Onion Rings
There are a lot of bad onion rings out there—I know. If onion rings are on the menu, I will find a way to order them, but I rarely order them a second time at the same restaurant. There used…
Tag: Comfort Food
Polly’s Yorkshire Puddings
Every good English roast dinner needs Yorkshire Puddings and gravy. My aunts made Yorkshire Puddings like it was nothing. They just whipped them out, popped them in the oven, and every one turned out perfectly. Not so for me. To…
Chocolate Cookies with a Peanut Butter Surprise!
This cookie tastes much, much better than it looks. It also tastes much, much better than it’s list of ingredients. Take a bite; trust me! There’s a layer of peanut butter inside! As one of my friends said, one who shall…
Caprese Garlic Bread
It’s just garlic bread, folks, but it’s garlic bread with an upgrade! There are tomatoes, mozzarella and basil! After running across this recipe at Two Peas and their Pod, I decided I needed to make it—now! I quickly sent texts to a few friends…
Cupcake Tin Turkey Pies
When asked what his favorite kind of pie is, my son always answered, “Meat!” and then gets those raised eyebrow, are-you-kidding-me looks from Americans not familiar with Great British cooking 🙂 Meat pies are one of the delicious cornerstones of…
Butternut Squash : Little Pieces of Heaven
No one ever makes this recipe when I suggest it to them, EVER. The recipe is just so…odd. Mere mortals can’t put the ingredients together in their head and have any idea about how GOOD butternut squash tastes when…
Banana Cream Pie
The first memory I have of my son helping me cook, was him slicing bananas for Banana Cream Pie. It quickly became one of his favorite foods, and 30 years later it still is 🙂 This pie has to be…
Traditional English Scones, Yorkshire Edition
This picture is a bit embarrassing. Classic British Scones are neater, straighter, and slightly smaller than the ones pictured here 🙂 When British people talk about scones, what they are picturing is a simple raisin scone. The one alternative to…