November 3rd, 2010
I saw this recipe at myBakingAddiction who revised it from “Martha Stewart” and what did I do? I revised it some more!
pumpkin blondie
Pumpkin Blondies
Ingredients
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 sticks butter, room temperature
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 (15 ounce) can pure pumpkin puree
1 cups shaved white chocolate
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line bottom and sides of a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with parchment, leaving an overhang on all sides. Grease with nonstick cooking spray.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars on medium-high speed until smooth; beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Beat in pumpkin puree.
3. Add in the flour, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.
4. Mix until just combined. Fold in shaved chocolate.
5. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake until edges begin to pull away from sides of pan and a toothpick inserted in center comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely in pan.
Storage: Store the pumpkin blondies in a single layer inside an airtight container for up to three days.
adding in the white chocolate
pumpkin blondies in the pan
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November 2nd, 2010
Cream soup without whipping cream? Or milk? Or half and half?
Yes - surprise ingredient - YUMMY to the TUMMY
Panera Bread’s Creamy Potato Soup
6 cups chicken broth
6 cups diced potatoes
1/2 t seasoning salt
1/4 t pepper
1/8 t RED pepper
1 8 oz pkg of cream cheese softened
Toppings: bacon or onion
Combine broth, potatoes and spices and boil until the potatoes are done. You can cream a few of the potatoes to help thicken the soup. Add in the cream cheese and stir until melted.
Sprinkle some chopped up bacon or onion tops to the soup bowl.
panera Bread's Creamy Potato soup
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October 26th, 2010
I saw something similar to this ’somewhere’ the other day and decided to make my own version. This was breakfast on Sunday!
Simple and easy.
Brown some sausage patties. Peel and cut up an apple. Toss into the SAME pan with the sausage and cook until the apples are done.
apples and sausage cooking
Man oh man.
Makes me want to have time to cook breakfast every day!
apples sausage and eggs
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October 24th, 2010
I was inspired by the slow cooker black bean soup in the October edition of Cooking Club magazine and ended up with my own version.
Black Bean Soup
1 lb dried black beans, rinsed well
1 onions, chopped
1 bell pepper chopped
1 T minced garlic
1 large jalapeno pepper, minced (I used a pickled one.)
2 t cumin
1 1/2 t oregano
salt/pepper
8 oz tomato sauce
Soak the beans overnight just as you would any other dried bean.
In the morning, rinse the beans and place in a stockpot with 6 cups water, the veggies, 2 tsp cumin, 1.5 tsp oregano, 1 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp pepper. Stir well, cover, and cook on low for 4-5 hours, or until the beans are very tender.
Stir in the tomato sauce and cook until heated through.
black bean soup
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October 18th, 2010
I saw this recipe and thought I’d give it a go since Chili-man wanted to do some ‘meatless’ nights. I thought that this recipe looked super easy but I was totally surprised by how good it tasted!
Corn Cheese Chowder
Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
4 cups milk
2 (15 ounce) cans creamed corn
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Directions:
1. Using a saute pan over medium heat, saute onion in butter until tender.
2. Add flour and stir, it will form a paste like consistency.
3. Add milk and stir until thickened. Add corn, cheese and season with salt and pepper.
4. Heat through, until the cheese melts and then serve hot.
Corn Cheese Chowder
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October 15th, 2010
Mom had some little squashes she called UFO squash. Not really sure that’s the ‘real’ name but they did resemble little UFO’s in a way.
I sliced those up
UFO sliced
and pan fried them in just a little olive oil and some salt/pepper.
They turned out great too!
UFO squash cooked
I admit, I’ve always been a little ‘afraid’ of strange shaped squash, but NEVER again!
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October 14th, 2010
Nothing says south like fried okra.
This okra came straight of the folks garden.
I mixed up some corn meal, an egg, a little flour, and a dash of hot pepper and stirred the okra into in. Then straight into the frying pan.
fried okra
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October 13th, 2010
I’ve been SO bad. I’m sure you realize that we have eaten since I last posted… I’ve been SUPER busy!
I’ve started a NEW ecommerce store, Butt Ugly Sweaters! Yes, crazy name, but what else would you expect from me? AND it has a blog on it too! You must visit the Ugly Christmas Sweaters blog there!
AND my folks had an antique sale - had to get ready for that…….
So so busy!
In the meantime….. I found pasta on sale (big time) at Sams, so I decided to make some pasta salad for lunches. It’s real simple, cooked pasta (whatever shape) some relish, some mayo, and some ham…..
pasta salad
Quick
Easy
Good - what more could you ask for?
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September 23rd, 2010
UNBELIEVABLY GOOD!
Sour Cream Butter Beans
1 lb dried butter beans
water to cover
1/8 c butter
1/2 c brown sugar
1/4 c sorghum
2 T mustard
1/2 t salt
1 c sour cream
Soak the beans overnight. Next day drain and rinse and put into a crockpot with water to cover. Add in all the rest of the ingredients EXCEPT the sour cream.
Cook on low until done about 10 hours. (depends upon your crock pot)
Before serving stir in the sour cream.
sour-cream-butter-beans
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I used sorghum molasses from the
sorghum festival in Wewoka last year. If you’re near there this year (October 23) during sorghum season you must go get some fresh sorghum.
These beans turned out SO good that I’ll be making this recipe again using different beans. You’d think they’d turn out similar to baked beans but no! Just a hint of sweetness to them. DELISH!
Tags: sorghum, sorghum festival, sour cream butter beans, wewoka sorghum
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September 22nd, 2010
We drove over to Shawnee a week or so ago for a dinner out. (But that’s a different post.) After we ate we stopped in at the Firelake grocery store.
Grocery stores that aren’t ‘chain’ stores sometimes carry things you won’t find elsewhere. And that day was no exception.
We walked out, after spending $60 on things we couldn’t find in the city, including this bottle of Pappy’s concentrated sassafras tea.
sassafras
When I opened the bottle, I thought ‘creme soda’ and the taste wasn’t too far off for me. Chili-man loved it and it’s ‘kind’ of a convenience food. Couple tablespoons of the concentrated sassafras tea to a glass of ice water, and you’re done, instant sassafras tea.
It’s sassy. (Couldn’t resist!)
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