food

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Not the way we planned it …

Last Sunday our younger daughter invited my husband and the rest of our family over for dinner. Great! Dinner was delicious, right up through dessert. But dessert also brought a new challenge that I thought I’d tell you about. We love crème brûlée, and that’s what she had prepared for […]

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving, whether you live in the U.S. or somewhere else, and whether you actually celebrate the holiday or not. I’ll be headed to my daughter’s house for our family dinner, and I’m taking the pumpkin pies and whipped cream, as well as cranberry […]

Pistachio muffins

While my friends and I were in Houston recently, we “discovered” pistachio muffins. Oh my! They were so good! Unfortunately, Phyl and I were only able to get one each, and we’ve been drooling over the memory ever since. Phyl decided to do a Google search for recipes, and here […]

Tomato Pie

No, this isn’t a dessert! 😉 Tomato pie is a wonderful lunch or light dinner, though, and it works very well as an appetizer, too. My sister introduced this dish to me, and I love it and try to make it at least a few times each year when tomatoes […]

Chili and shortbread

What a combination, huh? 😉 We’re trying to use up some of the ground elk meat that’s in our freezer, since DH will be going elk hunting soon. So yesterday I made some chili, using three pounds of ground elk and whatever else struck my fancy. I have enough to […]

Speaking of food …

I’ve been meaning to try a particular recipe I found on the King Arthur Flour site, and today I finally got around to it. They have lots of really scrumptious-sounding recipes there, and this one sounded really good. They’re called Scone Nibbles (click the link for the recipe). Unfortunately, my […]