For some inexplicable reason, people usually put bacon (usually in the form of bacon bits) in their twice-baked potatoes. I don’t really get it; it isn’t necessary at all! Of course, if you like
bacon I’m sure it’s very nice, but that doesn’t so much work for me :D. Don’t worry, though, these potatoes have Sean’s seal of approval, and he actually likes bacon (weirdo). These aren’t as hard as they might sound–most of the prep time is actually just in the baking, which you don’t have to attend to much.
Hey look, no soup! Since I had a chance to work on the blog post recipe before Friday, you get a dessert (or breakfast) instead. Yes, I just said these muffins could be dessert
OR breakfast. But it isn’t healthy to eat desserts instead of breakfast, is it? Well, no. However, these muffins are not nearly the sugar-load that commercial muffins are. So, while these are a tasty enough treat to serve as dessert, you don’t have to feel too bad if you eat two for breakfast on the run (as I did this morning).
It’s Friday in Lent again, and lo and behold, I’m posting another soup. This one is so delicious I don’t have pictures for you–we were in a hurry, so I intended to take a picture of a bowl of the leftovers. Unfortunately, there weren’t any! Well, I suppose you could consider that fortunate, as it means three people polished off a single batch of this recipe.
I know, it sounds funny, but it’s really quite good. It’s Lent now, and as a vegetarian I don’t find meatless Fridays very hard to do :D, so I try to keep dinner simple on Friday so that we’re
still giving something up. This was a new recipe, but it turned out really well. It’s very flavorful, but also very simple and easy to make.
These two sauces have both been in use in my extended family for years. I highly recommend them both. I don’t have pictures for you, since, although I make these both quite often, I haven’t take pictures. I’ll put some up later, once I remember. Sorry :-(. I meant to post with pictures of some other things, but this weekend has been crazy!
I decided I wanted more kinds of pie in my repertoire, so I consulted the contents of my kitchen and produced this pie. I suspect it would be good with blackberries in place of half of the raspberries, but as I was out of frozen blackberries I don’t know :D. You’ll just have to try it and see!
Happy Epiphany of the Lord! Some folks make a cakey-cake for this, with a batter. However, most of the recipes I found are for a sweetened yeast bread with sprinkles on top, and that’s what I did. It’s really tasty, and turned out the first time, YAY! So, I hope this graces your Christmas season and pleases your friends. Just try to remember where you stuck the “baby” so you get a night off from hosting parties afterward :D.
Hi! I know this is a terribly un-Christmasy post for December 23rd, but I am visiting relatives and haven’t had time to perfect any more desserts (and goodness knows I can’t give you an imperfect dessert!). So, a dinner for you :D. This one is nice because it is really quite quick.
I had never heard of wassail before the first cold day (after we were living in an apartment) in Irving, TX when Jennifer mentioned that it sounded like a tasty treat for such a nippy day. Apparently it’s a common holiday treat for her family. My family always tended more toward punch or hot chocolate, or maybe spiced cider, so I’d never heard of it. However, we made some and I decided it was quite nice :D. And, because it has so much fruit juice in it already, it was quite easy to adapt to use honey instead of white sugar. In this case the honey flavor is subsumed in the spices, and it just lends a nice light sweetness to the overall drink.
Hello, Jocelyn again this week. Jennifer has had an unfortunate encounter with gluten (no, we don’t know how it happened this time, but happen it most certainly did), so you get me :D.
However, this particular recipe is still gluten free. In fact, it is one I found not long after Jennifer was diagnosed. My husband and I were having a party and wanted to have some treats Jennifer could have and I ran across this recipe. It was a jackpot find because it also has no processed sugar it in–lo and behold, the holy grail of party food (for our crew)!
