Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
I’ve never been a fan of traditional British Style (bitter) marmalade made from Seville Oranges (Citrus aurantium). And here in California, very few people like bitter marmalade… so making a batch to give away as gifts is often met with an, “Um… no thanks.” In the last year, I’ve spent a lot of time trying [...]
While I was browsing Amazon.com for Christmas gifts this year… I came across something I just HAD to have! The “GingerDead Men” Cookie Cutter & Stamper combination, by Fred. I figured this would make an interesting departure from the regular (boring) sugar cookies that I make with star or tree cookie cutters. The cookie cutter/stamper [...]
I’ve been looking for a recipe to replicate the famous sweet and soft King’s Hawaiian Rolls. I think I finally found it! The addition of pineapple juice and sugar add a wonderful sweetness and impart a tenderness to the finished rolls. You can eat them warm, straight out of the pan. Or, try my favorite: [...]
I still have a ton of raw field pumpkin in my refrigerator & freezer, leftover from my Halloween Jack O’Lanterns. Since then… I’ve made pumpkin streusel bread, warm pumpkin pudding cake, pumpkin pie cupcakes… and I’m now officially sick of pumpkin! No more pumpkin flavored treats!!! Blech! And now, for something completely different…. How [...]
Weather reports call for rain this weekend! When it rains (which it almost never does here in San Diego), all I feel like doing is sitting down in front of the TV, watching B movies on the SyFy channel (you know, like “Dinocroc vs. Supergator” or something equally awesome), all while sipping a nice [...]
Do you still have leftover Jack O’Lantern (field pumpkin)? I still have about 2 pumpkin’s worth of raw field pumpkin in the fridge… and besides making “pumpkin bread“… what else could I make with it? Well, a few days ago, pineapple was on sale for $0.88 each at the market… so why not combine the [...]
Last Halloween, I turned my leftover Jack O’Lanterns into baked field pumpkin puree. Making pumpkin puree from field pumpkins is a little bit time consuming, but worth it if you feel bad wasting your Halloween Jack O’Lanterns. I always feel bad throwing away Jack O’Lanterns! I mean, pumpkin is a vegetable, and while field pumpkin [...]
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