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ROASTED BRUSSEL SPROUTS with BACON

ROASTED BRUSSEL SPROUTS with BACON Food Recipes, As a child, most of the vegetables my mother prepared were from a can or frozen pouch. "Fancy" at our house was canned cream corn. Being British, she did serve us brussel sprouts, cauliflower and cabbage, but they were always boiled for a long time. In all fairness, I have to admit that I...

WHIPPING CREAM BISCUITS

WHIPPING CREAM BISCUITS Food Recipes, I am fairly successful when it comes to baking with yeast, however, biscuits have been one of my big failures for many years. Every so often, I try various biscuit recipes in hopes of finding a good one. After each attempt, Hubby tells me "I like whomp biscuits" better. Are you familiar with "whomp biscuits"?...

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE DESSERT - WITH AWARD WINNING WHIPPED CREAM (and a question)

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE DESSERT - WITH AWARD WINNING WHIPPED CREAM (and a question) Food Recipes, I found the recipe for this luscious peanut butter-chocolate dessert over at A Blog About Food. Teresa warned that the pie was "pure evil" because it kept beckoning to her and she couldn't leave it alone and she was right!! Evil aside, it would...

CLASSIC PECAN TASSIE

CLASSIC PECAN TASSIE Food Recipes, Almost everyone has their own favorite version of a pecan tassie, the classic Christmas treat. However, for those who don't, this is a great one. Pecan tassies are a bite size pecan pie in a cream cheese pastry crust. I used to make them only at Christmas, but they have become one of Hubby's favorites,...

CHEDDAR & BACON HASH BROWN SIDE DISH

CHEDDAR & BACON HASH BROWN SIDE DISH Food Recipes, I needed an easy side dish to go along with some fried chicken yesterday and decided to throw together some "cheater" Au gratin potatoes. I had a bag of fresh hash browns (called Simply Potatoes) so I decided to use those (they are sold, in our market, next to the eggs). I made a quick...

CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER FILLED COOKIES

CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER FILLED COOKIES Food Recipes, It's TWENTY BELOW ZERO tonight...what do they call that, a three dog night? It is supposed to be this cold for the next several days...what do you do when it's too cold to even start the car? BAKE!!!There should be a warning attached to this recipe...do not eat these while they are still...

SWEET POTATO PECAN PIE TARTS

SWEET POTATO PECAN PIE TARTS Food Recipes, I'm posting this at midnight and it is FIFTEEN BELOW ZERO HERE!!This last weekend was our 39th wedding anniversary; we were high school sweethearts. To celebrate, I made a big roast beef dinner and these heavenly little tarts that I found on Shelby's The Life and Loves of Grumpy's Honybunch. They...

BACON MACARONI & CHEESE

BACON MACARONI & CHEESE Food Recipes, This recipe has evolved over the years, to what it is today; one of our (my) favorite side dishes. It's just your basic mac & cheese with a few small tweaks. I've tried it with almost every kind of cheese you can think of and I still like good old American cheese the best.2 cups mini-penne pasta4...

MINI-LINZER TORTE CUPS FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS COOKIE TRAY

MINI-LINZER TORTE CUPS FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS COOKIE TRAY Food Recipes, We woke up to three inches of snow this morning and it is snowing again this evening (snow is a full 2-3 weeks late this year). The first snow of the season always flips a switch on in my head that says it is time to start planning my Christmas baking list. I know a lot...

EASY PLAY DOUGH - A GREAT WEEKEND PROJECT FOR THE KIDS or GRANDKIDS

EASY PLAY DOUGH - A GREAT WEEKEND PROJECT FOR THE KIDS or GRANDKIDS Food Recipes, I've tried many play dough recipes over the years and this one is, by far, the best yet. It is made with common pantry items and is ready to play with, literally, in a few minutes!! It's soft, pliable and super easy to work with. When the kids are done with...

CREAM CHEESE WAFFLES FOR THIS WEEKEND

CREAM CHEESE WAFFLES FOR THIS WEEKEND Food Recipes, More often than not, we have sourdough waffles or sourdough pancakes on the weekends. However, recently I've been searching for a quick-fix waffle recipe and I have found a great one in our electric co-op newsletter, submitted by a lady named Sarah Wolcoff. Her deliciously moist and fluffy...

CHOCOLATE FUDGE & DULCE de LECHE TASSIES

CHOCOLATE FUDGE & DULCE de LECHE TASSIES Food Recipes, Chocolate Fudge & Dulce de Leche Tassies PASTRY CRUST½ cup butter softened(1) 3 ounce package cream cheese1 cup all purpose flourBeat the cream cheese and softened butter with electric mixer until well mixed. Add 1 cup of flour while mixer is on low speed, just until well combined....

CROCK POT BBQ PORK SANDWICHES

CROCK POT BBQ PORK SANDWICHES Food Recipes, This is a great weekend crockpot recipe because you can turn the "extras" into many different things over the weekend. The crockpot method makes the best pork sandwich ever (and there is lots of sauce in the crockpot to make them extra juicy)...plus you can turn the extra pork into tacos, or burritos,...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! PEANUT BUTTER-OATMEAL-CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! PEANUT BUTTER-OATMEAL-CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES Food Recipes, HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO YOURS!! This cookie recipe has something in it for everyone...peanut butter, oatmeal & mini-chocolate chips. It makes a flat, tender, crispy cookie that is delicious all by itself, or you can use them to make ice cream...

BASIC FOCACCIA BREAD -- TRY IT THIS WEEKEND!!

BASIC FOCACCIA BREAD -- TRY IT THIS WEEKEND!! Food Recipes, Today, when hubby asked what we were having for lunch, I told him turkey panini's. He got one of those proud grins on his face, that told me he was getting ready to make a wisecrack; then he told me he didn't know turkeys HAD panini's. He can be delightfully goofy. If I had been...

TOFFEE CHIP CHEESECAKE BARS

TOFFEE CHIP CHEESECAKE BARS Food Recipes, I've been trying out potential sweets for my Christmas cookie boxes and I found a real winner last week. It's from a cookbook called "Brand Name Recipes". The bars have a cocoa based cookie bottom (I used the new Hershey's dark chocolate cocoa which is very tasty) and on top of that is a creamy cheesecake-toffee...

SUPER SOFT PUMPKIN COOKIES & A BABY MOOSE STORY

SUPER SOFT PUMPKIN COOKIES & A BABY MOOSE STORY Food Recipes, These little unassuming cookies are wonderful. They've been sitting on my counter all day and they are still so soft (almost cake like). The recipe makes five dozen velvety cookies that taste like pumpkin pie and have a rich brown sugar glaze on them. They would be an excellent...

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