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1-9: Four Seasons Pizza

Adam Martin Group 01: Hot & Cold Appetizers, Section 1: Appetizers & Starters August 9, 2016October 2, 2020all-purpose flour, appetizers, artichoke hearts, autumn, baked goods, black olives, cheese, cooked shrimp, dinner, dough, dried herbs, engagement party, fairly hard, fairly inexpensive, fall, green olives, ham, herbs and spices, hors d'oeuvres, Italian, kneaded, lunch, Mozzarella, mushrooms, mussels, olive oil, oregano, party food, pizza, revisited, salt, seafood, shrimp, sliced, spring, summer, Tarzana apt, tomato sauce, toppings, vegetables, whole wheat flour, winter, yeast

1-9: Four Seasons Pizza is a weird little pizza. This appetizer uses ingredients from the 4 different seasons (from my interpretation): ham for spring, olives for summer, mushroom for autumn, and shrimp for winter. The marinated artichoke heart in the middle reminded me of the sun. 🌞

As I stated in the 13-11: Vegetarian Pizza post, I do enjoy pizza. I made these 4 small pizzas and was able to freeze 2 of them whole to eat later. 🍕

14-12: Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce

Jamie Martin Group 14: Hot Desserts, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods January 15, 2016July 30, 2020breads, butter, cinnamon, coconut, coconut milk, coconut oil, dessert, egg yolks, eggs, fairly easy, fairly inexpensive, fall, granulated sugar, grated, hot desserts, liquor, melted, milk, mounted, nutmeg, orange juice, powdered sugar, pudding, raisins, rum, untested, vanilla extract, vegetarian, white bread, zested

Happy New Year! For 2016, I decided to start the year off making something happen that I’ve been intending to do for a while: migrate this blog to its own site and off of Tumblr. I’m still going to crosspost to Tumblr, but all new entries will be natively posted here on simplydeliciouscookbook.com.

My first entry of 2016 and on my new site will also introduce a new category: Hot Desserts. This recipe is 14-12: Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce, and these pictures are actually from Thanksgiving 2015. It took me a while to get back to this one after the holiday baking extravaganza in December.

I made this as my Thanksgiving dessert contribution–both my dad and husband LOVE bread pudding. This one came out a bit strange, but that’s mostly due to poor pan choice.

16-45: Colonial Apple Cake

Jamie Martin Group 16: Pies & Cakes, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods December 27, 2015November 6, 2020all-purpose flour, American, apples, autumn, baked goods, baking powder, baking soda, butter, cakes, cloves, cocoa powder, coffee, creamed, dates, dessert, dried spices, easy, eggs, fairly inexpensive, fall, frosted, granulated sugar, party food, pecans, powdered sugar, toasted, unsweetened, untested, vanilla extract, vegetarian, whipped, whipping cream

Looking for a way to use up some apples? 🍏 🍎 16-45: Colonial Apple Cake is an easy way to do that with some very classic-looking results. This even looks like something American colonists would have eaten (take it from a former U.S. history teacher).

I made this to take to a get-together, but it’d even be nice as a simple birthday cake or for a dinner party.

EDIT: 16-45: Raspberry Tartlettes is also #45 for Group 16–someone at Simply Delicious messed up their numbering.

17-53: Spiced Whole Wheat Muffins

Jamie Martin Group 17: Baked Goods, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods November 19, 2015November 8, 2020all-purpose flour, allspice, autumn, baked goods, baking powder, breakfast, canola oil, cinnamon, cocoa powder, dates, dessert, dried fruit, easy, eggs, fairly inexpensive, fall, gift ideas, ginger, granulated sugar, mace, milk, muffins, nutmeg, nuts, pumpkin spice, raisins, salt, snacks, spice blends, unsweetened, untested, vegetable oil, vegetarian, whole wheat flour

Another recipe that I intended to cover earlier (when it was more relevant). Whatever, you can totally still eat 17-53: Spiced Whole Wheat Muffins in mid-to-late November.

The recipe card says “not-too-sweet”…they’re not kidding. These are good, but only if you have some preserves or butter to go along with it. On their own, they’re a bit…dry.

