March | 2011 | Katie at the Kitchen Door

Grapefruit Buttercream

March 27, 2011 by katieatthekitchendoor

Over the weekend, I developed three wasabi-centric recipes for the last round of the Marx Food contest that I’ve been participating in for the past 7 weeks. I only submitted one of my three recipe so the contest, but I still enjoyed the other two. One of the rejected recipes was for wasabi cupcakes with grapefruit buttercream and caramelized grapefruit. While the wasabi cupcake wasn’t my favorite, the grapefruit buttercream was incredible and I’m pretty proud of myself for developing […]

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Categories: Dessert, Recipe, Uncategorized • Tags: cake, frosting, grapefruit

Wasabi Trio

March 26, 2011 by katieatthekitchendoor

In the fourth and final round of Marx Food’s Ridiculously Delicious challenge, the Marx dudes sent each of the ten remaining competitors something pricey, perishable, and totally foreign to me – fresh wasabi root. I was immediately excited about working with a completely new ingredient (I don’t even eat sushi so I’m really a wasabi newb) because it’s much easier to be creative when you don’t already have strong associations with an ingredient. So, wasabi safely wrapped in a damp […]

Categories: Recipe, Soup • Tags: avocado, contest, graperfruit, soup, wasabi

ASB: Knowing Your Farmers

March 12, 2011 by katieatthekitchendoor

For the first four days of spring break, I took part in an alternative spring break program called “Being a Locavore: Food and Farming in the Triangle.” Um, right up my alley, no? As soon as I saw the itinerary, which included tours and work at local farms, meet and eats with local restaurant owners, brewery and bakery tours, and communal cooking, I was super excited, and I ended up having an incredible time. As with most experiences, the people […]

Categories: Breakfast, Location, North Carolina, Recipe • Tags: banana, breakfast, jam, topping

RD #3 – Spicy Cherry-Chocolate Souffles

March 9, 2011 by katieatthekitchendoor

First and foremost, a huge thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for my entry in round 2! And a special shout out to my dad and all his soccer buddies, who showed tremendous and immediate support when called upon. With 94 wonderful people voting for me, I came in 3rd place, solidly placing me in the top 15, meaning that I get to continue with the Ridiculously Delicious competition by re-making one of the other competitor’s […]

Categories: Dessert, Recipe • Tags: cherry, chocolate, contest, rum

Snacks and naps.

March 5, 2011 by katieatthekitchendoor

Snacks are a wonderful, very necessary, slightly indulgent part of everyday life. They are the food-world version of naps – and everyone knows how much naps rock. Couch naps. Sunday morning naps. Post-thanksgiving dinner naps. Naps by the fire. Naked naps. Naps in the sunny reading nook on summer afternoons. And then there’s the snacks: Cookies. Pretzels. Graham crackers with brown sugar and butter (a Morris household specialty). Bananas with peanut butter. Hummus. Chips and salsa. Peach-mango smoothies. You get […]

Categories: Breakfast, Recipe • Tags: granola, healthy, snack

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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Grapefruit Buttercream

Wasabi Trio

ASB: Knowing Your Farmers

RD #3 – Spicy Cherry-Chocolate Souffles

Snacks and naps.

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