You know when you get stuck thinking about a certain food and that's all you can think about eating? For example, take gyros. I drove to the city and went out for lunch at a Mediterranean eatery with my mom, one of my sisters, and my sister-in-law a couple weeks ago. I ordered a lamb and beef gyro platter. My vegetarian mom and sister joked that I chose that so I wouldn't have to share with them, and it turned out that my meat-eating sister-in-law had given up meat for Lent, so there I sat in front of a salad the size of my torso. It was brimming with an enormous quantity of thin strips of crisped gyro meat. For one brief moment, I thought, View Post
Peanut Butter Cup No Bake Mini Cheesecakes
I'd like to observe a moment of silence for my waistline. *Silence punctuated by the sound of chewing. Munch, munch, mmmmmmm... It's moments like these that I wonder what I'm doing to you folks: you kind, sweet people who come read my recipes, laugh with me, send me wonderful notes and leave flattering and/or hilarious comments. Then I stop, take another bite of that cheesecake up there, realize that this is so good it needs to be shared with everyone in. the. whole. world and finish this post on a Peanut Butter Cup Mini Cheesecake fueled writing bender. Very Important Aside: Who was the first person to combine peanut butter and View Post
Colcannon Stuffed Twice Baked Potatoes: Part II of a St. Patrick’s Day Feast!
I don't know what's going on with my computer today, but half of my photos are out of whack. Please pretend they're all centered. Thank you. Colcannon: Mashed potatoes studded with tender cabbage or kale, onions, salt, pepper, butter and cream. Oh my. It's the stuff of dreams. This wondrous concotion graces our St. Patrick's Day table, but it also makes frequent dinner appearances throughout the colder months. We love our colcannon recipe. We adore it. And in the name of my pet theory that you can never have enough good potato recipes I messed with it. The usual way we go about preparing our colcannon is pretty View Post