Mint and Pea Shoot Soup

This recipe used Midwest Living recipe for Pea Shoot Soup as a starting point. When Bruce and I were in Columbus, GA, we picked up several herbs and pea shoots at the big Asian Market. Serves 2 to 4

Leftover Hot Crab Dip Usages

I made a hot crab dip to use up the lump crab meat, sour cream, and cream cheese from Thanksgiving. Cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, grated onion, Zatarain’s Shrimp & Crab Boil, dash of liquid smoke, and smoked paprika were also used in the Hot Crab Dip. I sliced some of the leftover dinner rolls and toasted […]

Lemon and Poppyseed Sourdough Nondairy Waffles

Bruce loves the lemon and poppyseed combination, so I thought I would make lemon and poppyseed waffles for breakfast this morning. This recipe is based on the King Arthur Sourdough Pancake or Waffles recipe. Serves 8

Southern Sweet Potato Waffles

This recipe is a modification of the waffle recipe from thestayathomechief.com. Bruce bought a chicken dinner that came with two sides. He got the sweet potatoes side since he knows I love sweet potatoes. The sweet potatoes were candied yams and way to sweet for me. Since I hate to waste food, I used them […]

Fried Manchego Cheese

This recipe is a modification of Bobby Flay’s Baked Manchego with Yellow Pepper Romesco. Bobby didn’t bake the cheese, he fried it. I don’t know why the recipe had baked in the name. I wish I had taken a picture, as it was a beautiful dish, but with Bruce ready to eat it as soon […]

Strawberry Short Cake

I picked up a basket of strawberries at the farmers marketon Thursday and decided to make strawberry short cake. I am using a significant modification of the Milk Street scones recipe from Tandem Bakery’’s to make short cake for the strawberry short cake. Using lemon as part of the liquid gives the short cake a […]

Lemon and Poppy Seed Scones

Here I am using a modification of the Milk Street recipe from Tandem Bakery’’s Briana Holt. These scones are not very sweet. Ingredients 227 grams (1 3/4 cups) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 33 grams (2 1/2 tablespoons) white sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon kosher salt (1/2 teaspoons […]

Cheesy Potatoes

This recipe is a modification of the Tartiflette recipe on Serious Eats by Daniel Gritzer. https://www.seriouseats.com/tartiflette-recipe-5217300 This is a rich dish and it works great as a brunch dish. Serves 4 to 6

Shrimp and Spaghetti

I made this recipe out of ingredients from the pantry and mostly on hand. My father-in-law had purchased the shrimp and Bruce purchased the cheese and mushrooms for me. Serves 4

Banana Almond Muffins

This recipe is a modification of the banana muffin recipe from “The Fruit Kitchen” by Emma Summer. I made these for breakfast and we had some for dessert at supper. Makes 12 Muffins