This is the page for everything else you might have left in the kitchen that does not fit the other categories. Flat cola, the last spoonfuls of peanut butter, not your most delicious sounding leftovers. Believe it or not these things can go from unappealing to spectacular.
RUM: Boozy Banana Cake
Per definition the alcohol and flavors in the liquor are easily boiled off; bake them at high temperatures and you’ll lose all their flavor. Far better to use the liquor in a frosting so you get the full impact!… Continue reading →
GRAND MARNIER: Raspberry tiramisu
Mascarpone cheese is just plain delicious and as versatile as whipped cream. This recipe is modeled after my tiny tiramisu, but swaps out fruit for the traditional coffee.… Continue reading →
COCONUT MILK: Easy pea curry
If you have a well-stocked freezer with frozen peas and frozen cocktail shrimp, you can always have the ingredients for this quick and elegant dinner on-hand.… Continue reading →
COCONUT MILK: Pina colada
You can easily freeze leftover coconut milk and thaw it for use later. But I’d much rather have a good excuse to enjoy a cocktail!… Continue reading →
COLA: Cola frosting
The cola flavor is subtle, but this is still a kid favorite.… Continue reading →
COLA: Cola glaze
You can easily make a syrup of cola by boiling off the water. It loses some of the vanilla flavor, so I stir vanilla back in at the end to rebalance the flavor.… Continue reading →
PEANUT BUTTER: Peanut sauce
Here in the Netherlands, it’ is hard to tell whether chicken with peanut sauce is an Indonesian dish or a Dutch dish. The concept definitely started as Indonesian, but like English chicken curry or American spaghetti with meatballs, it seems to have wandered far enough from the original to be a thing of its own.… Continue reading →
WINE: Creamy wine sauce
This is an example of a starch-thickened sauce. In this case the reduction is needed to concentrate flavors, since the added starch reduces the intensity of wine flavor. The combination of cream and starch results in a very creamy sauce.… Continue reading →