Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Yesterday we sat down and made a list of foods to make and eat in the last couple of weeks before the boys leave for school. The first thing out of Jake's mouth: crispy chocolate chip cookies! And since he was heading out for a mountain biking adventure with some guy friends, I whipped up a batch. I packed up one dozen for the bikers and left a dozen for my house.  Truth be told: I don't have a sweet tooth. So, I didn't try these. But I am always testing and tweaking to make improvements and these got moans of appreciation and approval from my trio. These are buttery, crispy on the edges with an abundance of chocolate chips. Also, since there is no chilling time, these are in your hand in less than half an hour! Ingredients  makes 2 dozen cookies   1-1/2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 10 Tablespoons butter, softened 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup dark brown sugar, lightly packed 2 Tablespoons maple syrup 1 large egg 2 Tablespoons heavy cream 2 teaspoons pure vani...

  Today the Sunday Funday group is celebrating eating a rainbow. Thanks to Stacy of  Food Lust People Love , Sue of  Palatable Pastime , Rebekah of  Making Miracles , and Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  for coordinating this low-stress group.  And, for this event, Wendy is hosting. She wrote: "April 3rd is National Eat A Rainbow day. Serve up a delicious, colorful dish of your choice." Here's the celebratory rainbow line-up from the #SundayFunday bloggers... Cereal and Milk Pancakes  from Palatable Pastime Colourful Fruit Salad Pudding   from Sneha’s Recipe Crispy Rainbow Egg Rolls from Culinary Adventures with Camilla French Bean Watermelon Radish Salad  from Food Lust People Love Moroccan Rainbow Carrot Salad  from Mayuri’s Jikoni Naturally Dyed Rainbow Pasta   from Amy’s Cooking Adventures Rainbow Roasted Vegetables from A Day in the Life on the Farm Tomato, Cucumber, and Red Onion Salad with Latholemono ...

I love the Fantastical Food Fight coordinated by Sarah of  Fantastical Sharing of Recipes . For more information about the event, click  here . I haven't been very good at participating, but this month, I couldn't resist.  Our theme for the month is: Julia Child in honor of her birthday; so the group must be a Julia Child or Julia Child-inspired recipe. The Julia Child Fantastical Food Fight An InLinkz Link-up Poulet au Porto Chicken with Port Wine, Cream and Mushrooms I'll just start with this: this is a very loose adaptation of the version at juliachildsrecipes.com ( here ). Very loose. I was inspired by her recipe, but wanted to have crispy chicken skin...and I didn't have any cognac to set aflame though I am certain that my boys would have loved that detail. In any case, this is my version of a Julia Child recipe; this is not her recipe. For example, she starts with already roasted chicken. I opted to cook my chicken thighs on the ...