Valentine Truffles ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~Cut chocolate into small pieces with a serrated knife.Attending carefully so not to over-boil, heat 3/4 cup heavy cream; whisk over 8-ounces bittersweet chocolate and 8-ounces semi-sweet chocolate in a large bowl. Stir in 1/4 cup finely chopped hazelnuts, 1 teaspoon Madagascar vanilla along with 1 tablespoon Kahlua into … [Read more...]
Sugar Baked Pears
It is sweet-- sweet to whip something up in a jiffy; even something so healthy that can still be caramalized into a dessert for icecream. It's not overfilling, not too much for the tum-tum, as long as you don't overdo it on the servings of icecream scooped up into a cup.Sugar Baked Pears ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~2 pears cut in two, pitted with stems … [Read more...]
Lavern’s Tomato-Bacon Gravy w/Savory Biscuits
They could be clouds... but they're drop biscuits. They aren't made for honey but they'll do fine with butter in the middle as soon as they are hot from the oven, on the table. They were baked for a southern gravy, and it's this skillet of red that I craved when I was pregnant with my oldest. I could not get enough of this gravy that a lady who … [Read more...]
Stuffed Pablano Peppers
Cholesterol City. It's fit for a man, a b i g man's appetite. Have this once a year, if you must; with a beer. And wouldn't you know, I got this from a man-- my husband. Then I had to go and tweak it a bit 'cause that's what we women do. We just can't leave the curtains alone. We think we have to redecorate, redo the walls--repaint, change … [Read more...]
Peanut Butter-Tomato Soup
It's not a soup you would consider trying; does not taste the way you would imagine it prior to that first slurp on your spoon, out of slight curiosity. I had tomato sauce left over from the barbecue ribs that I made the other day, so I let it be the base for this; typically, I would cook a good tomato sauce of my own for the foundation of this soup. But I like the … [Read more...]
Oven-Roasted Ribs with BBQ Sauce
It's pretty for a picture, not just something good to eat that men love. Don't have to be flowers delivered. Still has a bit of an outdoor-grilled smokey flavor on these ribs, done in the kitchen so you don't have to go outside to fire up the grill with the snow on the ground.Just make sure that you purchase good racks of ribs with a lot of meat on them, for … [Read more...]
Spicy-Sweet Chicken Wings
Very good. Everything about this calls for an encore. Clap your hands.I ran out of hoisin sauce-- what to do in a small town that knows nothing of hoisin sauce on it's store shelves;but my husband came home with a surprise for me in a brown paper bag, inside a small tub-- hoisin sauce. He went to our local China King and purchased it from them!-- Paid $2 … [Read more...]
Black-Bottom Pie
Kind words... sweet words..."When can I go in the kitchen?""Not yet, Dear. You're doing great." How often/how many times do we want them to stay out of the kitchen, out of our hair? Is it true that the bathroom is a man's office and the kitchen is the woman's total room to vent, pull out pans to slam, turn on the fan and let it blow? Sure... … [Read more...]
A Girl’s Guide ~ Fruit Pizza
She's got style, charisma. She knows exactly what she wants, needs, just where she's going. She'll upturn streetcars by the look of her brow; red locks flowing in air-- She's a looker. Slow down. Stop on brakes, get out of her way, 'cause there's no time to waste. Get on board, step over rail, fly out tomorrow-- be with her if you know what I … [Read more...]