17-46: Pumpkin Streusel Muffins

Jamie Martin Group 17: Baked Goods, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods November 13, 2015September 21, 2020all-purpose flour, autumn, baked goods, baking powder, breakfast, brown sugar, butter, canned pumpkin, cut in, dessert, easy, eggs, fall, gift ideas, granulated sugar, inexpensive, milk, muffins, pumpkin, pumpkin spice, purée, revisited, salt, snacks, streusel, vegetarian

🎃 I started this one over a month ago, when it would have still been relevant/timely, but procrastination got the best of me. Late, but hopefully not too late, here’s 17-46: Pumpkin Streusel Muffins.

If you’re not totally over pumpkin yet, these are a nice option for breakfast or dessert.

I made these along with 17-53: Spiced Whole Wheat Muffins and 17-68: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies as part of a “fall” baked goods basket for the break room. These muffins were the first of the assortment to disappear. 🍂

3-13: Velvety Carrot Soup

Jamie Martin Group 03: Soups, Section 1: Appetizers & Starters June 16, 2014March 14, 2020allspice, appetizers, autumn, blender, carrots, chicken bouillon, chicken broth, chopped, crème fraîche, diced, dinner, dried spices, easy, fall, food processor, garnish, Glendale apt, gluten-free, half-and-half, inexpensive, lunch, milk, nutmeg, purée, salt, side dish, soups, sour cream, thyme, untested, vegetable broth, vegetables, vegetarian, yellow onions

I think one of my favorite parts of old cookbooks is the adjectives they use to describe their dishes. I like to imagine a team of writers/cookbook jockeys staying late into the night, trying to dream up the perfect word to engage some adventurous cook into what would be an otherwise mundane-sounding recipe. How do you make carrot soup sound exciting?

That’s where “velvety” comes in. I present–3-13: Velvety Carrot Soup.

Oh, Simply Delicious. I admire you for trying to get me so excited about your carrot soup, that you put smiley face dollops of sour cream on your camera bowls.

When you have a LOT of carrots to get rid of and you’re looking for something velvety, Simply Delicious has you covered.

7-26: Maple-Glazed Pork Chops

Jamie Martin Group 07: Pork, Section 2: Main Courses May 15, 2014June 19, 2020autumn, bay leaves, black pepper, butter, cast-iron, cinnamon, dinner, dried herbs, dried spices, egg-free, fairly easy, fairly inexpensive, fall, glazed, gluten-free, maple syrup, melted, nuts, pecans, pork, pork chops, salt, scored, seared, untested, walnuts

Finally–something that’s not chicken. The first pork recipe we’ll cover here is 7-26: Maple-Glazed Pork Chops.🍁

My mom was NOT a pork eater and I grew up quasi-Jewish, so there wasn’t a lot of pork being cooked in my childhood, spare the occasional ham steak or rack of ribs here and there at my dad’s request.

The key here is to make sure you use REAL maple syrup, not table syrup. Big difference.

3-1: Sweet Potato Vichyssoise

Jamie Martin Group 03: Soups, Section 1: Appetizers & Starters April 22, 2014March 14, 2020American, appetizers, autumn, blender, butter, celery, celery root, chicken bouillon, chicken broth, chilled, coconut milk, dinner, easy, egg-free, fall, food processor, French, Glendale apt, gluten-free, grated, half-and-half, inexpensive, lime juice, limes, lunch, melted, nuts, pared, peanuts, peeled, purée, salt, sautéed, simmered, soups, sweet potatoes, tender-crisp, Thanksgiving, untested, vegan, vegetable bouillon, vegetable broth, vegetarian, white wine, yams, yellow onions, zested

Soup is technically easy to make, but can still quickly go wrong. Our CSA box came with 2 lbs. of white sweet potatoes this week, and it was time for something else besides sweet potato fries. The trusty interwebs told me that white sweet potatoes were pretty similar to regular ones, so I thought I’d give 3-1: Sweet Potato Vichyssoise a whirl.

Vichyssoise is originally a French-American creation. This version is definitely more of an autumn/Thanksgiving-type of flavor, but it was still easy to make and pretty good. Obviously the recipe card depicts the use of an orange sweet potato, but white sweet potatoes work pretty well also.

Soup’s on!