Eggplant Parm Lasagna ~~ adapted from Easy Italian ~For the marinara sauce, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil to cook until tender-- 2 small chopped onions. After 10 to 12 minutes, stir in 4 crushed garlic cloves and 4 tablespoons tomato paste. Cook for 1 minute. Stir in 2 28-ounce cans whole Italian plum tomatoes, juice included. Add 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 … [Read more...]
Fall Chocolate Bark
Fall Chocolate Bark ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~Choose this, 3.5 ounces...Take this, same weight, but chili flavored... and 12 ounces milk chocolate. Have ready to melt together, combining well.Use cherry-flavored smoked bacon-- a must, you won't regret it. Fry it. Drain it. Crumble it.Like a double-boiler effect, bring just a little water to a boil … [Read more...]
General Tso’s Chicken
General Tso's Chicken ~~ adapted from Appetite for China ~"General Tso's Chicken became popular in America via some enterprisingly Taiwanese chefs who opened Hunan restaurants in New York in the 1970s. Hunan cuisine is traditionally very spicy, full of smoky chilis and pickled vegetables. But to appeal to American diners, the chefs started deep-frying, and … [Read more...]
Can’t Save You – Dan Haseltine
Homesick Texan Mac & Cheese
Pablano Macaroni & Cheese ~~ adapted from Homesick Texan ~I was out of pablano peppers so I substituted-- blackened in a broiler 1 large red bell pepper, 1 banana pepper, and 1 jalapeno-- It doesn't take long to blacken, especially the jalapeno pepper-- be careful not to get it too done on the outside that it cooks all the way through, eliminating the interior … [Read more...]
Cat on a Hotpoint
She jumped so high, landed on the top of my vintage Hotpoint. She's a stinker! Her name is Tigger, and she demands the spotlight! … [Read more...]
Sausage Horseradish Potatoes
Sausage Horseradish Potatoes ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~2 pounds potatoes, gold and red-skin--yellow, red bell peppers with white onion--Dice 3 serrano peppers; sprinkle in red pepper flakes. Add pimientos and chopped apple-flavored bacon.Season with coarse salt, coarse black pepper, cardamom, ground cumin as well as cumin seed.Slice 2 polish sausage links and cook into … [Read more...]
Grape Coffee Cake
Grape Coffee Cake ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~Have all wet ingredients at room temperature before compiling and blending together (Don't forget to set out the milk.). Beat 1/2 cup softened unsalted butter and 1 1/2 cup sugar.Sift enough all-purpose flour for 3 cups; sift again.Measure out the exact measurement for 3 cups flour and put back into the sifter. Add into the … [Read more...]
Bomar’s Fall Leaves
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Cherry Sauce over Chocolate Chip Polenta Cake
Cherry Sauce over Chocolate Chip Polenta Cake ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~Sift 1 cup flour with 2 teaspoons baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon saltand 1/2 cup polenta. What little polenta that does not sift through, simply add into flour. Blend together after having sifted everything.In a food mill, pulp canned corn or creamy-style corn, to achieve 1/4 cup corn-cream.Whisk … [Read more...]