Baker's One Bowl Brownies

These brownies are gooey and rich! I got the recipe from the inside of the Baker's semi-sweet chocolate squares box. I made a few changes to make them a little more fudge-like and they turned out perfectly.

Ingredients

4 squares unsweetened chocolate chopped
3/4 butter
2 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup flour
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans (roasted first)

Method

1. Lightly grease

8 X 8 baking pan.

2. In a double-boiler melt chocolate. Then add butter and melt as well.

3. Stir sugar into chocolate until well blended; mix in eggs and vanilla.

4. Stir in flour and nuts, spread in pan.

5. Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 35 mins or until done. Do not overbake. Cool completely.

Potage aux Tomates

I learned how to make this simple and delicious soup from Gisele Kassen, my friend Annah Kassen's mother. She had us over for a cooking class and this was one of the appetizer dishes. I have made it about 10 times since then!

Ingredients

4 tbsp butter
2 onions
4 cloves garlic
1 stick celery
1 can high quality whole tomatoes (I recommend Angelos- easy to purchase if you live in Vancouver or Salmon Arm:) See previous post).
1- 2 tbsp flour
2 cups vegetable broth
1 tbsp fennel seeds
1 tsp rosemary seeds
salt and pepper to taste
cayenne pepper

Method

Heat butter over stove on medium heat. Add onion and saute for about 5 mins. Add herbs and salt and pepper. Add garlic and celery and saute for about 5 more minutes. Add tomatoes and crush with a mash potato crusher. Sprinkle flour on top when mixture is bubbling and mix well. Add vege broth and bring to a boil. Then simmer for about 20 minutes. Let cool a little and then put all of the soup in the blender. Serve soup with a sprinkle of cayenne pepper in each bowl.

Enjoy!:)