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Sweet Potato Soup
A look can be deceiving; it's not carrot soup. It is pleasure feeding your family the best there is, that you know is good for them, healthy and complete. They need this to live. There are finer things in life, but this way of cooking is high on the list of the finest that life brings. It cannot go unappreciated. In its own season, it is … [Read more...]
Flat Roast Chicken
Simple - Easy - Fast -- FantasticYou don't have to bother getting a meal on the table in a fancy way with a lot of trouble. And you don't have to sacrifice taste, the flavor of taste with quality. But don't try to do this in anything but a well-seasoned black cast-iron skillet; much credit is owed to this skillet that does wonders. It's been so worth it, … [Read more...]
Fried Sweet Potatoes w/Onions & Russets
Let it be Fall. Welcome the season with foods of Fall, cool winds, colored leaves, harvest moon, treats to bake, decorations to make. It's Halloween 'round the corner. And it's Fall. If you're like me, you have to begin the process early. Our house in town is known as, "the Halloween House." It's on the corner and I usually … [Read more...]
Halloween Kitchen Decor
Puerto Rican Bread Pudding ~ Coconut Cornbread Pudding
This is suitable for leftover cornbread the next day, when no one wants to eat it, day-old cornbread. Since stumbling upon this idea that I found in a magazine, and since I adore bread puddings, I think this will be my pick for Fall; at Christmas, my bread pudding choice will be wonderful French bread with chocolate along with the dark rum; for Spring, … [Read more...]
Roasted Vegetables
Choose any kind. Not only are they good for you, but they can taste good. Introduce them to your children early. There is no right or wrong to this; be careful not to over-cook them when roasting. Vegetables in this photo are acorn squash, fingerling potatoes, celery, carrots, zucchini, pearl onions, scallions, button … [Read more...]
Sesame Chicken Wings
I made this twice in a row. I fried my chicken. Husband said I fried his chicken when grumbling at him earlier in the afternoon-- oops. Marital bliss comes in many colors; what can I say to that? Smile, folks, it's perfectly natural, like chicken is meant to be fried-- or baked. Admittedly, I baked it. Fool you?! Okay, swell. … [Read more...]
Smore Fried Sandwich
This is Drew's-- His label. He's got it in him already; wants to create his own recipes... ha-ha--lol. I have to hand it to him-- at least he's busily at work if not studying, running trains and running all over the dang place... I can't complain, only when something is not just right in his book to cook or bake with... or if a train breaks-- and if that … [Read more...]
Stove Top Icecream
Say you don't have an icecream maker. This is an old-fashioned way of making it, and it will take you what seems forever to make. You might weary of stirring, having to constantly stir to prevent lumps, and to get it thickened to custard material on low heat. But patience is a virture, and you might be glad for your patience. I put coconut and a vanilla … [Read more...]