I learned something very important over Christmas: my brother-in-law, Paul, ROCKS the kitchen. I watched Paul assemble this delicious homemade French Onion Soup while we were visiting and it was so easy! After our holiday busyness we’ve decided to keep this New Year’s Eve festivities simple. We plan to serve this tasty comfort food with [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Homemade Marshmallows!
19 Dec posted by
Earlier this fall we played around with some homemade marshmallow recipes. I’ve procrastinated about putting the recipe up because the ones we tried ALL called for at least a full cup of corn syrup, something I try to avoid if possible. Last week, however, we had a breakthrough! My dear friend, Jenny Bryk, mentioned to [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Sanity Night
13 Dec posted by
There are entire books written on the subject of how to pull off big elaborate entertaining events. I’ve done big parties, fancy dinners, crowds of people and hooboy is that a lot of work! In this season of my life, I’m looking for quieter, simpler gatherings most of the time. Several years ago, I started [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Classic Homemade Turkey Soup from Thanksgiving Leftovers
28 Nov posted by
How’s it going with those Thanksgiving leftovers at your house? We’ve sure eaten a LOT of leftover turkey and sweet potato casserole. The big slices of turkey went first to make delicious pressed sandwiches. Then the more medium chunks and slices went into pot pies. I’m looking into the container of turkey and seeing this: [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Quick Orange Pecan Rolls for Thanksgiving Morning
22 Nov posted by
I’m always on the lookout for quick, delicious recipes to add to my holiday lineup…even at this late date! This past weekend I spent time with three of my oldest, dearest friends, laughing, talking, and eating great food. Loretta treated us to her delicious Orange Pecan Rolls for breakfast and sent us all into a [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Easy chocolate pumpkin pie
15 Nov posted by
Today I invited my son, Nate, who is currently living and working down in Haiti, to write up his latest cooking adventure. Nate has always been a resourceful kid who just sort of KNOWS his way around the kitchen. Greetings from the Caribbean! This is Barb’s son, Nate, writing from Haiti. I’m down here doing relief work for [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Pumpkin Fudge
8 Nov posted by
I know, I know I OUGHT to be searching for fabulous, delicious recipes for our Thanksgiving Dinner, but I’ve been totally side-tracked by this amazing Pumpkin Fudge. The original recipe makes up a lovely white chocolate pumpkin fudge. Of course I couldn’t resist tweaking the recipe (the chocoholic in me gets me into trouble every [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Pot Roast Potpie
25 Oct posted by
My kids will tell you that I’m pretty hardcore about using leftovers…I grew up hearing about all those starving children in China, you know. The ethic of not wasting food runs really deep. The best part of not wasting food is the creativity I get to exercise in inventing new recipes. My latest yummy use [...]
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