I rarely make jambalaya on my own. Generally, I wouldn’t say I like overly spicy foods, and creole food is hot and spicy. Jambalaya with Shrimp and Ham, this week’s recipe, was delicious. Even though I’m not sure how close it is to an authentic jambalaya, we both liked it, and I’ll make it again.… Continue reading Jambalaya with Chicken Sausage and Shrimp
Ice cream with Honey and Apricots
I present to you Apricot Honey Ice Cream. I enjoyed this treat. I want to thank Jenny from the Basic Interior for selecting this recipe for this week. Due to rotten peaches, I used apricots instead of peaches. Having to throw away your main ingredient when you go to make something is always nice. I… Continue reading Ice cream with Honey and Apricots
Recipe for Chunky Chewy Blondies
Did you know? I’m not a fan of blondies. I don’t understand why. Is that odd? I don’t mind them, but I could do without a blondie. My favorite brownies, however, are their chocolatey cousins. I made these blondies on a whim a few weekends ago. My husband had asked for them, and I was… Continue reading Recipe for Chunky Chewy Blondies
Recipe for Low Fat Chocolate Pudding
This week’s recipe was chosen by another blogger friend and is Double Chocolate Pudding Pie. Since I haven’t yet made this week’s dessert, I was thrilled when she picked it. Yesterday morning, before I left for work, I managed to make a pudding even though I didn’t have time to make a pie. Due to… Continue reading Recipe for Low Fat Chocolate Pudding
BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches with Cole Slaw
It wasn’t until a few years ago that I discovered real barbecue. On my first trip to North Carolina’s Outer Banks, I had my first true pork barbecue sandwich. In all honesty, I wasn’t that impressed. The sauce was ridiculously vinegary. BBQ sauce should be sweet and tangy, but whatever I had was too sweet… Continue reading BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches with Cole Slaw
A Parisian Style Puff Pastry
Bacon and puff pastry share a lot in common. Adding bacon or puff pastry to the cloth of whatever you are making will automatically make it ten times better. Fact, not opinion. 😛 The flaky, buttery goodness of this tart cannot be overstated. Apples, butter, brown sugar, puff pastry (I added some cinnamon at the… Continue reading A Parisian Style Puff Pastry
Dark Chocolate Coffee Ice Cream
My post about this ice cream has been put off because I just don’t know what to say about it. After all, it was ice cream. It is long gone from the freezer, so I can’t taste it again for inspiration. My memory of the ice cream was that it was just okay, nothing extraordinary.… Continue reading Dark Chocolate Coffee Ice Cream
A New Staple Dish
I’m done with you, Cream of Wheat. Beautiful Farina Boy with hair I want to wrestle; I am leaving you for another. Get out of my life, creepy Quaker Oat Guy. Steel-cut oats are my favorite now. Simply put, steel-cut oats are the top-notch, first-class, blue-chip boss of the crop. I have been reading a… Continue reading A New Staple Dish
A Refreshing Gazpacho with Grapes
We are not really a gazpacho eating household. I think both of us just don’t really care for cold soup. In addition, most gazpacho’s are tomato based and we do not like tomatoes when they are uncooked and so tomatoey. However, this week’s recipe is a white (or really, green) gazpacho. This is definitely not… Continue reading A Refreshing Gazpacho with Grapes
Cinnamon Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting
Okay, these were pretty delicious. Moist cinnamon cake, a surprise swirl of chocolate and cinnamon sugar in the middle, and chocolate ganache frosting to top it off. How could it be bad? The answer is, it can’t be bad. The original recipe was for a whole cake. However, in a effort to save some money… Continue reading Cinnamon Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting