Happy Friday!

I decided today that I wanted to try my hand at making spinod.  For the uninitiated that is Italian Easter bread.  My grandmother used to make it with anisette and without the hard-boiled eggs that the traditionalcEaster bread braids have.  I tried out a recipe today that worked pretty well.  Thank goodness for my professional Kitchen Aid mixer with the dough hook!  I got to catch up on The Guild while the mixer did all the work.  All in all this bread turned out really well and I'll be making it again soon.

Italian Easter Bread

Showing My Geekiness

As you can tell by the name of this blog, I'm a geek.  I love Star Wars, Star Trek, and Tolkien.  I'm currently home for the next few months (hopefully only a few months!) so I don't have to do marathon cooking on the weekends.  While I'd much rather be working, I'm glad that I don't have to use my entire Sunday to cook!  So, a while ago I was feeding my geeky needs for LOTR and new recipes and I came across this website Middle Earth Recipes that has lots of new recipes for main dishes and desserts.  I was reminded of it today because my son is currently reading The Hobbit (yes, I have a geek of my very own!).  Now that I have time on my hands I need to start using some of these recipes and reporting back.

Until next time!