I was surprised at how fast this concoction turned brown. I added about 1 C vodka and two and 1/2 split old vanilla beans in a jar on Tuesday. Thursday it is turning dark and looking great. Why didn’t I know that making vanilla extract was so easy???
I had the most pleasant birthday at a fish camp up on Puget Sound. Lovely cabin, nice quilts, cozy, wonderful place for viewing wildlife…grey whales, Doll porpoises, seals, sea lions, otters, bald eagles, great horned owls!!! What a birthday!!!
I made all my favourites to take and eat and have a grand old time. Walking [...]
THE BISCUIT IS BACK!!! GLORY! GLORY! GLORY! Now, we’ll get the lowdown on the painting, the college intrigue, partying, the garden, mowing, and the gardener/carpenter/roofer/general handyman…..hummm? Oh, yeah, I’ve been involved in that IRS thingy……
Missed you, my dear.
And I have a wheat thing to post ….
SPICY CHEESE SHORTBREAD
When I was young, my Mother would buy raisin nut bread on very, very special occasions. I loved a toasted slice buttered with a plate of my Mother’s soft scrambled eggs. What a way to start the day, and it was more special because it was so rare. This recipe is a very good quick [...]
Yep, that’s an empty bowl. The soup was so good I didn’t get a chance to photograph it! But, I can tell you how easy it is to make. AND the umami flavor hits you on all your senses. You only need 5 or 6 ingredients and 5-10 minutes and you have a great [...]
Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted anything, I was under the weather. Glad to be back with y’all! This is a really pleasing and very easy soup to make for a cold winter day. An immersion blender and a heavy soup pot are what you need. You can see that I have a [...]
Adapted from The Noble Pig
White cheddar cheese soup is a real treat and is really easy to make. When we lived in Austin, the Driskill Hotel was the acknowledged leader in the cheese soup competition. The Upper Crust bakery also had a contender. I couldn’t find either of their recipes, so I [...]
Finding a good commercial enchilada sauce is really difficult. Even the Hatch brand is tepid at best. So, we decided to make our own green enchilada sauce, and it turned out to be really good, not only as a sauce, but also as a salsa. The consistency is chunky, unlike the commercial [...]
This recipe has developed over the years, and it it really easy to make. I first found a version of it in a Prevention magazine; very, very plain-kidney beans and no greens, ick! They did not know SW cuisine, so sad. So, I had to take it up several notches. Eat it with Mexican, TEX-MEX [...]
I guess I am on a ‘grain’ kick lately because everything I make for dinner has pasta or rice in it! Frugality rules! This dish is especially nice to take to a gathering. It is easy to make and easy to eat and tastes really good! You can make it in stages and add some [...]