YUM! Don’t remember where the recipe came from though! 🙂 1/3 cup flaked coconut 1/4 cup chopped nuts (I used walnuts of course) 1/4 cup sugar 3 tablespoons butter, melted and divided 2 cups Bisquick 1/4 cup sugar 2/3 cup water or milk (I used milk) 1 egg 1/3 cup chocolate chips, melted Heat oven … Continue reading
This recipe comes from the September 2010 issue of the Food Network Magazine and yes, it is Joe Biden’s recipe but whatever your politics, this pasta is delicious! 🙂 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 1 shallot, minced 1 small clove garlic, minced (I pressed mine of course!) kosher salt … Continue reading
I found this recipe on a can of S & W Ready Cut Diced Tomatoes and it looked like something my family would like. I used mild salsa but it was still a little spicey so Bob and Zach loved it, Cort hasn’t tried it yet, I tried it and liked it but it was … Continue reading
This recipe comes from the April 2011 edition of the Food Network Magazine. It was the winner of one of their secret ingredient recipe contests where the secret ingredient was marshmallows. A lady named Paula Marchesi from Lenhartsville, PA won with this recipe which she said she created to please all 5 of her sons. … Continue reading
Courtney and I are on the lookout for opportunities to practice our fondant cake decorating skills so when my friend LaRobyn told me about the birthday party she was throwing for her daughter Bailey, Cort and I asked if we could make a cake for the party. We asked what she wanted and her only … Continue reading
These gooey, chocolately, yummy cookies come from Wendy Paul’s “101 Gourmet Cookies for Everyone” cookbook. This is the base recipe and then there are 5 variations which I plan on getting to some time in the future and when I do, I’ll be sure and post them. 1/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 … Continue reading
This recipe comes from the April 2011 edition of the Food Network magazine. Yummy! salt 12 ounces fusilli or other corkscrew pasta 1/2 pound sugar snap peas, halved lengthwise, or broccoli florets (or a combination of both) (I used both) 2 carrots, shredded (I cut them into thin strips) 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into … Continue reading
My niece Heidi and her husband Mark came to stay with us this weekend. Heidi, along with my daughter Courtney, loves my coffee cake so I thought I would make a new one for them this weekend. This is similar to the other coffee cake that they love but is a different shape and the … Continue reading
I pulled this recipe out of a magazine but can’t remember which one (again). It smelled delicious while it was cooking. This is a good recipe to throw together for dinner since you probably already have all the ingredients in your pantry like I did. 1 tablespoon olive oil 4 garlic cloves, minced (I only … Continue reading
Today is my daughter Courtney’s 19th birthday and so she and I decided to attempt a full size fondant cake. It actually came out pretty good! I found the recipe for the cake underneath the fondant on a great website called cakecentral.com. This is the recipe they suggested for using under fondant. It comes from … Continue reading
