Cooking
This week it is snack-time - and nothing could suit me better, I seem to be living of snacks at the moment. Being at home most of the time, frustrated paging through my textbooks, I need a little munching here and there.
And even though I am at home, last night, I just couldn't be bothered to cook a real meal - what I could be bothered to do though, was whip us up a sweet snack to follow the make-shift dinner we had (ryebread open faced sandwiches - I boiled eggs, c'mon, that's ALMOST cooking dinner!;-)) Coincidentally, Cathy also found a little something for that sweet snacking tooth this week!
So I needed sweet, I needed fast - I needed Strawberry Scones that Caryn of Delicious! Delicious! had served for Mr. R - and I needed to just hurry and write down the recipe or I would get caught up in reading the fascinating food-blog/soap-opera she's got going on! If you're not already an addict, be careful following that link - she'll have you hooked in no-time!
I substituted frozen, but defrosted, raspberries for the strawberries - not cooking, and not grocery shopping either, am I? M convinced me they needed white chocolate in them too, so in it went. If you choose to use raspberries only, I might suggest adding another spoonful or two of sugar, seeing they are more tart than the strawberries. And umm... if you go for the raspberries, add them at the very end - I ended up with a somewhat weirdly colored pink-ish dough, because I added them before the yoghurt. But heck, I'm not one that is shy of weirdly colored foods!
They are moist, yet flaky, as a proper scone should be - I'll have to try the original version with strawberries too, but if you don't have them handy, I'm positive the batter will lend itself to any berry combination - Caryn herself suggest blueberries, peaches... Maybe a blueberry AND peach combo? Also, another thing that speaks for this recipe is the fact that they're made in a matter of 25 minutes - and that includes baking AND washing the bowl you made it in!
Dining with the Bloggers is on hiatus for the summer, but we'll back to your regularly scheduled program in September!
(Updated with picture)
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Cooking
Dining with the Bloggers - June 8th
This week it is snack-time - and nothing could suit me better, I seem to be living of snacks at the moment. Being at home most of the time, frustrated paging through my textbooks, I need a little munching here and there.
And even though I am at home, last night, I just couldn't be bothered to cook a real meal - what I could be bothered to do though, was whip us up a sweet snack to follow the make-shift dinner we had (ryebread open faced sandwiches - I boiled eggs, c'mon, that's ALMOST cooking dinner!;-)) Coincidentally, Cathy also found a little something for that sweet snacking tooth this week!
So I needed sweet, I needed fast - I needed Strawberry Scones that Caryn of Delicious! Delicious! had served for Mr. R - and I needed to just hurry and write down the recipe or I would get caught up in reading the fascinating food-blog/soap-opera she's got going on! If you're not already an addict, be careful following that link - she'll have you hooked in no-time!
I substituted frozen, but defrosted, raspberries for the strawberries - not cooking, and not grocery shopping either, am I? M convinced me they needed white chocolate in them too, so in it went. If you choose to use raspberries only, I might suggest adding another spoonful or two of sugar, seeing they are more tart than the strawberries. And umm... if you go for the raspberries, add them at the very end - I ended up with a somewhat weirdly colored pink-ish dough, because I added them before the yoghurt. But heck, I'm not one that is shy of weirdly colored foods!
They are moist, yet flaky, as a proper scone should be - I'll have to try the original version with strawberries too, but if you don't have them handy, I'm positive the batter will lend itself to any berry combination - Caryn herself suggest blueberries, peaches... Maybe a blueberry AND peach combo? Also, another thing that speaks for this recipe is the fact that they're made in a matter of 25 minutes - and that includes baking AND washing the bowl you made it in!
Dining with the Bloggers is on hiatus for the summer, but we'll back to your regularly scheduled program in September!
(Updated with picture)
- Fruity Yogurt Scones Recipe
I love scones. When I was in high school we had a British exchange student come stay at our house for a few weeks. We showed her around town and in turn she introduced my family to the pleasures of homemade scones. Or "scons" as she called them. Now...
- Dining With The Bloggers - June 8th
I think summer arrived yesterday. We had a blazing hot and humid day - as is typical of DC summers - capped by a dramatic thunderstorm in the evening. Thanks to Dining with the Bloggers (and more specifically, Reid), I had the perfect summer evening...
- Dining With The Bloggers - April 6th
So what exactly is the relationship between Mr. R. and Miss A.? Will Mr. R. take Caryn on the upcoming shoot and where will it be? But most of all, who is Mr. R. and is Caryn really his personal chef??? If you don't know what I'm talking about,...
- Dining With The Bloggers - March 23rd
I hate to rush through this post - the recipe I found this week is really wonderful. And just look at that lovely Dining with the Bloggers logo that Zarah made. It's just that it's late and I really must get to bed... Our chosen theme this week...
- Strawberries - What Remains Of Summer
There was a glutton of the sweetest tasting strawberries at the market a week or so ago. I don't know where they came from, I mean, it was the middle of September. But they were there. I couldn't help myself. It's been a really bad summer...