Mother Nature thought it best for us to not have power for a day and a half. I'm one of the lucky ones as there are still thousands upon thousands of people with out power. Unfortunately, I lost all the food in my frdige and freezer and can't restock yet as the local grocers around me were also without power and most are not getting shipments in till Monday. So if you don't see something new for awhile...that would be why. In the meantime, head on over to Running with Tweezers and be jealous of the fabulous cookbook and chocolate that I won for winning the souper challenge. While your there offer her your congratulations as she herself just won HHDD #*...the risotto challenge. In case you were wondering it was my Roasted Onion and Gorgonzola Soup that won. Also I updated my recipe index so that everything is nice and current. Hope everyone else is having much better weather than we are!!!! … [Read more...]
It’s the Holiday Season…
Well the holiday season is in full swing and so are the parties. And parties mean party food! If I had not been sicker than sick for onion day, this would have been my entry. But alas the forces of nature did not allow that and so I am presenting my dish to you now. I love this dish and bring it often to parties. This can be presented in two ways. One as an appetizer, where you would put a nice wedge on a plate along with some greens and some bread. Or two, the way I do it most often as a "spread" for crackers, bread and what not. The cheesecake itself is good but it is the onion pear jam/chutney(which ever you prefer) is what makes this special. So if you want to serve something a little unusual but tasty, put this out on your holiday buffet table. Blue Cheese Cheesecake with Onion Pear Jam 1 3/4 lbs softened cream cheese 8 oz shredded Asiago cheese 8 oz blue cheese, crumbled 5 large eggs 1/3 cup heavy cream 1/4 tsp white pepper Grease a 9-inch springform … [Read more...]
Not a Homewrecker…Are You???
I much prefer eating molasses crinkles to that of a gingerbread man. Many of the same flavors highlighted, yet none of the guilt associated with biting off the head of the gingerbread man and knowing that poor Mrs. Gingerbread man will have to explain to all the little ginger children why daddy isn't coming home. And then they will all have to go to therapy for years, go broke and get evicted from the gingerbread house, and I simply can't deal with the guilt of all that! But a crinkle, that's nothing. I can rip into those with the ease of knowing I'm not breaking up a family. :) A crinkle is such a homely cookie, often passed up by someone who has never had one. But to the person who passes on them from looks alone I say, serves you right. You are missing out on a spicy, old fashion, wonderful with tea cookie. This particular recipe comes from Cooks Illustrated and is for soft and chewy cookies. I like to bake them a tad longer than what it calls for because I like my molasses cookies … [Read more...]
Save a Peppermint Stick for Old Saint Nick…
The tree is up, the stockings are hung and cookies have been a baking. I'm official in the holiday mood, it just took a little longer this year is all. I turn once again to the beloved candy cane. In my previous life in Phoenix, when I was a school teacher, I actually grew quite sick of candy canes. Every year kids would give me Christmas cards and every year there would be a candy cane attached to it. When you teach junior high and you teach a little over 100 kids...that adds up to a lot of candy canes. But now that I have been out of teaching for a few years my love for peppermint candy canes has been growing back again...just like a lizards tail. I still can't put them on the tree...this year I think ours are jolly rancher flavored, but I have brought them back into my baking and into my hot chocolate(yum!). I was violently killing candy canes with a mallet for another idea that I had. It went bad and I had to do somehting else. My friend A, or my goat as I like to call her, has … [Read more...]
