Cooking With Ina

My culinary hero is Ina Garten

And I have every cookbook that she's written,

I've seen her three times in person

I've written newspaper articles about her

And I do cook from her books

But not all the time!

It is now 2017 and my plan is to cook from her books

All ten of them

Not a "Julie/Julia" project 

But, rather, going to Ina whenever I want to do something that's not "tried and true".

For I will not make anything with costly ingredients

(a couple of pounds of lobster here on the prairie may take my whole weekly food budget)

Nor will I make anything that has an ingredient I cannot find here.

And I've cooked a lot from Ina,

And some of her recipes are some of our family's favorites

And I will continue to cook those.

But I'll also cook things I've never cooked before

Today, the third day of January, I made:

Scallops Provencal

From Paris

And for a  belated Christmas gift and afternoon tea . . . 

Spicy Hermit Bars

From Jeffrey

(her newest book)

The scallops were really good and we only had scallops because I got a really good deal on them.    We don't have them often for here on the prairie they are usually too dear

But I would do this again if I found another scallop sale!

The spicy hermit bars are OMG good!

They are a really good cookie

And one that I will make over and over again.

They're simple (because there's no dropping or cutting out)

And the rum flavored glaze is spot on!

You get cookie and then you get a bite with that glaze

Wonderful!

It should be a fun project and as I continue to cook Ina, I'll let you know

what recipes that I've selected.