Rice Pudding Comforting rice pudding–easy and quick if you have a rice cooker! Who doesn’t love old-fashioned rice pudding? It’s a timeless dessert, and seems to be served world over. My German mother-in-law called it milk rice. This was a staple in my house on a Friday night when I was growing up. My mother…
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Mushroom Asiago Chicken Top 10 For 2013 Favorite on Ziplist
Recipe Box Favorite One taste will tell you why this Mushroom Asiago Chicken was one of the top-10 recipes for 2013 on ZipList! It’s an easy gourmet meal that is on your table in less than 30 minutes. Click HERE to get the recipe! Follow The Midnight Baker Best Holiday Recipes & Food on Pinterest
Quick Banana Pudding
Quick Banana Pudding This quick banana pudding goes together in no time flat. Perfect for the holidays. Creamy, delicious and easy. Who couldn’t love this? Quick Banana Pudding I used banana instant pudding in this because I like the flavor–even though I don’t think it tastes much like REAL bananas, but I always have liked…
Maple Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
Maple Bacon Wrapped Shrimp Sweet with a kick from some hot sauce. This makes a great meal for 2 or an appetizer for a small party. Maple flavor bacon may be used, but omit the maple syrup under those circumstances and only use the hot sauce. One caveat about this substitution is it won’t brown…
Toasted Israeli CousCous with Mushrooms
Toasted Israeli Couscous with Mushrooms Assorted gourmet mushrooms are the secret to this taste treat–and of course, butter. I had this delicious dish out at the Paw’s Up resort last month when I went to cover a chef’s event that was held there. This was served at the Saturday night “happy hour” before dinner. It…
Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart
Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart Simple yet very tasty. Perfect and easy solution to garlic bread! All you need is a few pantry items like refrigerated biscuits. Smells great when baking too. Basil and oregano may be substituted for the Italian seasoning–1 tsp basil & 1 tsp oregano. Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart 3 packages (10-12 oz) refrigerated biscuits…
5 Ingredient Cheesecake Bars
5 Ingredient Cheesecake Bars Five ingredients. Five minutes to mix. Delicious too! I have to love anything that uses few ingredients and is easy to boot. These 5 Ingredient Cheesecake Bars really fill that bill. These are also items that most people have in their fridge or pantry already. In the southern USA, I believe…
Roast Pork with Herbed Roast Potatoes (BONUS POST)
Roast Pork with Herb Roasted Potatoes This is for everyone on my Facebook fan page who asked how I flavored my pork roast and the pan-roasted potatoes. You can always make herb roasted potatoes even without a roast. The drippings do give the potatoes some extra flavor, but you can roast them by themselves. Just…
Coconut Banana Spice Cake
A timeless classic. Improves with age. This is a cake I reworked ages ago out of an old Pillsbury book. Made it as directed but it had only a very faint banana flavor and it was pretty heavy on the cloves too. So I increased the banana, cut down the cloves, played with the…
Roasted Root Vegetables
Roasted Root Vegetables Nothing better! And a treat for fall. Roasted roots are a meal in themselves. Not much to be said here–just use whatever you like and go to town. As these veggies roast, they develop a wonderful caramelly sweetness. They are delectable. I served with roasted herbed pork chops. However, chicken or fish…












