Homemade Whipped Cream Recipe

by madaise on Sep 15, 2008

Homemade Whipped Cream is SO easy to make and it tastes SO good! Sure, it’s quick and easy to pick up some whipped topping from the store, but this… this is just heavenly.

1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Whip cream until thick and stiff.
Add sugar and vanilla.
Continue beating until it holds peaks.

Goes on Pies, Cakes, Apple Crisp, Fruit… or by it’s self! and more!

Granny Smith Apple Crisp

by madaise on Sep 15, 2008

This recipe is on the Momma Muse site - it’s one of my fall favorites (ok, fall, winter, early spring anytime I can get tart, crispy granny smith apples). This apple crisp recipe an easy recipe to tweak, so don’t feel like you have follow these directions exactly.. it’s more of a guideline. Play with it, experiment (and take notes so you know what you like and don’t). For example, sometimes I don’t use any white sugar at all… or I may double the amount of “crisp”, because I love that part! Other times, I chunk my apples instead of slicing them. Anyway, have fun and enjoy! And don’t forget a scoop of vanilla ice cream and homemade whipped cream!

Ingredients:

Topping:
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/2 c. flour
3/4 c. oats (I use quick oats, but rolled oats may be used instead)
butter

Filling:
4-6 Granny Smith Apples (or other crisp, tart apples)
1/4 c. brown sugar

Directions:

- Peel, core and slice apples into thin pieces.
- In a bowl, add cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar to sliced apples and mix well.
- Set aside.
- Mix flour, granulated sugar, and oats together.
- Add 3 tablespoons butter.
- Mash well with fork creating clumps and crumbs.
- Grease bottom of cooking pan. I use a 9? round cake pan.
- Pour apple mixture into pan.
- Top with crumb mixture.

Bake in oven at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes or until apples are tender. Crumb top will turn golden brown.

See pictures of Apple Crisp

Recipe Sites Worth Noting

by madaise on Aug 25, 2008

One of the issues I’ve found coping with crohns, is while I like to eat, I’m not always able to - for various reasons.  At one point in time last year, during my pre-diagnosis stage, I was unable to eat anything - living on Ensure.  I perused cookbooks and cooking shows (Food Network was one of my best friends at night, particularly $40 a Day with Rachel Ray). Only looking, dreaming (and drooling) of when I could eat that, and wouldn’t that be tasty.

I do like to visit places like AllRecipes.com -or just google it- when I’m looking for something specific.

I’ve been to this particular site a few times before, but never really took the time to look around.  I did last night and boy have I been missing out.  And while I’m certain this former city girl turned pioneer woman doesn’t need any help from me to plug her site, link-backs and good reviews are always nice, right?  But it’s not even about that… Pioneer Woman is a cook after my own heart… she isn’t cooking to be green, or following the latest health trends.. she’s cooking to please her cowboys, and tossing in goodness where she is able too.  To know what I mean, read About her Cooking.  I know I”ll be reading her recipes to find something to make to eat - and not so much the other way around (looking for a specific recipe, unless I know I’ve already seen it there).

One of the things I really like about The Pioneer Woman is she cooks using easily obtainable ingredients… you know you can run into your local grocery store and get the stuff you need.  No need to worry about her ingredients being elusive.  Thank you!  I cannot tell you how much I appreciate that!!!

Somewhere along my search yesterday, I found another site I enjoyed and knew I didn’t want to lose this one either.  FoodGawker - On this site, you can submit a recipe from your own blog - and foodgawker displays the image, and links back to the submitters site.  The first picture I saw was a banana fried in a springroll, covered in cinnamon sugar and caramel sauce.. when I went back tonight, I wanted to know how easy it was to find that recipe again… I searched for banana and there it is.. oh yummmy!  And another recipe for bananas and chocolate on the bbq.. oh please.. I’m not even a big banana eater, but now… drooool.  You may not be able to find everything you are looking for, but looking at the pictures, you are sure to find something that looks tasty!

Check ‘em out… it’s worth your time.