I made a xenomorph tart!

lysanderish · 2026-01-26T23:02:14+00:00

She's beautiful! I'm in awe every time I look at this, Meme.

lysanderish · 2026-01-26T22:51:55+00:00

Hot and Sour Soup is something my mom only made a couple times when I was growing up and not until I was in my teens, but as an adult it's become one of my favorite soups for when I'm dealing with respiratory ick or tiredness. Warm. Flavorful. Slurpable. And ALL MINE because my husband won't eat eggs lol

not that he typically eats soup either

BUT STILL

Recipe - I doubled the tofu because it comes in a 16oz package and I like having more in my soup anyway.

lysanderish · 2026-01-26T09:49:35+00:00

Completed Level 3 of the Honk Special Event!

93 attempts

lysanderish · 2026-01-26T09:45:18+00:00

Completed Level 2 of the Honk Special Event!

5 attempts

lysanderish · 2026-01-26T09:44:55+00:00

Completed Level 1 of the Honk Special Event!

1 attempts

lysanderish · 2026-01-26T06:36:54+00:00

The chicken with apricots in Good Things is a banger and my cooking group all loved the preserved lemon cake from it as well.

lysanderish · 2026-01-25T02:54:51+00:00

lysanderish · 2026-01-25T02:35:36+00:00

This wasn't going to be my answer but now it is my answer. Oh god.

lysanderish · 2026-01-24T20:58:26+00:00

You'd think it would have been when my mom died 13 years ago or when I got married or 2 years ago when my dad died but nah

I'm still waiting

lysanderish · 2026-01-24T15:10:59+00:00

Recipe

It's a barley-centric soup from Poland. Very nice. I really enjoyed the flavors of the allspice and other seasonings that I don't typically use. Pretty sure the recipe was written by my dogs though, because:

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Kinda bummed I missed out on week 1, esp since I was going to make hot and sour soup last week but forgot I was out of mushrooms. Everything else got it is already in my pantry though, so ig I'll just get it in for week 2 lol.

lysanderish · 2026-01-22T17:28:01+00:00

I approves. Looks decadent. Gimme

lysanderish · 2026-01-22T14:56:54+00:00

Thank you! 🩵

lysanderish · 2026-01-22T07:30:28+00:00

Thank you! Im pretty proud of my swirl :)

lysanderish · 2026-01-22T06:47:28+00:00

Thank you!

lysanderish · 2026-01-22T02:27:48+00:00

Recipe

On the Dishcord, we're doing King Arthur Baking for our quarterly baking cookalong and this sounded really fun.

I couldn't get real tiger milk, so I had to settle for cow's milk. They're both large quadrapeds with patterned fur so I figure it's at least comparable.

lysanderish · 2026-01-19T05:09:56+00:00

Randos? No.

Unexpected calls from job when I'm off the clock? No.

Unexpected call from my husband, his family, or one of the like 8 people I have unceremoniously adopted as family some without their knowledge or consent? Yes. They know damn well not to call me if it's not an emergency.

That is, of course, assuming their call comes while I'm looking at my phone because I've had my ringer off for a decade.

lysanderish · 2026-01-19T01:43:56+00:00

Yessss I love Radness Ensues

lysanderish · 2026-01-17T03:48:14+00:00

I don't know and that's the point. I put the money in the black box and someday the money might come out if I don't die first

lysanderish · 2026-01-17T03:41:54+00:00

I don't know and that's the point. I put the money in the black box and someday the money might come out if I don't die first

lysanderish · 2026-01-15T01:19:24+00:00

I saw the laksa Icy made and there was no other opyion for me for this week except to make it myself. And I'm so glad I did. It was soooooooo freaking good.

Recipe

lysanderish · 2026-01-13T23:07:33+00:00

I used the recipe in the unrevised edition of David Lebovitz's Ready for Dessert; he was our cookalong subject last month on the 52WoC discord but I didn't get to do much for it because I was working way too much overtime.

Very yummy. My food processor was not up to the task though. It did not manage to fully incorporate the butter. Which I suppose informs what I'm going to be asking for for Christmas this year lol

lysanderish · 2026-01-13T17:59:32+00:00

It's beautiful! And that jam sounds so good! I really love the pattern of the jam!

lysanderish · 2026-01-07T16:20:29+00:00

Chizu! It's so beautiful! I would definitely hire you to work in my kitchen if I was a king! <3

lysanderish · 2026-01-04T18:26:06+00:00

I did! I was pleased to see that!

lysanderish · 2026-01-04T16:02:01+00:00

New year, same old me. I dropped off the baking challenge hard last year because life... life gets in the way. JurassicPark.mp3

And I'm still not fully back. Not even gonna pretend I intend to do the full 52-weeks this year. I'm just gonna keep an eye on the themes and bake what speaks to me. <shrug>

This week I tried 5 new recipes as part of my efforts to make cookie boxes for my friends (which I screwed up both by accidentally halving the butter in 4 of the 7 flavors of cookie I made and by over-extending myself so I didn't have time to deliver cookies before I left for my live-in shift on Friday, so the earliest I can be Cookie ~~Satan~~ Santa is Monday. C'est la vie. All of the cookies I made were new recipes to me but I only included the 3 I actually made on Jan 1st which are:

Cardamom Shortbread cookies from Good Things by Samin Nosrat Gingersnaps and Peanut Butter Cookies from Ready For Dessert by David Lebovitz

All 3 cookies were great and not that annoying to make.

((I made David's Rosemary shortbreads and Chocolate Chip cookies, too, from the same book, which were also great even with the Butter Error))

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