Carol recently made rice krispie treats for our granddaughters using the standard recipe from the box (i.e. based on marshmallows). Shortly after, I spotted a recipe from Jamie Oliver for a more sophisticated version of rice krispie treats. I call this an “adult” recipe both because it is more sophisticated (although still very simple) and Read More …
I had some leftover Charred Salsa Verde and thought it would go well with sautéed shrimp and spaghetti, and I was right. It was sufficiently good that I made a second batch of the salsa just to eat this way. Here is how I made two servings. This would make a good, quick midweek dinner. Read More …
For this weekend’s campout, I was looking for a dessert which could be baked in a frying pan over a stove, and I remembered these fry cookies, which I first made about 5-6 years ago. I successfully made them at a Boy Scout Roundtable meeting as a hands-on program. An advantage of these cookies is Read More …
We made this cake for Elsie’s birthday, and it turned out very well, with a rich, fudgy frosting. Elsie and her sister helped make the frosting, which was a memorable and time-consuming process, but great fun for the girls! This recipe is adapted from Williams-Sonoma’s Essentials of Baking. It is a rich cake (note the Read More …
We made this traditional Southern cake for Amanda’s birthday, and it was a hit. The unusual part of the cake is that it contains some crushed pineapple and bananas in the batter, as well as pecans. The frosting was good, but relatively soft due to the high butter content, so we stored the cake Read More …
We are having a Tex-Mex themed dinner tonight for Amanda’s birthday, featuring this salsa, Chile con Queso , Carne Asada , Tex-Mex Flour Tortillas , guacamole, charro beans, and (not really Texan but very Southern) Hummingbird Cake This salsa is adapted from a recipe in Serious Eats and is very simple 1-1/2 lbs. tomatillos Read More …
This recipe is an adaptation of the best-selling entre at a Brooklyn diner, as reported in the Wall St. Journal. The diner must advertise this as “gluten free” since the original recipe called for tamari vs. soy sauce, and specified that the oats used should be gluten-free. (Do any oats have gluten?) I don’t care Read More …
I heard about this corn salad from a recipe in the eatsiptrip website mentioned in an article in USA Today. The article raved about the anomaly that there is a very good restaurant in a Cenex service station in Walla Walla, Washington, and said that their best-selling dish is a grilled corn salad, modeled on Read More …
This no-recipe recipe is adapted from an article in the New York Times. The idea is to turn a steakhouse classic combination into a summer salad (although with cherry tomatoes the same idea should work during the winter). Steak Beefsteak tomatoes (in season. Alternatively cherry tomatoes out of season) Blue cheese Onion Parsley Sherry Read More …
Comfort food at its finest. This recipe is adapted from Cook’s Illustrated’s Slow Cooker Revolution, and was indeed cooked in a slow cooker, although it could just as well have been cooked on a stove top or in the oven. It has a mild sweet/sour taste from the sugar, caramelized onions, and vinegar. 4 Read More …