Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
If you have been following me on Tiwtter then you know that I recently had some minor oral surgery. For three to five days after I was to be on a soft food diet. I know, how depressing. Well, I decided to be proactive and make some flavorful and hearty soups before I went in so my soft food experience would not be so dull, bland, and boring. No offense, but there was no way I was going to live off Campbell’s Soup and pudding...
Queso Blanco
There are certain foods that I crave and am completely unable to resist. One of those foods is queso blanco. This creamy cheese dip is finding its way on to the menus of Tex-Mex restaurants next to the traditional orange chili con queso. It is made with a variety of white cheeses and spices depending on where you buy it. Of course, I decided to try making my own queso blanco, but most of the recipes I found resulted in...
Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin Roast
I love pork products, and I love finding new ways to cook with this most versatile ingredient. I am not a big fan of pork roast, however. Most of the pork roast I have had has been dry, tough, and flavorless. Even with elaborate stuffing, injections, and coatings I have found most pork roast to be boring. It is sad because most people I know love pork roast, including my husband. Ever the culinary adventurer, I decided to buy a...
Five Spice Roasted Chicken Thighs with Peanut Rice Noodles
I don’t pretend to be an expert on Asian cooking. Far from it. However, I know what I like, and I know what tastes good, and this chicken and noodle dish certainly does taste good! The chicken and the noodles could stand alone as separate dishes, but I adore the spiced chicken with the peanut noodles. The noodles are important. Certainly you could substitute whatever you have available, but the rice vermicelli has two...
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
It is a wonderful thing to have a good, trusty cookie recipe. It’s good because a trusty recipe can be changed, added to, and amended to create all kinds of different cookies. I have a lot of recipes that are what I consider ‘base’ recipes. They are fine on their own, but add a little of this and a little of that and you have a whole new dish that you can add to your rotation. The ‘base’ recipe for...
Cinnamon Roll Bread
Is there anything more comforting than the smell of warm cinnamon rolls? If there is, I can’t think of it right now. While I love the traditional cinnamon roll, and believe me I do, I thought it would be fun to take my cinnamon roll dough and make it into a swirled loaf. I tried that very thing with my regular recipe and it was a disaster. The buttery filling left the bread wet and the eggs and fat in the dough left the...
