recipes
Thanksgiving for a Tiny Crowd
If you’re reading this, you’re either a regular visitor of my blog or Google sent you here to learn how to cook a turkey. You’re in the right place — read on.
The local grocery stores were having huge sales on leftover turkey. Food Lion was selling turkey breasts for 75% off, so I picked up [...]
Double-Layer Pumpkin Pie
I really don’t like pumpkin pie, but somehow I became famous for this one among my husband’s family. It really is an easy dessert to make. The only real “gotcha” is in spreading the pumpkin layer. If you want two definate layers, make sure the cream cheese layer is cold and has set before [...]
Buffalo Wings
5 pounds chicken wings
1 bottle Frank’s Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce
2 quarts peanut oil, for frying
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cornstarch
4 stalks celery, cut into thin sticks
2 large carrots, peeled and cut into thin sticks
Blue Cheese Dressing
1. Remove wingtips and separate remaining wings into two pieces each.
2. Heat oven [...]
Blue Cheese Dressing
5 ounces crumbled blue cheese
6 tablespoons buttermilk
6 tablespoons sour cream
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
4 teaspoons rice wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
ground black pepper, to taste
1. Mash blue cheese and buttermilk in small bowl with fork until mixture resembles cottage cheese with small curds. Stir in sour cream, mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, and garlic salt. Season to [...]
Flourless Chocolate Cake
This is a wonderful (and very fudgy) cake. I use Green & Blacks chocolate bars, but you can use any bar that’s at least 70% cocao. Serve warm with whipped cream and berries.
Ingredients
3 bars Green & Blacks 70% Cocao chocolate bars
12 tablespoons butter
1 cup superfine sugar (put granulated sugar in the food processor; superfine sugar [...]
Steak with Mushrooms & Onions in Wine Sauce
A really easy but classy way to serve steaks.
While your steaks are cooking (however you happen to like them), saute equal amounts of mushrooms and sliced onions in 2 tablespoons of olive oil. When the onions have softened, add 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce and 1/2 cup of Marsala or Port wine. Keep cooking until [...]
In-Law Chicken
This recipe is based on the original “Enagement Chicken” from Glamour magazine. After finding nothing particularly remarkable about it, I modified it slightly into a simple but elegant recipe that will make even the most timid cook look like a pro! The lemony flavored pan juices make an out-of-this-world gravy.
1 whole Chicken, approximately 4 pounds
1 [...]
