Honey Buttermilk Bread

For the bread makers on my subscription list! I've made this twice, it's delicious!

Cub Foods Honey Bran Muffins

 There used to be a store in Ames, Iowa called Cub Foods.  It went out of business years ago.  Their bakery made delicious bran muffins with a delicious outer shell of brown sugar goodness.  I found the recipe for them and thought I'd post it!  They are so good!

Christmas morning pancakes

Here's our Christmas morning Chocolate Chip pancake recipe!  I hope you enjoy it.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS

1. In a large bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking powder and sugar; set aside. Preheat waffle iron.
2. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs. Stir in the milk, butter and vanilla. Pour the milk mixture into the flour mixture; beat until blended. Add 3/4 cup of mini chocolate chips
3. Ladle the batter into a preheated waffle iron or frying pan. Cook until golden and crisp.
4. Serve with butter, extra chocolate chips, syrup or strawberries

Pumpkin Praline Pudding Cake

Right click and choose 'print'

Italian Chicken and Potatoes

I found a fabulous recipe online.  I can't believe I didn't think of this myself!  I don't buy packets of zesty Italian dressing, I make my own and the recipe for it is below.

Zucchini

Like everyone else who has a garden, my zucchini is overwhelming the garden!  I love this time of year.  I tried something new tonight, grilled zucchini added to our paninis.


Young child who shall remain nameless says (que the tune "Nobody knows the suffering I've seen, nobody knows my sorrow") MOOO-ooooOOOM! There's vegetables in here!!!!


Sourdough is on the left, and an italian brioche is on the cutting board. Yellow and green zucchini from my garden, ham, turkey and the cheeses are either smoked cheddar, swiss or asiago or have all 3! Who wants to come for dinner tomorrow night?

One of my BFFs used zucchini instead of apples in a pie tonight.  What a great idea Cindy!

Carrot Cake in a Mug

Ok, so I ignored the tofu and used regular ol' cream cheese.  Really, they make tofu cream cheese? Blee-eck!

Pumpkin Mug Souffle

Christmas and treasures

Several of you may recall we found a dog running loose on Christmas day.  After going the usual routes to find the owner, and finding no one, we decided to keep her.  My son named her Macy.  She's an adorable little thing, but within a few days it became apparent that she is not a Christmas dog.  9 rolls of shredded toilet paper later, plus numerous treasures from the garbage can tucked neatly under the dining room table... it appears we do not have a dog on our hands.

I was taking photos this morning for a column I wrote for our local newspaper.  The editor had a moment of temporary insanity and asked me to write a few columns for him.  In this one, I included a link for a recipe of mine called Chow Chow.  Southerners know what Chow Chow is, if you're a Northerner, click on "Gardens" at the top of this page and you'll see the recipe, as well as the column.

While taking photos for the article, I noticed the snowman I was using in the display.  The poor thing had been removed of his arms.  Unbelievably, there they were on the floor, lying in broken pieces, covered in dog slobber.  A friend of mine inspected her teeth, low and behold, several were still un-erupted... so we have a Christmas Puppy on our hands.




I think we'll keep her around another year or two, and see how it goes.  Something I've also said to my children since they were born, and I ended up keeping them... but we'll see...

Seafood Casserole

I hate it when people post bogus warnings, but this one is real! If someone comes to your front door saying they are checking for ticks due to the warm weather and asks you to take your clothes off and dance around with your arms up, DO NOT DO IT! THIS IS A SCAM! They only want to see you naked. I wish I'd gotten this yesterday. I feel so stupid.

Here's one of my favorite recipes! It's delicious!