Just Baking

 
Sweet, savory, and tangy with citrus — this is one of my favorite ways to prepare carrots as a side dish, and, not coincidentally, it’s also one of the easiest!
Try this alongside any kind of grilled meat or poultry, and if you have any leftovers, dice them up and add them to a batch of couscous or rice […]

Need a side dish for a steak or burgers? These oven-roasted potatoes come together in minutes, can be adapted to feed a crowd, and are a healthy alternative to French fries.
Oven-Roasted Potatoes with Garlic and Rosemary

4 russet potatoes, skin left on, well scrubbed and dried
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crumbled (or 1 tablespoon […]

 
As much as I’ve been looking forward to the vegetables of spring (hello, asparagus!), there are a few hearty winter staples I am reluctant to say my farewells to. Especially this particular preparation, Curry-Roasted Cauliflower, which I discovered only a few weeks ago, and which became an immediate favorite in our household. I’ve had roasted […]

When I tucked into this dish, it reminded me of a little piece of fortune cookie wisdom which found its way to my hand not very long ago : “A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.”
When it came to share this delicious recipe with you, I thought I’d better investigate the cook […]

I am very fond of entertaining, and hosting parties or gatherings is one of my favorite hobbies. An appealing feature is that I get to try different food, especially appetizers and hors d’oeuvres that we don’t usually cook in our day-to-day lives.
Though I’m not a great cook, I believe that presentation is as important as […]

I don’t remember which one came first: cooking, or the words that came with the recipes.
My mother had a small collection of pocket size French Cookbooks that I loved reading. The cookbooks had no pictures and no stories, just recipes, words and may be some drawing here and there. Yet, these books played a major […]

While Just Baking tends to lean sharply towards sweet baking, there’s no reason we can’t include a savory one every now and again, and this is certainly a keeper. OMG, I had the best homemade stuffing e-v-e-r today. But first, I’ll backtrack. I was catching up on some of my backlogged Tivo shows this morning, […]

At the week-end I saw a recipe for mussels and chard gratin. So intrigued I was, that I decided to google it, and you know what happens next: one thing leads to another, before I knew it, I got lost in hyperspace. This is when it happens, I spotted the following words: scalloped potato gratin. Wow, […]

I went a bit nuts for the The Whole Foods Allergy Cookbook (which is actually nut-free by the way), as well evidenced by the book review and blog post I put up within one week.  Mixing home-style and gourmet, this cookbook is more about good (real) food than any sort of special diet.
Of course, my favorite […]

Soufle Kounoupithiou is a great authentic Greek side dish. Pronounced soo-FLAY koo-noo-peeth-YOU, it is a three cheese cauliflower side dish. The cauliflower can be substituted or accompanied with broccoli as well.

3 1/3 pounds of cauliflower
4 cups of whole milk
1 teaspoons of salt
1/2 teaspoon of pepper
1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
4-5 tablespoons of cornstarch
2 eggs
1/4 […]