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Miette

December 5, 2012

Miette is French for “crumb”.  Miette for me also means a bakery shop of fine pastries, cakes, desserts and sweets.  In 2001, Meg Ray began selling layered cakes under a pink tent at the Berkeley Farmers’ Market.   Her business grew and in 2003, she opened her first bakery shop in San Francisco’s Ferry Building.  There are now four Miette bakery shops in California located  at the Ferry Building, Hayes Valley, Jack London Square, and Marin Country Mart.  Below are beautiful pictures taken of the bakery shop at the Marin Country Mart by Neely Wang {photography+design} .

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For the past year, I have been enjoying & baking recipes from Meg Ray’s cookbook, Miette . This book is filled with recipes for cakes, tarts, cookies, homemade marshmallows and fleur de sel carmels.

~ cookbook available at Miette  & Amazon ~

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A little more about  Meg Ray & Miette  { click here → You Tube }
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How to frost a cake, by Meg Ray { click here → You Tube }

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Thank you Neely  for sharing your photos with us!

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Homemade Applesauce

November 14, 2012

homemade applesauce

 

basket of applesauce

On our property, we have a few apple trees that the previous owners planted.  Not sure as to what types of apples, but they are all wonderful for eating and making applesauce.

Homemade applesauce is delicious & simple to make! 

Ingredients

4   cups unsweetened apple juice or cider
5   pounds cooking apples, peeled and quartered
1/3 – 2/3   cup sugar depending on the sweetness (optional)
2   teaspoons cinnamon (optional)

Directions

Step 1:  Place the apple juice/cider and apple pieces in a large pot over medium/high heat and bring to a boil.

Step 2:  Reduce the heat to medium stirring occasionally to prevent it from burning or sticking.  Simmer for about 30-45 minutes until the apples are soft, tender and can smash with a wooden spoon.  *If you like chunky applesauce, skip step 3.

Step 3:   In batches,  puree the apples with a food mill.

Step 4:    Transfer puree apples back into the pot and add sugar and cinnamon.  Heat the applesauce back up and simmer for about 10 minutes.  Ready to be served

Step 5:   Ladle the applesauce into warm jars and seal.

Step 6:   Process the jars in a boiling water bath for 10-15 minutes.

  Print Applesauce Recipe {here}

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Applesauce {steps1-6}

~ The recipe was doubled in the  images above  ~

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homemade applesauce

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packaging applesauce

 

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homemade applesauce.

homemade applesauce

  Print Applesauce Recipe {here}

I hope you will try it!

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posted by: Kay         7

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Halloween Trick or Treat

October 24, 2012

Here is a fun and not too spooky display of treats for Halloween.

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Halloween display

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Halloween treat bags ~ free printables  free Halloween printables for treat bags are at The Sweetest Occasion
(free printables here )

paper broomstick bags

diy paper broom treat bags ( click here )

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Halloween, trick or treat

trick or treat!

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Paper Bags (part 4 of 6) ~ Containers/Dividers

October 13, 2012


paper bags for s'mores

Here I am continuing the idea of using paper bags as containers/dividers to gather supplies for making S’mores.  {click here to see the other ideas}

paper bags for S'mores

The kids (Caleb, Hallie & Hattie) were getting ready to go outside.

 Paper bags & s'mores

Time For S’mores!!!

 click the links below to see the other paper bag ideas
{part 1}  {part 2}  {part 3} … {part 5}  {part 6}

 

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Sausage Minestrone Soup

October 6, 2012

Sausage Minestrone Soup

This is a hearty soup year round.  It’s full of vegetables and just enough meat to make it into a meal.  The recipe is quite forgiving; adding or taking away certain vegetables will not ruin the soup.  The pesto is a key ingredient, do not forget to add it.  I used the Trader Joe’s brand, Trader Giotto’s Pesto alla Genovese, basil pesto.  Any pesto left, freeze it (in Tablespoon amount) to be used later.

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sausage minestrone soup ingredients Ingredients

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…Ingredients

  • 12-16 oz sausage (mild or spicy)
  • 3 Tablespoons good olive oil + 2 teaspoons
  • 2 Tablespoons pesto
  • 2 cups onions, sliced
  • 2 cups fennel bulb, sliced
  • 1 cup celery, sliced
  • 1 cup carrots sliced
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 cup yellow/green zucchini, sliced
  • 1 can (15 oz) kidney beans drained and rinsed (or cannelloni or black beans)
  • 1 can (15 oz) diced tomatoes in juice
  • 4- 8 cups (7-14 oz) kale, coarsely chopped green leaves without the center stalk
  • 6 – 8 cups chicken broth
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • Garnish with parmesan cheese .

sausage minestrone soup

Directions

Step1:  Brown sausage in a large pot over medium-high heat;  transfer to a bowl. Step 2:  In the same large pot over medium-high heat, add 3 Tablespoons olive oil, garlic, onion, fennel, celery and carrot;  cook until soft, about 10 minutes. Step 3:  Add broth, diced tomatoes and cooked sausage, and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, for 10-15 minutes. Step 4 & 5:  Add beans, pesto, kale, salt and pepper, and simmer 5 minutes.

Step 6:  Saute zucchini in 2 teaspoons olive oil in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.  *Note: I like to add cooked zucchini pieces when serving to keep them firm.

Garnish with parmesan cheese

pot of sausage minestrone soup

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~ enjoy ~

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(this is a slight variation of Cuisine at Home recipe, Tuscan Minestrone soup)           ………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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