One good thing and one...not so much

So I had a success and a miss-fire this week.

I love using the EverydayFoods little magazine and, thanks to Summer for a tip about a smaller binder with plastic sleeves, I have the recipes I like ripped out and nicely organized. Both my mistake and my success come from this Everyday Foods, which is odd because I've loved everything that I've made from it.

The Bomb: (and not in the cool "yer-the-bomb" sort of way. The "this-really-sucks" way.)

Spinach-feta Turnovers pg 68 of some month this year. I love the thought of turnovers. Yummy deliciousness nicely packed inside a crusty buttery pocket. The pastry shell was very good but that's easy: It was a frozen puff pastry you buy in the freezer section, I mean, you can't go wrong with that. But the stuff inside: not so good, in fact yuck! With spinach and feta cheese really the only two things, it was nasty. But what really ticked me of was the assembling of these stupid turnovers! Rolling them out not big enough, sticking too much filling so it oozed out the side, the egg wash it called for did NOT make the edges stick together. So NO THANK YOU, to this recipe!

Success!
Angel Hair Pasta with Bacon and Peas
Did you go to the brunch at the park on Friday? If not, you MISSED out!! Lots of good food for the taking! And this was one of 'em, thank you very much!...Okay, it was super easy and I had all the stuff so I really don't get much credit. Here's a link to the recipe. LINK I didn't use fresh angel hair pasta and next time I won't use angel hair at all. It's too delicate and fragile...like me...ahhh. I need something a little heftier and strong...like me! HA! Anyway, it was good and some of you had it!

So what have you made lately? Any that really tasted bad?

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SO, I'll start off with some successes and some failures:

This was the turkey that we made last year for Thanksgiving. Isn't it pretty? And it tasted sooo good! I used a recipe from Alton Brown from the Food Network show Good Eats. Which I LOVE and that's why this blog is called Bear Canyon Good Eats. CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO RECIPE. I put it in a brine the night before (a salt water solution. Note: the difference between a brine and a marinade is that a marinade might have vinegar and or oil whereas a brine has salt and water and maybe some other things but not vinegar or oil). You cook it first at 500 degrees (yes, that's right!) for 30 minutes then roast it at a lower temp. A friend who had some of this turkey said it was the best she's had. What a compliment!

Okay, so this doesn't look like a failure, right? Well, this was the SECOND time I made it. It's a yummy raspberry almond coffee cake. This first time I made it I tried to get it out of the bunt pan to early, before it had cooled completely. So as I was tipping the pan over the cake plopped out it one big raspberry almond cake PILE!. A totally disaster! It did taste great but such a MESS. Good thing it wasn't for some special event or party. CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE. Funny thing: For many years, my mom never had coffee cake because she thought it had coffee in it and we don't drink coffee. Man, did she miss out! There's no coffee in coffee cake!
This is one of my favorite pizzas mostly because it's sooooo easy!! It's called a Margarita Pizza. (no Margarita in this :) ). It's a pizza crust (bought or homemade) with tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, fresh basil, Parmesan cheese (if you like), and salt and pepper. That is so easy!!!! I love it!! Note: the cheapest basil I have seen (besides Sara giving me some from her garden) is at Trader Joes.

Okay, so I'm long winded, but most of you knew that! :) You certainly don't have to write this much but we would love all the tips and recipes and good experiences (and even bad experiences) you have to offer!

Can't wait to see what you post!
Kathy