I decided it was time to start thinking about getting the freezer cleaned out for the summer produce. I had some squash that I wanted to use and had come upon this great recipe that calls for mashed cooked squash and decided to make it to go with dinner tonight I had already fixed the squash up a…
Homemade Croutons Are So Much Cheaper!
Last week, I had made a loaf of bread but somehow, something had gone wrong and it was very heavy and dry. I have made this recipe many, many times and I don’t know what went wrong, but nobody wanted to eat it. So this afternoon, I decided that I was going to make some…
Old Fashion Meringue Cake
Old Fashion Meringue Cake1/2 cup Crisco or butter1/2 cup sugar4 egg yolks1/2 cup milk1 1/2 cups flour1 1/2 tsp baking powder1 tsp vanilla Cream butter and sugar until blended. Add egg yolks and vanilla. Add milk, flour and baking powder. Stir well. It should look smooth when you are finished. Pour batter into a greased,…
Cool Kitchen Gadget and Awesome Pork Chop Marinade Recipe
My neighbor came over the other day with this nifty little gadget and said that I should try it. It was a meat tenderizer that pokes lots of little holes into the meat. She said I could borrow it and see how I liked it. Well, let me say…it worked like a charm! I had some pork…
Turkey Gravy Humor!
Last week, I dug out my frozen turkey back from Thanksgiving time and decided I would cook it this week. Today, I decided I would cook it since I would be home all day to watch it and clean up after it. Everything came out beautiful. The skin was crispy and golden, it was moist…
Freezing Bread Dough
Lately, I have been making large batches of bread dough and baking it. But the bread keeps going stale before we eat it all. So last week, I attempted to freeze one batch of dough and see how it turned out. Well, today I thawed it out and cooked it. It came out great! It…