Culinary Adventures with Camilla

I've made cassoulet before. Well, I've used shortcuts to make cassoulet before - using canned beans and already made duck confit. Inspired by this week's Kitchen Matrix Cooking Project - read more about this  here  - I decided that I was going to conquer this dish once and for all.  That and this month's French Winophiles event suggested cassoulet in honor of 'National Cassoulet Day' on January 9th. So, you can read more about the Languedoc wines I poured with my cassoulet. Here are the other bloggers who decided to join me in making Bittman's Whole Duck Cassoulet...or, at least, their version of it. This project is pretty fast and loose; bloggers can adapt as they see fit. An InLinkz Link-up Whole Duck Cassoulet a la Bittman slightly adapted, serves 6 to 8 But, for this cassoulet, I decided I was all in. I was determined to start with a whole duck, break it down, confit the breast and legs, and make a stock with t...

Welcome to #PumpkinWeek  day 2! Hosted by Terri from  Love and Confections , nineteen bloggers will be sharing nearly seventy pumpkin-filled recipes over the course of the week. Be sure to come back every day to see all the delicious creations - from muffins to cakes, cocktails, breakfast baked goods, savory pastas and stews, and gluten-free recipes, too. You can also find these great recipes and more on  Love and Confections' #PumpkinWeek Pinterest Board ! #PumpkinWeek Day 2 Recipes: Creamy Pumpkin Soup from Feeding Big and more Gluten Free Pumpkin Snack Cake from Cupcakes & Kale Chips Pumpkin Cheesecake Milkshake from The Redhead Baker Pumpkin Chili from A Day in the Life on the Farm Pumpkin Horchata Cocktail from The Crumby Cupcake Pumpkin Hummus from Culinary Adventures with Camilla Pumpkin Pancakes from Love and Confections Pumpkin Seed Granola from Gluten Free Crumbley Slow Cooker Pumpkin Spiced Latte from Making Miracles Ingre...

About a year ago, my Enthusiastic Kitchen Elf developed an allergy to garbanzo beans . It's more accurate to say a sensitivity, I think. But ever since he ate those Fresh Garbanzo Beans , he gets an upset tummy from eating any garbanzo beans. So he requested two kitchen projects this summer: (1) make hummus without garbanzos and (2) make falafel without garbanzos. These were a first attempt. I have say: they smelled great, but they weren't as flavorful as they smelled. He was grateful for the effort and asked when I planned to try again. I won't post this (failed) recipe, but will keep working on it.  If you have a recipe you'd be willing to share, I'm all ears. The only two requirements - must not include garbanzo beans or garbanzo flour and must be baked not fried. Thanks in advance!