11 recipes and kitchen tips

This is a collection of yummy recipes and useful kitchen tips I’ve had bookmarked in my browser for ages. I’ve collected them all in one post here as much for my convenience as your enjoyment, but I do hope you enjoy them.

Recipes

Amaranth & Quinoa gluten-free chocolate cake. This is no second-rate knockoff of flourless chocolate cake for the gluten allergic – this is a delicious recipe that uses two gluten-free flours that go really well with the flavor of dark chocolate.
Smitten Kitchen makes a Big Crumb Coffee Cake – with rhubarb.
Want an easy way to slow-cook spicy lamb curry so it tastes like you marinated it for a day? Here you go.
I love aioli. Just seeing it on a menu item at a restaurant makes me want to order whatever it’s on. Here’s a dead-easy recipe for garlic aioli.
While we’re talking garlic, Pink of Perfection has a recipe for Garlicky Beef Daube that slow cooks while you watch TV.
SpatGirlCreates a recipe for corn and bacon pie. Mmm, two of my favorite flavors – how could combining them go wrong?

Cooking Prep

Need to know more about agave syrup? It’s not the magic alternative to sugar that has absolutely no downsides, but it is a healthier alternative – and you can use it in baking.
BakingBites tells you how to make a water bath – the kind you use to heat baked goods more gently than an oven can do.
Keep your kitchen sink drains in good health with this list of de-clogging tips from TipNut.
To be safe, don’t use hot tap water in food prep. It’s not likely to carry nasties from the hot water tank where it’s been sitting or from corroded plumbing under your home, but it can happen.
Pour a packet of lemonade Kool-Aid (the only flavor that works) into the detergent cup and run the dishwasher while empty.