I am eating the weirdest cookies that I bought at Death Bi Chocolate – I think they have white chocolate chips, raisins, dried cherries, and powdered candy canes…. They are addictively good, and I have no idea how.
Author: Livia N
Death Bi Chocolate?
I do not have a baking talent… or really much of any talent for desserts.
So, dear friendslist, is it a plausible goal to produce something chocolatey and tasty (but not necessarily gourmet) for the Death Bi Chocolate people by Monday noon?
Especially considering that I recently re-injured my knee with the grotty cartilage?
Ingredients should cost no more than $15 and be light enough to be hopped across the street. Preparation should be able to mostly take place sitting down.
Are there any recipes that fit these requirements? (even if I don’t make something for the event, it’ll still be great to know if such recipes exist)
I know this isn’t the best year to try my hand at participating, but it has come to my attention that this year it will be held somewhere more local than it used to be, so I’d love to see the event do well.
Plus – chocolate!
Wisdom from the comments: Epicurious Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Orgasms, Whacky Cake, French Chocolate Candy, and these fancy shaped brownies:
Fancy shaped brownies are very easy. You will need:
brownie ingredients
a sheet of parchment paper
a half sheet pan
a spatula
cookie cuttersLine the half sheet pan with the parchment paper.
Spread the brownie batter over the parchment-lined pan. Bake till set. Let cool.Cut in shapes with the cookie cutters. Place on a serving plate. Eat the scraps.
If desired, microwave butterscotch chips or white chocolate till they melt and drizzle over the cutouts. Lick the drips off your fingers.
food list
I had people over at my house this weekend, so now I have a weird set of food to figure out.
Produce
collard greens (possibly getting too old)
4 apples
potatoes
1 pomegranate
jalepeno peppers
lemons
1 aging lime
grape tomatoes
4 winter Roma tomatoes
innards of a roasted acorn squash
dairy
whole milk
tzatziki sauce
onion dip
sour cream (unopened, so that’ll keep)
scallion cream cheese
1/2 a round of goat cheese brie
meat
2 packages chicken breasts
chicken/duck stock
2 dozen eggs (they were cute little pullet eggs)
bread
homemade pita chips of awesome
leftover potato chips
peppermint oreos
crackers
miscellaneous
hummus
eggplant dip of awesome
tasty herbed mayonnaise
half an opened can of tahini
2 containers of indian stuff I can’t identify
Can I turn this stuff into food?
– So the eggplant dip – there’s a lot pint of it. It was a whole eggplant, roasted, and then pureed with spices. I don’t think I want to eat it as dip. So I have some cubes of roasted lamb in the freezer. And I was thinking egg noodles with that… but now I’m thinking mashed potatoes and shepherd’s pie. Possibly there should be mushrooms in that dish.
– Chicken breasts. With pomegranate? And lemon? If I roast chicken breasts with pomegranate in my white casserole dishes, will they stain? Is there anything else from this list that can go in that dish? Yes to a jalepeno pepper. No to tomatoes. Maybes to the apples, the acorn squash, and the collard greens.
– Hummus and/or tahini. Given that I will not be frying up falafel, what else is hummus good for? Right – pita chips.
– apples and goat cheese… salad?
– pesto risotto (using the stock!) with roasted grape tomatoes. I’d need to buy parmesan cheese.
– chicken raft
Arghnabbit!
I have to quit deciding I am really hungry right *after* the half price food window at the restaurant I like.
Especially since I decided that the lunch/dinner I thawed for today isn’t worth eating. The green papaya curry that was charmingly crunchy is just this sodden chewy stuff after freezing and reheating. Also, the perfect saffron basmati rice broke into tiny bits not unlike couscous. And I do not like couscous.
lists lists lists
To do tomorrow morning
- Breakfast (which do I want?
- leftover biscuits toasted with honey butter or
- toasted bagel with roasted red pepper cream cheese – and maybe Kenyan collard greens)
- Clean cat’s water fountain before she kills me in my sleep
- pare leather
- Grocery store
- cheap tissues for my desk at work
- 2 pkgs ground turkey (3lb for $5.99)
- canned beans (I think this week had the same brand on sale as my coupon – maybe that was last week)
- chicken breast? (it’s on sale as cheap as it ever gets, but I still have some in by freezer.)
- yellow onions
- Make meatballs with the ground turkey, cook them, and then freeze them. If I get bored, make the rest into hamburger patties. Save out a pint or so for ma-po tofu.
- Call my grandmother!
Oh! It’s not on the list, but I went to the gym this morning. If I can manage to get there on Friday, it’ll be almost like having a schedule.
Food I have
produce
3 apples
lots of potatoes
collard greens
roasted red pepper
pickled kale
acorn squash
1/2 a purple onion on fridge
1 cucumber
some sliced cucumber in fridge (might not still be good)
meat
leftover beef roast
chicken/duck stock
soft tofu
dairy
tzatziki sauce
honey butter
feta cheese
small bit of leftover shredded cheese
roasted red pepper cream cheese
1/2 pint heavy cream
bread
1/2 honey wheat loaf made in bread machine – too dense to just eat plain
bits and ends of a semolina boule from Sunday
tortillas
leftover biscuits
food I can make with that
tonight
beef sliced thinly with potatoes with garlic and onions.
Thursday
breakfast on biscuits or bagels
dinner – sandwich? with turkey burger patty… cucumbers?… red pepper… mustard… maybe some grilled onion… tzatziki sauce?… can you just eat collard greens like lettuce?
Friday
free breakfast at faculty club
dinner – mashed potatoes (with the rest of tzatziki, some of the heavy cream, and the shredded cheese bits. And stock?) possibly with collard greens like colcannon
Saturday
breakfast – either bagels or biscuits, whichever I didn’t have Thursday
dinner – roast squash – put half with pork in either a soup or a hash depending on the consistency. Have the other half for dessert.
Make soup for next week’s dinners
Sunday
So there’s this SCA commons, but I have no idea whether there’s food or whether it’s pot luck or what. For that matter, I have no idea whether I want to go. It’ll probably depend on whether I offer anyone a ride.
If I don’t go, and if I bought chicken breasts, I’ll make Chicken Raft.