RECAP! Then 'FORWARD!!!'

Whew. So I've been baking and cooking like a maniac. Writing about ALL of it in DETAIL just makes me shudder. I'd rather bake some more than spend 2 hours writing up what I've been up to so I'll keep it short and sweet... no pun intended..initially. I like it though. Any who.

Within the last couple of weeks I've managed to squeeze in a few good and bad attempts.  I ended up saving the plums my mom bought and made a Plum tart based on a Jamie Oliver recipe in a cook book my brother had. I was all out of vanilla ice cream to go with it but it was still delicious. Heck, I almost ate all the plums when I...marinated... them in sugar! They were like, uh Heaven? Yeah. At work we had a going away party for a Nurse and I brought Peanut Butter and Coffee Brownies. I made them the morning of and was almost late to work! They weren't firm enough in my opinion so I served them cold since I didn't have time to fix the problem. Surprisingly they were actually really good that way! It cut the richness of the brownie and peanut butter mix. I'm told they were a hit but unfortunately I couldn't see for myself since I got off before the party started. Farewell KAT!  I am 100% sure there is one if not two other things i've made in the last week but my early on-setting Alzheimer's must be kicking in. I can't remember.

Though it has nothing to do with baking I made some pretty tasty Ramen recipes during the week. One using the honey ham leftovers my  mom made and dates. We still have a bunch of Ham leftover so I  made a riff on Hawaiian Pizza. It was my first time making a pizza dough that didn't have to rise before I shaped it and baked it. It ended up perfect. Crunchy and fluffy at the same time. Not to thick, and tasty as well.  The dough that is, because the pizza was not so much a fail but could have been better. Too salty or something, the whole family agrees. Of course I have absolutely  this many __0__ pictures to show for all my work : (   I need to get better at that. Maybe I'll duct tape a camera to my forehead before I start cooking. In honor of some K-dramas I've been watching tonight I've got some Korean BBQ marinating in the fridge. YUM. In respects to baking I have leftover pie crust and blueberries looking to be made into a simple (yet scrumptious) Blueberry pie. Hey, has anyone seen the roll of duct tape?