I realized that I eat a lot when I gained 5 pounds over the last month because I only had time to go to the gym about twice each week. Hmm. For those of you more concerned about eating tasty food than about your waistlines, here are some of the treats I've been cooking up:
Becky posted her aunt's recipe for strawberry cake on her blog quite awhile ago at my request. I finally got around to making it. This is some of the best cake ever! It took us about a week to finish it off (good to the last bite!) and I'm about ready to run out and rustle up some strawberries to make more. The recipe is pretty simple. I am reprinting it here, because for some reason the track-back URL doesn't want to work:
"CAKE- Mix {1 White Cake Mix, 3 Tbs. flour, 1 package Strawberry Jello}
Add {3/4 cup oil, 1/2 cup water, 4 beaten eggs}
Stir in 3/4 cup strawberries. Reserve the rest of the strawberries.
Bake at 375 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
"ICING- Combine remaining strawberries with 2 cups of confectionary sugar and 1/4 cup melted butter. (I used a hand mixer) (my icing was chunky and strange looking, but was absolutely delicious, don't fret!)"
I added the tiniest bit of milk to the frosting, and that pretty much got rid of the chunkiness. The frosting was the best part. :)
Also, my new favorite quick and dirty chicken recipe is Asian Chicken & Water Chestnut Patties, from Epicurious, of course. (Yes, I do get recipes from other places, but its's so EASY to plug the ingredients you have on hand into the Epicurious search engine, and the recipes are almost always" delicious.) The noodle salad that the editor recommends is also very good, but the vegetable chopping became a bit more time-consuming than I wanted for a quick meal.
Posted by waltondammerung at July 17, 2004 9:17 PM