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Erika
Random Thoughts Today
Sorry, no excitement in the kitchen today or yesterday, and most likely not tomorrow either. I am on a roll with my sewing projects and in order to maintaint my pace, I...
Chicken with artichokes
Tonight’s turn in the kitchen took me to a recipe posted on The Savory Notebook. Alysha made this a week or two back, and it intrigued me. She said it needed tweaking,...
Sorry for the slacking!!
It seems I sort of took the weekend off. I didn’t actually mean to, so sorry baout that. I’ve been a little busy. Well, last night for our weekly Company Dinner we...
Chocolate fun!
Last night was very fun. Of course, how can chocolate ever NOT be fun. 😉 While I don’t always find Pampered Chef parties fun, this one was. Part of that, I’m sure,...
This one…not so good.
Dinner went as planned tonight. Whew. One of our favorite standbys is CL’s Honey Pecan Crusted Chicken. It is very simple and very good. Even Abigail gobbles it up, and she usually...
I’m so excited!!
I found frozen artichoke hearts today!!!! I LOVE artichokes, but really do not like the hassle of preparing one fresh, so I always use canned artichokes. I have been searching for the...
Well, this was out of my comfort zone!
Tonight’s contribution to the rice challenge was Wild Rice Cakes with Bacon. This is a Cooking Light recipe, and it more than surprised me. Not only was it good, but Andy thought...
Iron Chef….Rice???
Well all right, per Andy’s request this week’s challenge is going to be the most undramatic rice. He didn’t specify, so I guess I can use any kind of rice I want,...
A slice of Heaven, and a real challenge today!
I have to start with the challenge of the day. Yesterday I was presented with 3 pheasant to make for company dinner tonight. Um, yeah. Like I know what to do with...
A cozy night at home
I do apologize from my lack of posting this week. I have both been busy and under the weather. I’ve been spending a lot of time working on costumes for Bye Bye...
This one’s for Mom Waz…
Mom was curious as to why I was doing an ingredient challenge. It started with that bunch of pumpkin last weekend. I’ve always been afraid of pumpkin- especially when I thought of...