We traveled to my sister’s house to celebrate our mother’s birthday. I made a white cake with chocolate ganache frosting and a pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting. Several people asked for the pumpkin cake recipe, so I’m posting it here. Pumpkin Cake Mix together: 2 c. all purpose flour 2 c. sugar 1 tsp. [...]
The weather has turned cooler, so we decided to grill last night. Grilling had been on the menu for Wednesday, but it didn’t work out for that evening, so I had everything we needed on hand. DH was running late with work, so I decided to stick the pork steaks under the broiler to give [...]
Last night for supper, we had tacos, tortilla chips with sour cream / salsa, and a Mexican chopped salad. The salad was delicious and we’ll be making it again. It’s especially nice right now when tomatoes and cucumbers are so plentiful from the garden. You can follow the above link to see the original recipe. [...]
I found this recipe while looking for cookie recipes to try out for our annual Christmas open house. I like something fancier for the party, but DD said we should make them for the open house. If I could incorporate chocolate somehow…. We will certainly make these again. They are delicious. Great honey / peanut [...]
Supper was quick and easy last night…chicken salad on homemade rolls. Delicious. Rhonda’s Chicken Salad 1 8-oz. can crushed pineapple 6 c. diced, cooked chicken or turkey 1 c. red or green seedless grapes, sliced [I used red.] 2 T. dry minced onion or 4 green onions, diced 1 c. diced celery 1/2 c. toasted [...]
The recipe is from Chocolate: From Simple Cookies to Extravagant Showstoppers, by Nick Malgieri (Morrow Cookbooks, 1998). The recipe in the book calls for baking the brownies for “about 45 minutes.” I read multiple blogs regarding the same recipe, and most thought the brownies were better if taken from the oven after 30 minutes. Too [...]
My dear friend Mary posted this recipe and I’ve used it before. Delicious apples for an accompaniment to pork dishes, as a dessert or snack, and delicious on ice cream. Like apple pie without the crust or added calories. 2-6 apples, depending on how many you want. I used 5 today; a combination of Golden [...]
Forgot to post this yesterday and don’t have much time today, so am posting quickly. I hope you have your own menu planned for the week! Monday salmon baby baked potatoes asparagus Tuesday cheesy potato / sausage soup rosemary crackers Wednesday enchiladas Thursday crock pot pork chops [with a can of cream of mushroom soup [...]
I found a recipe for Crisp Rosemary Flatbread at Smitten Kitchen and decided to try it as crackers. The recipe is from the July 2008 issue of Gourmet magazine. I made a few small changes to the original. Rosemary Crackers 1 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon chopped rosemary (preferably fresh) 1 teaspoon baking [...]
