On Saturday, I bought some organic veggies at the market that I'm hoping to cook up tonight- some kind of eggplant-tomato-cheese concoction, as I love that combination and it reminds me of Italy- and was given some tomatoes from some friends' garden as well. I have to cook them up in the space of a few days since, being organic, they go bad more quickly, so I have to stay on top of it better. Don't they look delicious?
Now for the fun stuff- I finally made another batch of macarons, which I've been thinking of for a while but got lazy when thinking of all the prep work. I don't have a food processor, so it takes a few steps to get the icing sugar and ground almonds fine enough to use, but I was very pleased with the results I got this time by sifting them through a colander.
I made a bittersweet chocolate toffee ganache that I have made previously, but the toffee bits must have been a bit old and I found it tasted kind of gross, so ended up caving and using PC Dulce de Leche. Originally I'd hoped to put together a salted butter caramel ganache, but by this time it was close to midnight and I went for the easy alternative. I'm looking forward to trying it next time, though.
For some reason they didn't turn out very round...maybe I should just invest in a pastry bag instead of cutting a corner from a Ziploc freezer bag :)I hope you all had a great Labour Day weekend!
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I still have yet to taste your macaroons! Thanks for your note on my last entry and for being so enthusiastic about the things in my life, it means a lot to me. I can't believe you are taking a few courses and working full time as well, you will have your hands full! I decided to just take one course at a time because I don't think I could handle much more as well as keep on top of the housework and everything else but hats off to you for doing that! I am glad you figured things out in time for the school year to begin. Keep me posted on how it's going. Love ya
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