Category Archives: Recipes

honey peanut butter cookies

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 […]

chicken salad

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. […]

supernatural brownies

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 […]

crock pot apples

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 […]

menu plan monday on tuesday ~ march 31, 2009

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 […]

sugar cookie bars

DD had a sports awards night to attend at school, and we were to take a dozen cookies. I saw Sugar Cookie Bars at Anissa’s Kitchen and decided to give them a try. They are also posted on My Baking Addiction. Click on her link to see how cute hers are! A little more trouble […]

rosemary crackers

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 […]

apple upside down cake

This is SO good! I wanted to make something this afternoon, then decided not to. Then DS#2 called to say he was running by this evening after taking DDIL to meet her family for the weekend. So DD and I sprang into action and made an apple upside down cake recipe that I found online. […]

flower pasta

I’ve had these cute little pasta shapes sitting in the pantry for several months. Today, I visited Nummy Mummy’s site and she had made them as mac and cheese and even served them in cute little flower pots. You gotta go see. Very cute! And give her recipe a try. It sounds so good! I […]

irish soda bread scones

I found the recipe for Festive Irish Soda Bread Scones at Creative Loafing. That recipe was adapted from Irish Soda Scones at The Joy of Baking. Irish Soda Bread Scones I cut it to make 12 scones. 3 cups unbleached flour 1/4 cup oats (I ground them in my coffee grinder.) 1 tablespoon sugar 1 […]