Recipe chilled Spanish Gazpacho Soup by request. 4 tomatoes, peeled without seeds plus one tomato for decoration 1 cucumber, peeled and cut 1 onion chopped 1 green pepper chopped 1 piece of garlic chopped 2 cups beef broth 1 and a half cups tomato juice 1/4 cup olive oil 1/4 Read more…
Sunday morning treat. Home made biscuits. I was running low on butter so I made some fresh butter. Here is the recipe: 2 cups of heavy cream 1/4 teaspoon of salt Mix in food processor for 10 minutes. Done!
Olive oil heated in your favorite pan. Add fresh broccoli , chicken cut to bite-sizes, thyme, oregano and garlic. Add, cut in pieces one small nuked potato. Stir for a couple of minutes until cooked. Add three or four tablespoons of home made Alfredo Sauce. Allow the sauce to melt Read more…
The current joke is that we should wear a mask when we leave our homes and also wear one indoors, so we stop eating. Guilty as charged. I love to cook and love to eat but demand from myself that I remain within the term skinny. Every outing has demanded Read more…
Heat some Sesame oil in your favorite pan. Add chopped broccoli, onion, ginger, orange peel, cabbage and a magic sprinkle of garlic and black pepper. Move around until warm and starting to cook. Add morsel sized chicken and complete the cooking. Add some sesame seed, if you have any. Healthy, Read more…
Do not toss out your overripe banana! Mix your pancake batter, as usual. On a separate plate, mash, using a fork, one or two overripe bananas. Lumpy is good. They create small bursts of flavor. Add the mashed banana’s to your pancake mix. Allow to sit for a couple of Read more…
I use Aunt Jemima Complete Buttermilk Pancake Mix. Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter, softened 3 cups buttermilk mix 1 egg, raw 1/2 cup water Extra flour for mixing surface Extra melted butter to coat prior to entering oven Procedure: Mix all the ingredients, except those listed under “extra” Dump on floured Read more…
Day number one million? of pandemic lock down. No complaints, we have it better than most people and pets, so comfort food it is. French toast and a couple of slices of crisp bacon. Recipe: beat two eggs, one tablespoon of sugar ( my mom uses 2, you decide), two Read more…
This little recipe is a gem. Never again eat jar bought Alfredo Sauce which is loaded with trans fat and make-believe food. This recipe is quick, delicious and great to serve company. Ingredients: 1/2 cup ( 1 stick) butter ( do not attempt to use margerine) 1 and 1/2 cup Read more…
Boil your pasta. In this case 12 minutes. In the mean time heat a couple of tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Add chopped onion, a full tablespoon of dried parsley, another of oregano, a handful of Mandarin or regular orange skins, a large sprinkle of garlic. Watch that the Read more…
French Toast: whole grain bread dipped in Pancake Mix. About a year ago a friend mentioned that she and her husband were low on Pancake Mix and decided to mix what they had and dip bread in it. She said that the outcome was delicious. Well, I keep these little Read more…
Salmon Patties Per Moi: One can of red Salmon. Drain and take the out bone, Toss in bowl and flake with fork. Separately, beat two eggs and add to the flaky salmon. Mix. Add breadcrumbs until the mix holds pattie shape, about half a cup. Heat 1.4 inch oil. Fry Read more…
Day 17 of Lockdown. It’s Sunday. For me, all days are happy days. But Sunday is Sunday, you can drink wine before noon. I ran out the first week after my lockdown. So here, for breakfast, I indulged myself with: Home Made Whipped Cream: 1 cup heavy cream, 1 teaspoon Read more…
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon olive oil / 2 garlic cloves, minced, / 1 can ( 14.5 ounces ) no salt added diced tomatoes, undrained / 3 cans (14.5 ounces each ) vegetable broth / 2 teaspoons Italian Seasoning / 1 package ( 9 ounces refrigerated cheese tortellini / 4 cups fresh Read more…
Menu: Garlic and butter mashed potato. Rotisserie chicken, Fresh spinach salad, Home made vinaigrette. What to do? Microwave the potato about 5 minutes. Mash it or put it through a ricer, if you have one. Add butter, powdered garlic or fresh, salt and pepper. Mix, It’s ready. The chicken is Read more…
The British tradition of High Tea began in the mid 1700’s as an afternoon meal usually served between 3 and 4 o’clock. Initially, it was a meal for working men, taken standing up or sitting on tall stools, thus ‘high’. Tea with cakes, scones, even cheese on toast would have Read more…
The Papaya tree is growing in the wrong place!!! Inside the aviary. I cut it down and it grew like mad. So, who am I to argue with a tree that wants to feed me. So there it is, growing through the ceiling of the aviary. Maybe the Macaws would Read more…
Banana Bread: 2 cups flour / 1 cup sugar / 1/2 cup shortening / 3 very ripe mashed bananas / 1/2 cup walnuts / 2 eggs / 1 tablespoon baking powder melted in drops of hot water. / Mix / Bake at 350 degrees during 45 minutes. Enjoy!
Chocolate Whipped Cream: 1 cup heavy cream / 1 teaspoon vanilla / 2 and 1/2 tablespoons white sugar / 2 and 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa. Kitchen aid for 3 minutes. You’ll never imagine how wonderful this is. Enjoy!
Making Heavy Cream: Mix: 3/4 cup milk / 1/4 cup melted butter! Please note that this will not whip, just replace your need for liquid heavy cream. Enjoy!