A Bean Counter's Way

Let’s make some sourdough bread!

Sourdough Bread

Did you get your sourdough starter going?If you did, let’s make some sourdough bread!!!I understand that there has been a shortage of flour in many areas and most breads required bread flour. I will share 2 recipes for sourdough bread, 1 using bread flour and another using (easier to find) all purpose flour (ap flour). These recipes […]

Rice, Rice, Baby

White Rice

Rice is such a simple thing to make, yet so many people have a hard time making fluffy, not mushy, deliciously cooked rice. So today, let’s talk about the simplest rice to make. This is the same rice that can be turned into so many other dishes. It is often said that Asians can measure […]

Refresh Wilted Lettuce

Refresh Wilted Lettuce

COST SAVINGS TIP for wilted lettuceDo you have ugly and wilted lettuce that has seen better days? As long as they are not brown and molded you can save them.DIRECTIONSIn a large bowl or bucket (food safe ones), fill half way with cold water from kitchen faucet.Cut off about 1 inch of the bottom of […]

Cheddar Cheese Biscuits

Cheddar Cheese Biscuits

These biscuits get eaten so fast at my house that I didn’t get the chance to take a picture of the finished product before my husband and kids devoured them.

Sourdough Starter

Sour Dough Starter

SOURDOUGH STARTER – Let’s start here. Recently I got on the bandwagon of making breads. Sourdough has never been a favorite bread of mine because the sourness is simply too much for me. Well…when you make your own bread, you can control the sourness of the bread. Who knew?!?! Here’s how to make your sourdough […]

Fried Rice with Leftovers

Fried Rice with leftovers

Here at home, it is either too much rice leftover or not enough rice. So when I have leftover rice I make what’s easy and cheap. Fried rice.

Waffles for Breakfast

Waffles

Waffles. That’s what’s for breakfast. I have been learning about sourdough starters and what to do with the discarded sourdough starter. Well, who knew there are a plethora of yummy things that can be made with it. This morning, I had some discarded starters from “Teresa.” Yes, I name my sourdough starters. The mother of […]

Egg Bacon Cheese Muffin Breakfast Sandwich

Breakfast Sandwich Egg

Although it is almost time to make dinner, I am going to post a breakfast recipe that I often eat for dinner. I usually make many of these and freeze whatever I don’t eat for an easy morning when I am running out of time. Egg, Bacon, and Cheese Muffin Breakfast Sandwiches.    

Tiramisu with Homemade Vanilla Extract

Terramisu

As many of you know, I embarked on the journey of vanilla extract making. The main reason for making my own vanilla was to compensate for the amount of vanilla extract I was using in cocktail making (and some baked goods). As with most things I do in life, I overindulge, and a small amount […]

Brazilian Picadinho

Brazilian Picadinho

Tonight’s dinner is Brazilian Picadinho. Picadinho simply means chopped in small pieces. It is delicious to eat over rice or pasta. The dish also freezes well if you make extra and gets better the longer it sits. Here’s my picadinho recipe.