Easy Zucchini or Eggplant Bake
Sometimes I have the hankering for a zucchini bake, but if your like me and your zucchini has already quit producing for the year, I always sub eggplant for zukes. I personally am not a huge fan of eggplant don’t get me wrong I sort of like it, but I can’t just eat it plain. […]
Milan Cookies
The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network. Cookies!! I just love cookies as most people do. They are fun and simple and just plain ole good. But this months challenge was not […]
Monkey Bread
Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Bread, Monkey You!!! Monkey bread, is something I thought mostly everyone has had a time or two, but when I posted a picture for it a few weeks ago, I had a couple requests for the recipe so I thought I would share my super easy, quick version of monkey […]
Jalapeno Jelly
Last summer our veggie garden was spitting out peppers left and right. And I had to get super creative with using jalapeno’s don’t get me wrong I love a little spicy food, but I am not one to eat jalapenos raw or anything. So I searched and found this excellent recipe for Jalapeno Jelly and […]
Easy Cherry Pie
Sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures. You know the time you were so good at the 4th of July celebration that you hardly touched anything sweet. Then you leave feeling so hungry for something sweet you absolutely have to make something, like a refrigerator pie. (or you probably don’t but I will pretend everyone […]
Outback Steakhouse Bushman Bread
Yes its the dead middle of a sweltering Texas summer and yes I did crank up my oven only to make this amazing bread. Amazing you ask? Oh yes amazing isn’t the word, the word is addicting, butter melting, bread wanting goodness. I think hubby DT has snuck into the fridge and eaten a small loaf […]
Bakewell Tart
The June Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Jasmine of Confessions of a Cardamom Addict and Annemarie of Ambrosia and Nectar. They chose a Traditional (UK) Bakewell Tart… er… pudding that was inspired by a rich baking history dating back to the 1800’s in England. A Bakewell tart, never heard of it? Well neither had […]
Super Easy Cobbler
Every summer I look forward to my dad picking dewberries, they grow wild near my dad’s rice farmers and we just love them. They are sweet with a slight bite of tartness, sweeter than a blackberry and slightly smaller. My dad absolutely loves dewberry cobblers and who am I to deny his request. Much less […]
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
You might be reading this and thinking has she gone crazy putting zucchini in chocolate cake, and your damn right I have, straight to the loony bin, over this cake!!!!! PSST- it has zucchini in it, ha ha ha (evil laugh) from our garden At least this was my sweet hubby DT reaction upon learning […]
Easy Refrigerator Pickles
DT and I have been growing cucumbers now for 4 summers and I quickly learned how to make the best refrigerator pickles. I got this recipe from my Granny C not sure where she got it but its a keeper and I have been making it ever since. The pickles are perfect on sandwiches or […]
