Sourdough Pancakes

Cooking with sourdough requires new recipes. This one is similar to most pancake recipes, except that you add sourdough with the liquid ingredients and use baking powder instead of soda. I’ve made it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Friday Roundup #6, Plus an Announcement

I changed my posting schedule this week so that I could write about my son’s Bar Mitzvah. On Tuesday, I made the challah using six kilograms of flour. My daughter mixed the ingredients, I kneaded by hand for 45 minutes (!), and my son shaped all of the braids and rolls. I took pictures. We ended up with two extra large challah, 4 medium, and about 30 large rolls. It all went into the freezer.

On Sunday, I shared my thoughts on Bar Mitzvah Menu Planning.

Recipe: Cool Summer Chickpea Stew

Wednesday is recipe day at CookingManager.Com. Click for details on submitting a recipe. Today Mimi of Israeli Kitchen shares a recipe for Chickpeas Stewed in Tomato Sauce. Be sure to check out her beautiful blog, with a diverse collection of tasty recipes. Chickpeas In Summer Are Cool Is it too soon too call this weather “dog days?” […]

Sweet Bread Pudding

I make this when I have a lot of leftover bread, or my sourdough loaf comes out too tangy or dense. Ingredients: Loaf of old bread, torn into small chunks. About two cups of milk or orange juice. You can dilute with water if you like. 2 tablespoons lemon juice. 2 eggs. Optional: Ripe fruit, […]