I ate this tonight. While I savored the graham cracker crust with layers of cheesecake, pumpkin and fresh whipped cream – I thought of you. Yes, you . . . and the other 50+ people who stop by this blog throughout the day and/or week. I thought how you would probably love to make this … Read More
Amazing!
Saturday night we did some “catching up” with friends. Approximately 2 hours before our guests were to arrive, I got a hankerin’ to re-arrange our great room. Crazy, I know. But that’s how I roll sometimes! My favorite son had mentioned this arrangement awhile back, and I just couldn’t imagine it. But Saturday it suddenly … Read More
You should make this . . . Wild West Tex-Mex Rice Salad Perfect for Cinco de Mayo ! Dressing: 1 cup Newman’s Own Olive Oil & Vinegar Dressing 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 3 tablespoons chipotle chiles, chopped (in adobo sauce) Juice of 1 large lime (2 Tbs) 2 teaspoons salt Salad: 3 cans (15.5 … Read More
Cake in a mug
Gather the children, grandchildren, the nieces & nephews, the menapausal women……..hand them a mug and let them mix up and bake a cake…in a mug….in 10 minutes or less! Here’s what you’ll need: A mug, an egg, sugar, milk, oil, cocoa powder, vanilla & flour Mix together in a mug: 4 Tablespoons flour + 4 … Read More
Simple Crusty Bread
Here we go…it’s bread time! Gather these ingredients: 1-1/2 tablespoons yeast 1-1/2 tablespoons kosher salt 3 cups lukewarm water 6-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, more for dusting dough Cornmeal and this equipment: pizza peel (or the bottom of a cookie sheet works great too) baking stone (or a non-stick loaf pan) large bowl or plastic container … Read More
Bread Anyone?
I promised the bread recipe for today . . . unfortunately, after I had the entire post typed and ready to publish last night – Internet Explorer decided to encounter an error. Arrghhh. I can’t tell you how often this has happened…I’m so frustrated with IE. The bread recipe is still coming….it will just be … Read More
Pea Soup Recipe
Per your requests. This recipe is from the February, 2009 issue of Cuisine at Home Makes 2 very large servings or 4-6 smaller. Total time: 1 hour 2 strips thick-sliced bacon, chopped (or more for leftovers) 1 cup diced onion 1/2 cup diced carrot 1/2 cup diced celery 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds 2-1/2 cups water … Read More
Rhubarb: fruit? or vegetable?We love rhubarb desserts around here (4/5 of us do anyway). Yesterday I picked my first rhubarb of the season and made crisp. Today it was gone. Tonight I made another (larger) pan of our favorite rhubarb crisp — and figured I’d share it with you all … the recipe that is.Here’s … Read More
Here’s what you need: 6 chicken cutlets (about 1.5 lbs)1/3 cup purchased pesto3/4 cup shredded Montery Jack cheese (divided)1-12 ounce jar roasted red peppers, drained If you can’t find chicken cutlets in the meat case, ask the butcher to slice a couple boneless chicken breasts really thin.Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Line a baking dish with … Read More