Cheddar Cheese Soup
For the last few weeks, when the Texas weather cycles between pleasant to bone chilling cold, I have been craving bowls of steamy hot soup. Let me begin by saying I have never been much of a soup person. It isn’t that I dislike soup, or that I think badly of soup, but when it comes to meals I am attracted to more substantial fare. However, this year I have been making, and greedily eating, soups for the first time since I...
Turkey Burgers
So, I am not feeling the holiday spirit this year, for some reason. Maybe it is the elections, maybe it is the economy or the tax-payer bail-outs, or maybe it is the alignment of the stars. Whatever the reason I have gotten lazy on my Christmas baking. If I wait too much longer I will find myself in a full on panic. To be fair, my freezer is full to the brim and there is really no room for more cookies, but I could clean it out if...
Leftover Turkey 101 – Turkey Chili
Last night I made a pot of chili, but rather than use ground steak I used chopped turkey breast. Aside from being a lot better for you, and from being a clever way of using up more of the turkey meat from Thanksgiving, it was DARN tasty. You really don’t miss the beef, and using beef broth helps punch up the meat flavor. This is a Texas Red chili, meaning it is a bean free chili. Beans, to me, ruin chili unless it is a meat...
Post Turkey Day Wrap-Up
I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving, if you celebrate it. I took some time off so I would not lose my mind. The two days prior to Turkey Day I spent making all my make aheadable side dishes. I marinated and wrapped the green beans in bacon, I made the sweet potatoes, baked the cheesecake, made croissant dough, baked Pecan and Pumpkin pies, and whipped cream cheese with herbs. The day of I woke at 6am. After letting the dogs...
Thanksgiving Countdown – Cornbread Stuffing!!
My grandmother is going to be 89 tomorrow. I know, 89!! She told me, when I asked what she wanted me to bake for her special day, to just make whatever. "Great," I said and smiled, but inside I was frozen. What was I going to make???? She has no idea what leaving this choice up to me has done. You see, I am a planner. Some would call it OCD, but I prefer to call it in control and in...
Oh, bring it on Thanksgiving!
I will admit this to you, dear cyber readers. For the last few months I have been a TOTAL baking slacker. Cooking slacker also. Really? Oh, yes. But, the impending holidays have reignited my desire to bake and fiddle around in the kitchen. Well, that and a trip to Ireland. Yes, Ireland the country. I am addicted to back bacon and smoked salmon now. I also got Nigella’s new Christmas cookbook while there. 🙂 (Did anyone...
