The Art Of Baking

Remember when I mentioned I received a sample box from Love With Food .Well I decided to share about some of the food samples.Anyways,all of the opinions shared here are from me and my close family members. The first sample we all tried were the Gluten-Free Ginger Chews from The Ginger People .I received four of each of these, which were original and spicy apple.At the time of review, I took one candy from both flavors and cut them into four pieces to share with everyone.I did this because were all pretty sensitive to hot and spicy.   When I tried both the original and spicy apple, the texture was extremely chewy, hence the name.It got stuck in my teeth and I think its best to let it dissolve a little bit before chewing.However that's easier said then done with chewy candies. Now for the taste,the original had a strong flavor of ginger and hit everyone very quickly with the heat.It continued to linger after it was gone.It also wasn't very sweet and I find...

Recently,I received two freebie coupons to review any Wonder+,Weight Watchers,D'Italiano or Country Harvest products, made by Weston Bakery's.I do have to thank Carmela from Argyles Communication for being so generous to offer me product to review.Thank you very much! When I received these in the mail I was super excited and very surprised that I had four different products to choose from.I definitely like variety and the product I chose to review was the D'Italiano 100% Whole Wheat Thick Slice Bread . Its a bread I have never tried before up till now and the only others I have had are their Original and Crustini buns .Both I highly recommend for any up in coming picnic's or BBQ's. Now this D'Italiano Italian Style bread is very different from the original because its made with 100% whole grains and contains 7 sources of nutrients.Overall, it is healthier even though it has a higher calorie count then their white bread 180 to 200;However bread as ...

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!  Hope everyone has a great day and all the kids get lots of treats from the Easter rabbit.Also, can't forget that Easter dinner with all that delicious food.Yum! For me, I got to celebrate Easter a day early and for today I get to spend some time with my boyfriend Dave. Pretty good weekend I would say. I also, can't forget to mention that I was able to fit in a treat. I made a large batch of Easter Sugar Cookies to help celebrate all of this weekend. I had lots of fun icing them on Saturday morning with every one's help.Every one's creativity is represented in these cookies. These were delicious Easter shaped sugar cookies with semisweet chocolate chips and decorated with colored icing. This was a super easy recipe that I adapted from a Hershey Chipits Valentines Hearts recipe. I simply changed a couple ingredients.Replaced the butter with hard margarine and shortening with lard.However with these replacements I had to...

On Monday, in the afternoon I made Martha Stewart's Apple Cinnamon Upside Down Cake for a special treat to serve to family that were visiting from the states.Everyone that had a piece gave me some really great compliments about it and one person even had two big pieces.They told me that they really loved it and that the best part is the edge of the cake. I totally agreed with that because its the most caramelized and sweet part of the cake.Drool.... Upside down cakes are one of my favorites and I wish I made them more often.But I don't always have fruit on hand, fresh or canned.So they seem to be kept for special occasions and they are delicious enough to be kept that way.This cake that I made is the first one I've ever done with an apple topping.Most upside down cakes I have made are with a pineapple topping and you will see most recipes with this fruit.Its a great combination with a sweet and sour flavor. For the topping of this cake its flavor and textures are a l...

So the used book store near where I live has finally opened up again and just recently I bought a new recipe book from there.I bought a book called "LIGHTEN UP! Low Fat Cooking In 15 Minutes" By Ginny Clark .Its a really interesting cookbook.It shows you basic cooking skills and healthier ways to cook. It also has all the recipes set up like a simple comic book strip. See below . The recipe shown in this picture is the cake that I made the day after I got this book. Its set up in a cool way to show the reader how simple it can be and how fun.There are lots of other simple cooking and baking recipes that I would love to try out. In this recipe, its a healthier version for Cinnamon Coffee Cake.Its made with a low amount of sugar,whole wheat flour and no fat.However when I made this I cheated a bit in the lighting up process.I ended up adding a couple tablespoons of hard margarine to the topping to have more of a buttery flavor.There were also a couple changes that neede...