Sweet Mother of Pearl! For a summertime treat you cannot beat gazpacho. The tomato based cold soup is filled with raw vegetables, and it is flavorful and so refreshing. Gazpacho was served at Sheila’s Beach Birthday Party. I was given this recipe by my friend who does not want to be named. She got it from […]
Dear friend Pat sent me this recipe. It is originally from the Food Network’s Cooking Live show. Sweet Mother of Pearl! Cucumber Salsa is now my new favorite recipe for cucumbers and tomatoes. I honestly would call this a salad rather than a salsa, but let’s go with what the original recipe called it. When the […]
It was weird. For our Super Bowl gathering, we had bruschetta. Now, that is not weird in itself, but what was weird was – This Italian appetizer is not usually served with Frito Pie. Our menu was rather typical for a Super Bowl gathering – Pigs in the blanket, Frito pie, and all the trimmings […]
There have been several recipes on other blogs detailing what to do with Thanksgiving leftovers. Most have to do with turkey. This is different, but worthy of sharing. Number Three Son wanted plain baked potatoes (“Not those twice baked ones you did before.” Got it!) I made plenty, and we had potatoes leftover. As a […]
Backstory: Excellent Cook Nancy sent me a link to a blog by Bryn Mooth called writes4food.com. Nancy’s cousin had sent the link to this blog to Nancy for us to check out. Understand?? On the day I first looked at Bryn Mooth’s blog, there was a recipe from the Clara Project. As I understand it, […]
Stew is one of our go to dishes Everything you need for a complete meal is in the pot – meat and vegetables. Plus you can easily make it with ingredients you have on hand. This week I made stew, and it turned out well. In fact, it turned out so well Ever-Lovin’ suggested I […]
Here is another recipe from the Le Cordon Bleu MasterChef cooking class. To us it is known as a Rhubarb Crumble, but in Ireland they call it Grabhar Biabhog. I remember having rhubarb pies when I worked in Illinois, and they were always made with syrupy strawberries and rhubarb. I assumed that the pies would […]
This blog is brought to you on the recommendation of Ever-Lovin’. While traveling to the ends of the earth doing errands yesterday (Remember the leopard print lunch bag with hot pink trim.), out of the blue says he, “If you haven’t planned your blog for today, you could blog about the Avocado and Mango Salsa […]
My father retired before my mother retired. As a stay at home husband, he took over much of the housework and cooking duties. He was a good cook! For sometime now I have been thinking about and wanting to make one of his signature dishes – Chicken Suzanne. So today was the day! First, we […]
Rumpledethumps – what a name! I love saying it – Rumpledethumps, Rumpledethumps, Rumpledethumps. Isn’t that fun. What you need to know is that this is a British mashed potato, cabbage dish that is topped with cheese. I’m here to tell you it is yummy in the tummy! Becky brought this dish to the Big Jubilee […]
