain of magazines I get every month, I'm gonna try. But I was thrown a little curve ball by the 2 year old. He has developed food allergies to peanuts, tree nuts and milk. So, we'll see how that goes. Bon Appetit usually doesn't make their recipes allergen free!
By the way, if anyone is going to be in House Red's neighborhood in Oak Park on Jan 20, my friend Kevin from Kokku Gourmet is having a chocolate and wine tasting. Check it out!
I also forgot to mention that I found a show on Oprah's new network that I love, love, love! It's called Anna and Kristina's Grocery Bag. So far, they've been picking recipes from random cookbooks, testing them out under a time constraint and then having other chefs critic their work. Would soooo love to have that job!
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