Microwave Crumble!

We know. Most of you out there are asking "What in the world is rhubarb and why is it in my dessert?!" Well if you ever see in in your local market you'll probably be seeing the trimmed stalks. It's the stuff that kinda looks like skinny red celery. It turns out that various parts of this vegetable are used as herbal medicines and remedies except for the large, triangle leaves which are poisonous. The most common use of rhubarb is what we're using it for here: in dessert. Pairing the strong, tart flavor of rhubarb with the fresh sweetness of strawberries is an award winning combination. Here's how we cooked up a strawberry rhubarb crumple in the microwave in less than 20 minutes!

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble

Ingredients:
1/2 lb rhubarb stalks
1 lb strawberries
1 Tbs corn starch
2 Tbs granulated sugar
the juice of 1/2 a lemon
6 Tbs melted butter
2 1/2 cups of quick cooking oats
1 1/4 cups of packed brown sugar
2 Tbs flour


Wash and cut the rhubarb and strawberries into 1 inch pieces. Toss with the corn starch and granulated sugar then pour the lemon juice over and set aside. Melt the butter and mush it into the brown sugar. Add the oats and the flour and mix well until it's crumbly. Sprinkle 2/3 of the topping over the fruit and set the rest aside. Nuke the topped fruit on high for 5 minutes then on 30% power for 10 minutes. Let stand in the microwave for 5 minutes to firm up. Top with the rest of the oat mixture and serve with whipped cream and/or ice cream.

Ready to present to neighbors

Any sort of fruit would work in this. And if we're being completely honest, the two of us would probably eat the topping all on its own and be perfectly happy. Four out of four chemists loved this crumble. If you made this for home economics class you would get an A+ (gotta love Old Greg) for sure.


Well that's all for now. Keep cooking and remember:


No kitchen, no problem!


-K&M

Sweet Slaw

When I was little I loved coleslaw. When I was ten years old I found out that it was made out of cabbage. Cabbage! I couldn't believe it! How could an awful, smelly cabbage taste so good? Well it turns out that the secret's in the sauce. Here's a quick and easy recipe that will forever change the way you see the slaw.

Sweet Coleslaw

Ingredients:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup vinegar (we used apple cider)
1/2 cup of sugar
salt and pepper to taste
1 shredded cabbage
1 shredded carrot
the juice of 1/2 a lemon


For this recipe all you really need to do is mix the dressing then add the veggies. That's it. Yes, it's that simple. If you don't want to shred your own cabbage then one of those bagged coleslaw mixes will be fine. Don't go for the bottled dressing though - it's always better to make your own. This dish gets better as you let the ingredients sit together so we strongly suggest that you prepare it at least a day before you plan on eating it especially if you're bringing it to some sort of potluck picnic.


We hope you enjoy this slaw! It's good on hamburgers and (especially) hotdogs or just on its own. Keep cooking, friends, and remember:


No kitchen, no problem!


-K&M

Hello All!

We hope everybody out there had a good 4th of July! We sure did... We were in New York for the weekend.

Us at Coney Island!

The good news is we went to the neighborhood farmers market and we came back with some fresh ingredients and ideas. Tune in the rest of the week to see what we cook up. See you then!


-K&M