My KitCHEn Experiments

 more whole wheat goodness with these home made crackers! the best part of this is you can add any flavor topping you want - you get a whole lot of variety from preparing 1 batch of dough.... perfect with hummus and some veggie sticks for a quick healthy snack. I imagine it would be a great addition to your charcuterie board too! Add caption Whole Wheat Crackers ingredients: - 1 1/4 cups   whole wheat flour - 1/2 teaspoon  salt - 1/4 teaspoon   paprika - 1 tablespoon   honey - 4 tablespoons   unsalted butter, chilled - 1/4   to   1/2   cup ice water how to: - mix all dry ingredients in a bowl - add honey and cut in butter with a pastry cuter or a fork  - gradually add iced water and mix until a ball forms - in a floured surface, roll dough until very thin - brush with a little amount of milk, sprinkle your preferred topping and give it another go of your rolling pin for the toppings to be pressed onto the dough - cut into bite size squar...

In this time where there can be shortage of food supplies, we can not afford for anything to go to waste - which is the norm in our household in any case. Today while checking out our ref I found 2 left over buns from last week's lunch. They were stale and hard but do not have any molds - I did not want to throw them out so I rummaged through the pantry for any other leftover stuff I could use to make bread pudding. I found a couple of merengue - I did not know of any recipe for bread pudding using merengue but what the heck, I will just throw it in there too instead of throwing it out... There was also a bit of pink sugar left from a previous baking project... I have some milk, eggs, a packet of raisin and nuts... PERFECT! lets make bread pudding shall we? Bread Pudding Ingredients: - about 2 cups left over bread - 1 cup milk - 1 egg - sugar to taste - toppings of choice (nuts, dried fruits, chocolate etc.) How to: - cut the bread into small pieces- in a ...

I am still on a ube high! The last time I went grocery shopping, I kind of went crazy and  bought a lot of purple yam for my ube cheese pandesal project and now that I have successfully made those little cheesy babies I still have much ube left so its on to a new project! Ube Cupcakes Ingredients: 2 large eggs, room temperature ¾ cup sugar ½ cup vegetable oil 1 cup ube jam 1½ teaspoon ube flavoring 1 cup cake flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup ube jam thinned a bit with milk for frosting how to: - preheat oven to 325 F. and prepare cupcake pan with cupcake liners - in a large bowl beat eggs, sugar, oil and ube halaya - add to dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated - fill cupcake pan about 3/4 full and bake for 12 mins or until toothpick inserted comes out clean - frost with ube jam thinned a bit with milk until of spreading consistency. enjoy!

Here's another version of the healthy cokies I made before. It uses the same ingredients basically, except for the cocoa powder. I also baked it in brownie form with graham cracker lined bottom. ... Thus the chocolate chip graham craker brownie!

you'd never guess the secret ingredient to this healthy cookies! - well maybe you would, in anycase I'm telling!!!! it's chickpeas! - not the first thing that come to mind right??!! I really really do have a sweet tooth and am always on the lookout for healthier versions of cookie, cupcake and brownie recipes to satisfy my cravings without (much) guilt. This is one of my newest fave.