This is a Taste of Home recipe so these are not my Grandma’s muffins but someone else’s grandma’s muffins. They were really tasty right out of the oven with butter! 2 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 cup milk 1/4 cup butter, melted 1/4 cup honey … Continue reading
I got this recipe in an email from Kraft Foods right around St Patrick’s Day. Not sure what makes it Irish Stew but it was good! 1 1/2 pounds boneless beef round steak, trimmed, cut into bite size pieces (I bought a package of stew meat and called it good) 2 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons … Continue reading
This recipe came to me in an email from Food Network, by Melissa d’Arabian. It is easy to make but time consuming however you can tell by the taste (which was excellent) that it was made from scratch and slowly. I read online that this actually isn’t truly Shepherd’s Pie because Shepherd’s Pie has lamb … Continue reading
Happy St Patrick’s Day! I am proud to have Irish ancestors who came to America during the Potato Famine so we had a big Irish feast here tonight in honor of those ancestors. I got this recipe from Bob’s mom who as far as I know is not Irish. 🙂 It is quick, easy, smells … Continue reading
This is a Barefoot Contessa (who is Ina Garten) recipe from the January/February 2010 issue of the Food Network Magazine. She made these easier to make than other scone recipes that I’ve tried, by making it so that you mix the dough entirely in a mixer. They are yummy! scones: 3 1/2 cups flour 1 … Continue reading
While googling Mardi Gras dinner ideas yesterday, I actually found 2 that I wanted to try on the Taste of Home’s website so even though Mardi Gras is over, I thought I’d make this for dinner tonight. Bob said he likes it better than last night’s and even Courtney ate this one because it had … Continue reading
You can’t be making Mardi Gras food and not make a King Cake! Here’s my attempt, it is delicious! (It looks like kind of a mess but I googled pictures of King Cakes and this is pretty much how they all look although some are a little nicer mess than mine.) The recipe came in … Continue reading
Happy Mardi Gras, food blog friends! Today being Mardi Gras and all, I thought I’d make the fam a Mardi Gras dinner tonight. This is a Taste of Home recipe that I found on their website after googling “Mardi Gras dinners”. It was really good, Bob and Zach in particular really liked it but Courtney … Continue reading
Knowing that Zach and Courtney love Dairy Queen Frozen Hot Chocolates, my mom sent this recipe to me that she found in a magazine so we could try them at home. They were pretty good! 1/2 cup chocolate syrup 1 cup fat free evaporated milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 3 cups ice cubes garnish: reduced fat … Continue reading
These were my contribution to the silent auction for the youth fundraiser. I made 2 trays of corn on the cob cupcakes. They were not difficult to make but the assembly took a little time. Both the cupcake recipe and the decorating instructions come from the “Hello, Cupcake!” cookbook by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson. … Continue reading
