First up is this bodacious cashew queso dip recipe I found on a lovely blog called Vegan Epicurean. This was so simple to put together, took no time at all and tasted great. I don't really remember what queso dip tastes like, but this was so good. My husband and my extremely picky daughter even loved it. What drew me to this recipe is the nutritional yeast that it doesn't call for. I love nooch, but my family isn't as fond of it. I now have a decent queso dip recipe that all three of us love!
A note: I forgot that the cashews needed to be soaked. I made it without soaking. Because I have a vita-mix I was able to puree it up perfectly smooth. I'm not sure if soaking is to help with the overall texture and ease in pureeing, but it seems I didn't need to soak. I'll soak them next time (provided I remember) to see what the difference is.Next up is bread! I am a bread making fool right now. When it's cold outside, there is nothing more heavenly than the smell of rustic loaves of artisan breads baking in the oven. This goes on in my house nearly every single weekend. My favorite online resource for artisan bread baking is The Fresh Loaf. And this weekend I found a bread I couldn't pass up baking. Pain de Provence is an herby, fragrant round loaf that calls for 1/2 cup of herbs de Provence. Initially I thought it sounded like it may be too much. I mean, 1/2 cup of herbs? But it's perfect. The smell perfumed the house and I just couldn't wait for it to come out of the oven. We ate almost half of it before I remembered to take some pictures.
A note: The recipe called for liqueur, such as Grand Marnier, but reading the comments at the end of blog post I discovered that you can't taste it. I'm not going to waste expensive liqueur if I can't taste it. I opted for orange juice. Can't taste it. Next time I'll use water. I don't think it will make a difference. Now I just need to work on my scoring technique, something I'm not very good at.
4 comments:
Alicia will be happy you liked her recipe. i made it a few days after she posted it and my husband liked it also. and he is like yours, kinda picky. he said all the right flavors were in it. so that was def a score. when my parents come in a month im going to try this out on them also:)
bread is fun to make! i dont do tomuch but yours looks wonderful:)
Everything looks delicious!!! Alicia will love you made her recipes!!! I am not a big nooch fan, so this would be great!
Dirtyduck, thanks for stopping by to comment. :o) Bread really is fun to make, isn't it? There's just something about it, handling the dough, the smell . . .
VivaciousVegan, if you haven't tried this queso dip recipe, you should. Soon. It was terrific.
The cashew queso definitely looks worth a try!
And your breads always look fabulous.
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