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Watermelon Soup

April 18, 2012 By bigfatbaker 27 Comments

Before you click away because this is something so completely unheard of on a sweets website, hear me out!

My friend Keely over at Gormandize with A-dizzle and K-bobo is hosting a vegan soup hop this week and I thought that sounded like the perfect challenge for a sweet baker.

In my daily life I’m pretty much as far as I can be from vegan – eggs and bacon for breakfast, turkey sandwiches or ramen for lunch, meat and potato type dinners….and of course baked good after baked good.

But all of us need some balance in our lives so I figured this was a good place to start.

Watermelon is one of my favorite fruits. I love it. It totally reminds me of being 5 and having seed spitting contests in the summer.

After a bit of consulting with friends on Twitter I was inspired to make a soup with gazpacho type flavors. After ripping through all my cupboards I realized I didn’t have anything gazpacho like!

So I stuck to what I know – sweets.

Strawberry Rhubarb Hand Pies #SundaySupper

April 15, 2012 By bigfatbaker 26 Comments

I am so excited to be participating in another #SundaySupper! It’s been a while since I’ve been able to join in on the fun, but this weekend finally worked out.

This #SundaySupper is focused on showers – as in baby and bridal showers.

This time of year is lovely for both of those things. So I tried to think of something “springy.”

My bf is a big fan of strawberry rhubarb pie and suggests it often. Strawberry rhubarb screams spring to me, so I decided to go with it this time and make little hand pies.

I like the half moon shape of the hand pies, but if you want a fun shape go for it! Hearts would be cute.

Thank you to Isabel at Family Foodie for letting me jump in on this one and Liz Lange for helping plan the perfect shower! And don’t forget to check out the other #SundaySupper recipes from Renee at Magnolia Day and Sunithi at Sue’s Nutrition Buzz. [Read more...]

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Arugula Pesto Bread for #greenslove

March 3, 2012 By bigfatbaker 34 Comments

This month’s theme for the #lovebloghop was leafy greens! That’s right, March is #greenslove. Be sure to add any of your March 2012 recipes that include leafy greens to the hop!

I must admit, when I first saw that the theme for this month was leafy greens I was stumped.

Desserts don’t usually have leafy greens in them.

That thought got me to bread. Bread would be more likely to have a leafy green in it somewhere.

And then it struck me, pesto! I once made an arugula pesto in high school. This was the perfect time to retest that recipe and use it as a bread filling!

This bread even pleased the previously pesto hating boyfriend.

I recommend it toasted for breakfast with eggs. Or as the bread in a grilled chicken panini.

What would you eat with this pesto swirled bread?

Valentine’s Day Recipe Roundup

February 9, 2012 By bigfatbaker 2 Comments

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and I still haven’t decided on what dessert I want to make.

I’ve looked through all my cookbooks and all over Pinterest…still nothing has really struck me.

So instead of looking for something new, why not take a look back at some past favorites?

Organic Raspberry Curd – perfect as a macaron filling, cake filing, cupcake filling, over ice cream…the possibilities are endless!

Heart Shaped Chocolate Cake with Blackberry Buttercream — what better way to celebrate love with hearts and chocolate….and purplish pink frosting!

Pink Velvet Cheesecake — silky smooth with an oreo cookie crust and vanilla cream frosting (it uses the frosting from the oreos!!)

Mini Red Velvet Whoopie Pies — the classic cake in a mini handheld form. Wouldn’t these make the cutest present for your Valentine?

Strawberry Cupcakes — you can’t have Valentine’s Day with out strawberries! These cupcakes are delicious with the strawberry frosting, but would also be tasty with a silky chocolate buttercream.

What are some of your favorite things to eat or make on Valentine’s Day?

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Homemade Kaiser Rolls and Pulled Pork for a #SaucySuperBowl

February 5, 2012 By bigfatbaker 8 Comments

It’s not often you find something savory on BFB. But today is a special occasion…

It’s the Super Bowl!

This year the Super Bowl is hosted about 30 minutes from my house in Indianapolis!

Yesterday I drove downtown to see what all the commotion was about. As it turns out, Super Bowl village is pretty cool! I don’t think I’ve ever seen Indy rockin’ so hard.

Indy area food trucks were set up around the circle, there was a ton of free stuff being handed out, and the zipline looked so fun!

So a few weeks ago, when I saw that Isabel from Family Foodie was setting up a Super Bowl themed Sunday Supper I jumped on board.

I wanted to share with everyone something we traditionally eat in Indiana. Which I soon realized, wasn’t easy to figure out.

Luckily Isabel had a little surprise for us, we all were sent a delicious sauce and chili spice pack from Intensity Academy to use for our Super Bowl dish. I was sent the Chai Chipotle Q’ – nom nom!

Immediately I thought, pulled pork. There are 2 things in Indiana that you must have before you leave, a deep fried pork tenderloin (frisbee sized!) and a pulled pork sandwich. [Read more...]

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