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 must keep myself focused. It’s hard, that’s for sure, but I am up against a deadline, and I […]

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, so I felt the need to tweak. I think I’m happy with the results. I think there are […]

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 went with a Chinese theme. Chinese food is not my forte’, but I do make a good egg […]

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, can be contributed to the consultant who was very laid back and low-pressure. I also had people come […]

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 doesn’t care for skin or coating on her chicken. So of course, that was welcome for dinner. My […]

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 frozen ones, but have not found them before today. So it’s a happy day here! On tap tonight […]

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 it was a definite repeater- which is about the highest marks you can get at my house. We […]

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, but he seems to think I can come up with some new ways to make rice that I […]

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 pheasant. But never one to shy away from a challenge, I set the little buggers to thaw overnight. […]

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 Birdie at our local High School. And while it is fun, it is terribly time consuming. I truly […]

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 it in a savory sense. Pumpkin was for pie and muffins- not ravioli and enchilada sauce. As it […]

Tonight was the first experiment with the leek. I thought it would be best to try the leek as a more straight up type of vegetable, and I was not disappointed! After looking at several recipes for leeks, I decided to combine a couple that I found on www.recipezaar. com. […]