I’ve recently stumbled upon a wonderful resource for great recipes – One Perfect Bite, a beautiful blog by Mary. So far, I’ve already tried two recipes. One is Moros y Christians (Moors and Christians), which you can see from the picture above. It’s a very delicious Cuban rice dish. The other is the One Bowl Vegan Chocolate Cake, which fixed my chocolate craving with one small piece. So, a bit Thank-You to Mary!
And I made my first batch of homemade bagels. The recipe is found on Vegan Dad’s blog. Can you believe that I saved the recipe for almost one year before trying it? I always thought it might be a bit intimidating and I wouldn’t be ready to do it. But it was surprisingly easy. I wonder whether other people are kept from making bagels at home because of the same fear I had. Well, fear no more! It’s not as hard as we imagined.
As you can see, I can definitely improve upon the shaping the bagels next time I make them. But no major tragedy. And the bagels came out of the oven smelling really great. They are so much finer and better than the bagels we can get from a store. It was absolutely worth all the effort!
And we are still in love with the Pane Francese I made a few days ago. I’m considering making another two loaves already.
Fennel bulbs are my new-found favorite. They impart such a warm aroma, half like sugar ginger and half like celery. Fennel bulbs will be great in a salad, but what about a risotto? Well, the result is really wonderful just as expected – a spicy and subtle concoction full of creamy warmth.