I got this recipe from the Barefoot Contessa and just made a few changes. It’s pretty much the yummiest roast chicken ever. Ingredients 1 (5 to 6 pound) roasting chicken Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 1 head garlic, cut in half crosswise 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter, melted 1 large yellow onion, thickly sliced… Continue reading Perfect Roast Chicken
Click photo to enlarge Ingredients (Pizza Dough) 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon white sugar 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C) (Topping) 2 cups of white mushrooms, sliced 2 TBSP olive oil 3 cloves fresh garlic, minced 2… Continue reading Mushroom Garlic Pizza
Click photo to enlarge My husband’s old boss (now, his co-boss) and his wife are coming over for dinner tonight. Here’s what I “invented” for dessert. A gooey brownie, layered with a fudgy filling, topped with fresh homemade whipped cream and a raspberry. So yummy, and they look so elegant. First, I made a 13×9… Continue reading Brownie Layer Cake
Click photo to enlarge Today I had two very ripe bananas that I wanted to use, and I found this recipe which uses exactly two bananas. 🙂 It makes 8 delicious muffins. INGREDIENTS: 2 overripe bananas 1/2 C Sugar 1 egg 1 C flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 C vegi oil 1/2 tsp baking soda… Continue reading Banana Bread Muffins
Click photo to enlarge To me, more than any other dessert, homemade apple pie is the one that deserves the hour and a half of work that goes into it. I make my dad’s recipe. Here it is. FILLING: INGREDIENTS: 5 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and chopped 1 cup sugar 1 TBSP cinnamon 2… Continue reading Homemade Apple Pie
Click photos to enlarge I just wanted to play around with these this evening, so I used a white cake mix, some rainbow chip frosting (my hubby’s favorite) and here they are! Super cute, next time I will have to spend time decorating them to make them cute. This is simple to do by dividing… Continue reading Rainbow Cupcakes
Click photo to enlarge You may have heard this story… a woman asks to buy a cookie recipe and is told that it will cost “two-fifty.” She thinks this means $2.50, but then she gets her credit card bill and finds out it is $250.00. Outraged, she spreads the recipe far and wide to try… Continue reading Urban Legend Chocolate Chip Cookies
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