Culinary Adventures with Camilla

  Today the Sunday Funday group is looking at recipes made with beer. 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.  This week, Rebekah is hosting. She wrote: "August 8th is International Beer Day! Share your favorite recipes cooking or baking with beer - or if you don't like beer, cook or bake with your preferred alcohol! Beer Brats and Beer Bread anyone?" Here's the line-up... Autumnal Spinach Salad with Beer Vinaigrette by Amy's Cooking Adventures Braised Pork with Dunkel Bier Gravy by Palatable Pastime Dum Chicken Rum Biryani by Sneha's Recipe Irish Beef Guinness Stew by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Slow Cooker Beer-Braised Pot Roast by Making Miracles Spicy Beer Shrimp Potatoes by Food Lust People Love Whole Wheat Beer Pretzel Nuggets by A Day in the Life on the Farm Irish Beef Guinness Ste...

  Okay, I'm early with this post. Really early. But I am a serial planner, a quick reader, and had a copious amount of free time during this holiday week. P.S. I Love You  by Cecilia Ahern* is going to be our book selection for our Lit Happens online book group in February 2021. Amy of Amy's Cooking Adventures is hosting; she is also picking the movie, based on the book, for our Food'N'Flix group. So much fun! While Lit Happens isn't a cook from the book kinda group, I always do find inspiration in what I read and watch.  On the Page I have read this book before...years ago. And, at the time, I remember being wildly impressed that a young, single woman - it was her debut novel - could imbue her characters with such depth and understanding of not just married people but a recently widowed woman. The emotions seemed so vivid and genuine. This time around, I was still captivated enough to read it in one evening. However, I did find Holly annoyingly self-centered. Her...

Another year. Another cooking project. Yeah, I'm a sucker for any cooking project that gets us out of our own culinary traditions. So, I was excited to see the new #EattheWorld project, being spearheaded by Evelyne of  CulturEatz . Here's  her challenge . Last month we kicked off the project with Cuba! And you'll see a new country celebrated on the 10th of every month. This month, the group headed to Ireland by tabletop. Eat the World: Ireland Edition You can see what the other bloggers are sharing for our second #EattheWorld... Evelyne of CulturEatz: Irish Yellowman Candy Amy of Amy's Cooking Adventures: Cheesy Potato Soup with Irish Ale   Nicoletta and Loreto of Sugar Loves Spices: Irish Chocolate Stout Cake   Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm: Instant Pot Irish Stew with White Cheddar Crust Camilla of Culinary Adventures with Camilla: Shamrock Salad-Topped Irish Boxty Tara of Tara's Multicultural Table: Irish Baked Eggs with Spinach Karen...

You can click here to read about Riley's cultural project that I'm supporting by cooking our way through the countries in his ethnic make-up. For breakfast, I made Irish porridge; and, completely not traditionally, I topped it with some fresh, roasted figs. Roasted Figs: Slice figs in half. Sprinkle with organic, granulated sugar, and roast in a 350 degree oven until the figs are soft and caramelized. Irish Porridge (per the container that I bought): 4 C water, brought to a rolling boil; 1 C Irish oats, added to the water with a dash of salt; cooked at a simmer for 30 minutes.