Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
This is our traditional Christmas dinner. I usually make a yorkshire pudding with some of the pan drippings, but since it was just Shaun and I this year, I skipped it. I cooked the roast to a perfect medium rare, and we had some boiled potatoes and roasted ...
Posted in Beef, Food, Holiday Cooking | 2 Comments »
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
These little treats are great for training and dogs just seem to adore them. Emma certainly does! This is based off of this recipe from Allrecipes, following some modifications in the comments and adding my own.
Pumpkin Peanut Butter Pup Treats
Makes about 300 small treats
2 ½ cups flour
2 eggs
1 ...
Posted in Baking, Corgi, Dog Food, Food | 1 Comment »
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
This deliciousness was from a box mix I got at Target. I've got to figure out how to replicate it! :-P It's snowing outside right now and we're cozy inside, until Emma rings the bell to ask to go out again, anyway :-) Merry ...
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Food | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
These are a very easy appetizer or meal that looks and tastes like you spent a long time preparing. The key with such simple recipes is to get high quality ingredients since each one stands out. I got 31-40 size easy-peel shrimp and defrosted them and peeled them ...
Posted in Appetizers, Food, Holiday Cooking, Seafood | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
This is a traditional Tex-Mex breakfast. There are just about as many variations on this as there are places and people that make it, so feel free to substitute with what you have on hand. For instance, it's usually made with corn tortillas, but I only have flour ...
Posted in Beans, Breakfast, Eggs, Food, Mexican | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
We're definitely in the mood for spicy and warm food these days. We're due for yet another snow storm tomorrow! Tonight's dinner was a flat iron steak rubbed with Mexican spices, broiled, sliced up, and served with black beans (just a can of beans with a dash of ...
Posted in Beef, Food, Mexican | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
These pancakes are tender and just perfectly sweetened. The original recipe is from Joy of Cooking with the addition of vanilla and blueberries. The blueberries I used are from the Olympic Peninsula, where my folks got them for us along with blackberries from a u-pick farm. We ...
Posted in Breakfast, Food, Fruit | 1 Comment »
Saturday, December 20th, 2008
This is a take on navy bean soup that uses up some of our leftover chile rubbed pork tenderloin. I made a quick french bread loaf with my little "Just For Dinner" bread maker to go with it. It's great for just the two of us. The ...
Posted in Beans, Food, Leftovers, Pork, Soup | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
This is a very flavorful roast. We cut up the meat after baking tonight for pork burritos. This would also be great in tacos or enchiladas or as the meat in a chili, or just on its own with a side of beans and rice.
Chile Rubbed Pork Tenderloin
Serves ...
Posted in Food, Mexican, Pork | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
This is very similar to my crockpot version of beef stew, but done on the stove top in about an hour. The only real change to the ingredients is adding more beef broth since it doesn't have all day to sit in a crockpot and release juices.
Beef Stew
Makes 4-6 ...
Posted in Beef, Food, One Dish Meals, Vegetables | 1 Comment »
