When you need a quick dessert for a summer dinner, try this one using a homemade or store bought pound cake and a jar of homemade or store bought raspberry jam. Start with a puddle of chocolate raspberry sauce, place the pound cake in the puddle, imbibe it with Amaretto liqueur, add a nice big scoop of chocolate pudding made ...
Spring is here and it won’t be long before the Farmers Markets and roadside markets are brimming with veggies. Take the advantage of lower prices by buying in large quantities. This vegetable soup is the base for lots of winter soups. Just open a jar, add meat, beans, pasta, or rice for those one dish ...
On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is the hottest, habanero chilies have got to be a 9. They are firey and make some of the best hot sauce and pickles. Habaneros come in green, orange, and red depending upon their ripeness. Bottles with multi-colored chilies make attractive gifts for chili lovers and they ...
Don’t you just love the artisan breads available now? My favorites are black olive ciabatta and breads made with cheese and herbs. You can turn any basic pizza dough into a crusty loaf with herbs, olives, roasted cherry tomatoes, and cheese. This recipe is my master Italian dough and it makes a terrific roll for muffalatta, sliced and toasted for bruschetta, and ...
My Dad made pancakes, bacon and eggs every Sunday morning after church. He always saved some grease from the bacon to add to the pancake batter and he always whipped the egg whites. Dad’s pancakes were bar-none the lightest and fluffiest pancakes I have ever tasted to this day…well with the exception of my own. This recipe ...