Coco Lemon Pound Cake I’d read on a recipe group not long ago how to take a cake mix and make it more like a “bakery” cake. It was an idea I thought I’d run with, even if NOT entirely, and the result was this lemon pound cake. The instructions they gave for the conversion…
Cream of Ham & Potato Soup
Cream of Ham & Potato Soup This cream soup is absolute perfection. No one ever believes how easy it actually is and how little time it takes to make I came by this method from an old friend who has long since moved out of the area. She was a cook in a very…
Iced Chocolate Lumpies
Iced Chocolate Lumpies This is an easy oldie but a goodie that I have not made for close to 25 years now. I lost the recipe I had written down–which upset me since I knew I had made “changes” to it. I’d seen it way back when in an AARP magazine in a story about…
What’s On Deck
Look forward to some great stuff coming up in future postings. Here’s what’s planned for the month: Pan-Seared Scallops A great cream soup and the base can be used for any cream soup A wonderful iced brownie that’s a cookie An apple dessert that will knock your socks off Another cake “experiment” Some easy main…
French Apple Pie Cobbler
French Apple Pie Cobbler How do you say pure heaven but purely easy? It’s this fantastic dessert that will have them begging not just for seconds, but thirds. Start with a single-layer cake mix, a can of apple pie filling and you can’t get simpler than that. I buy the Jiffy brand cake mixes…
Blueberry Creme Parfait
Blueberry Creme Parfait Looks so delicious, yet this is so easy. Just 3 ingredients. Four if you count the topping. And I’m counting the pudding as one ingredient LOL, because it’s prepared before hand. First you start with either vanilla or cheesecake-flavored instant pudding. Then you fold whipped topping into that, then layer with blueberry…
Banana Coconut Smoothie
Banana Coconut Smoothie Pure heaven. This will give you the energy you need to start your day. The secret ingredient here is coconut coffee creamer–just a drop adds great flavor. A real taste of the tropics! Good pick-me-up or quicky breakfast. I used frozen mashed bananas, but fresh ones cut up can also be used,…
Cherry Glazed Country Ribs
Cherry Glazed Country Ribs (served with fruited quinoa) Did I ever mention my love for pork? Many times? Here it is again. I love the stuff. Roasted, grilled, any which way and especially with fruit, cherries in particular. In honor of February being National Cherry Month, here’s my entry. Wonderfully glazed with a cherry/orange/balsamic combo….
King Arthur Flour–Important Information
IMPORTANT!!!! JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM KING ARTHUR FLOUR AND THERE IS A VOLUNTARY RECALL ON SOME BAGS OF FLOUR SOLD IN DECEMBER. GO TO THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO King Arthur Flour
Northeast Hearty Bean Soup
Northeast Hearty Bean Soup With the recent snows and cold snaps we’ve been experiencing in upstate New York the past couple of weeks, soup, and especially hearty and filling soups have been on my mind. I finally settled on making my hearty bean soup when I saw a huge bag of great northern beans staring…
