The title of this recipe is misleading, it really should be peanut butter frosting and cake. I usually just use a box white cake mix and add shaved bittersweet chocolate to the batter -- there's your cake. The frosting is the star. When I was a kid I saw a hamburger cake in a [...]
Looking for a snack during the Thanksgiving week, I offered up the idea of some grilled cheese sandwiches. It was my Dad that asked for this version, which wouldn't have normally occurred to me. He'd seen some sandwich pepperoni and a bag of shredded mozzarella in the fridge earlier, and a new version of the [...]
Truth be told, there isn't much you can do to improve French Toast. This recipe is straight out of The Joy of Cooking, with a little more vanilla and cinnamon than they have in the ingredients. Best of all, it's something my husband can make (he'd admit that cooking in the kitchen is not in [...]
I always add short ribs to the mix when I make Sunday Gravy, but no one ever has any interest in them when they are next to meatballs. It was such a waste to not do something with these delicious tender chunks of beef. Soooo, lately I have been trimming the meat, mixing it [...]
This is my weekend go-to for breakfast. It's really just scrambled eggs with the addition of an entire zucchini for flavor. Add some sautéed onions and some fresh mozzarella and the result is what I consider an upgraded version of a breakfast staple.
After having a bowl of butternut squash soup at Panera I wanted to make my own version for next week's lunch. Prep time - 15 minutes / Cook time - 40 minutes 1 T. butter 1 small yellow onion, diced3 c. butternut squash, cubed1 c. chopped carrots (I used baby carrots [...]
What do you do when you have some bacon, cherry tomatoes and a few hungry people? This version of the classic B.L.T., that's what! Add a little processed cheese product (a.k.a. American cheese), and you get something that looks just like this and tastes even better.
The original recipe had two other kinds of meat and jarred sauce, so I modified it to use what I had on hand and more to my liking. Plus a new way to make chicken on a Tuesday night sounded appealing -- especially since my family always requests the same two dishes. Truth be [...]
This is one of my mom's specialties. She would make this as an appetizer for a party or sometimes in lieu of Christmas cookies she would deliver warm loaves of pepperoni bread. I changed the type of pepperoni to the sandwich version you get at the deli simply for ease, but it is basically [...]
Looking for an easy meal on a lazy Sunday I just threw some ingreidents in a bowl and mixed up this marinade. The orange juice and soy sauce are strong flavors that gives the chicken a good flavor and keeps it moist. The pineapple adds just the right amount of sweetness. If there had [...]
