What I love, What I do, (from the Kitchen)

Fudge 4½ c. sugar 1 can evaporated milk 2 sticks butter 1 pint jar of marshmallow cream 1 t. vanilla 1 pkg. semi sweet or milk c...

    Rosemary Orange Butter   1 c. butter, softened 2 T fresh Rosemary, finely diced 2 T orange juice 1 orange rind, finely ...

Wild Rice Turkey Soup   1 box Uncle Ben's Wild Rice ½ c. green onions 1 ½ c. turkey 8 strips fried crumbled bacon 3 14.5 oz...

Butter Horn Rolls   2 c. milk, scalded 1 c. butter 1 c. sugar 3 t salt 2 pkgs. yeast 1 c. water 6 eggs, beaten 8-10 c. flour...

    Pumpkin Roll 3 eggs, beat on high for 5 minutes. 1 c. sugar gradually added to the eggs 2/3 c. pumpkin (stir into the above m...

I love dishes!  I used to collect dishes for different holidays, weddings, special occasions, etc.  Until a few years ago I learned of the ...

Orange Bread 3 c, flour 2 c. sugar ¾ c. orange juice 2 eggs ½ c. oil 1 c. milk zest from 1 orange 1 t vanilla 1 t baking pow...

This is one of the cookbooks I have collected over the years.  I chose this recipe because I literally had all of the ingredients in m...

German Chocolate Cake ½ c. shortening 1 ½ c. sugar 3 eggs, beaten separately pinch of salt 1 t. soda 1½ c. buttermilk 1 tsp van...

  After craving these for many months I finally broke down and made these sweet rolls. I used  the remaining mashed potatoes from anoth...

(individual portions for tonight and one for a freezer meal for another night, multitasking)     Shepherds’ Pie or Green Bean Casser...

Tomatillo Dressing 1 jalapeño pepper, minced finely 2 tomatillios, cut into pieces ½ bunch cilantro, chopped Juice from 1 fresh lime ...

While making potatoes for chicken pot pie I knew that I had Shepherd's Pie on my menu and also wanted to the  make Cinnamon Rolls tha...

(for this post/batch I only did a half of a recipe and still had enough for 2 ramekins for a dinner, a freezer meal for the "Gourmet...

Bread sticks 1 T. yeast 2 T. sugar 1½ c. warm water Add: 1 t. salt 3½ c. flour Mix slightly sticky dough.   Let rai...

I have been watching recipes on Pinterest for new or improved recipes.  I have noticed a lot that are called Mexican Pizza's or Medi...

White-Whole Wheat Bread 2 T yeast 3/4 c. warm water 2 c. milk lukewarm  (I use 2/3 c. powdered milk with two c. warm water) 1 T shorten...

After time of for another and lengthy recovery I was starting to feel like doing fun things in the kitchen again!  Who better for than my G...

Gourmet Guy here.We had a couple of ears of fresh corn and didn't use them right away. Needed to find a way to use them, so I winged i...

Salad Spring Mix Strawberries, sliced 1 c candied pecans 1 c sugar Craisins Cucumber, sliced Feta Vinaigrette ! c red onion, ...

Like so many our family has been struck by the movie Frozen!  With five daughters the message of sisterly love touched me deeply.  At famil...

I have the most talented girls, they do so many things and cooking is one they all do well.  It was a big day for our youngest Granddaughte...

1 lb. Brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 t red pepper flakes Olive oil for coating salt and pepper ...

(For the "gourmet guy" and I we only made 1/2 of the recipe but made the full crumble topping recipe and it was perfect!) Ras...

Over the years I have tried a variety of different recipes for Spanish Rice and this has become my go to recipe.  (From Suzanne Price) ...

Lemon Blueberry Loaf 1/3 c melted butter 1 c sugar 3 T lemon juice 2 eggs 1 1/2 c flour 1 t baking powder 1 t salt 1/2 c milk ...

While visiting Seattle in March the "Gourmet Guy" and I went to Ivar's on the wharf.  We of course had some delicious fresh ...

1 lb. boneless beef chuck or round steak, slice thin 1 14 oz. can beef broth 1/2 c. soy sauce (La Choy is gluten free) 1 T sesame oil ...

Coconut Dip 8 oz. cream cheese, softened 1 15 oz. Cream of Coconut (not coconut oil or water!) 8 oz. Cool whip Mix cream cheese and...

Buttermilk Baked Chicken 2 c. buttermilk 1/4 c. sour cream 1 1 oz. packet ranch dressing 1 T salt 3 lb. bone in chicken breasts or ...

As part of my new pantry I had our finish carpenter build a set of shelves that I could store my collection of cookbooks on.  (There are tw...

Back Again   Almost one year ago we were in total chaos.  We were in the process of building a new home, my dream home!  We had finall...

Cheese and Onion Enchiladas Gourmet Guy here. The key to this recipe is the sauce! We've made enchiladas at home with canned sauce b...

This is a favorite recipe of one of my daughters.  For some reason I have just kept the original copy in my own recipe binder but not in my ...

Grilled Chicken and Roasted Garlic Pizza 1 lb. pizza dough 1 T butter 8 cloves roasted garlic 2 T flour 1/2 t black pepper 1/2 c....

Zuppa Toscana - (Olive Garden copy cat) 1½ Mild or Medium Italian sausage 2 medium potatoes, cut in half lengthwise, and then cut i...