recipes
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 [...]
Raceday Nachos
The perfect snack for any race … or game:
1 bag round tortilla chips
1 pound ground beef
1 cup water
1 packet taco seasoning
1 cup medium taco sauce
1 cup chopped green onions
2 large tomatoes
1/2 cup sour cream
1 jar queso dip
1/2 cup jalapeno peppers (from a jar — not fresh!)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Brown the ground beef and drain [...]
Grilled Banana Splits
The perfect easy and tasty dessert to end your cookout.
4 large firm-ripe bananas, skins washed with detergent to remove any residue
1 bar (4 oz) milk chocolate, broken into small pieces
⅓ tablespoon cinnamon
1 pint ice cream
1 cup heavy whipping cream, lightly sweetened to taste and whipped
¼ cup chopped toasted walnuts
3 maraschino cherries
Prepare a gas or charcoal [...]
Fried Oysters (and Breading 101)
Around here, fried oyster dinners are aplenty. Firehouses and churches sponsor them in the months with an “r” in them. John and I used to attend them regularly with his parents. But mom and dad have moved to Delaware, and we don’t feel like waiting in line for over an hour for [...]
Four Down, Sixty-Three to Go
John installed the ceiling fan in the sitting room today. It went off without a hitch for once. While going over the instructions for the wireless wall switch, he realized that it used an unusual battery size that we didn’t have on hand, so we were going to end up running [...]
