Tag: Make Ahead
Polly’s BBQ Sauce
Homemade BBQ sauce is easy to make and it tastes so much better that that squeeze bottle of chemicals with a two-year shelf life! And you can use it on anything! Chicken, ribs, burgers, steak… 🙂 The original recipe for…
Curried Chicken Meatballs with Apricot Rice Pilaf
This recipe is from one of America’s Test Kitchen 30-minute Meals cookbooks. The meatballs, although very simple with a very plain list of ingredients, are quite tasty. I wanted to up the curry powder just a bit, but my offspring vetoed that…
Toasted Coconut Waffles
I know there is no toasted coconut on the top of this waffle. Oops! It was all gone before I took the picture. Don’t do this! Put toasted coconut in your waffle batter and save some to sprinkle on top…
Kipferls – Vanilla Hazelnut Butter Cookies
I had never, ever heard of kipferls before. Then, in two weeks they came into my life twice! First, my friend Priscilla made some in the Culinary School Pastry Arts program she is enrolled in. I didn’t try one because…
Black Forest Torte
Once a year I host a book club meeting at my house, and my night was last night.  The book was “The Book Thief” so the theme was German food.  Thanks to input from the internet, I decided to make a…
Espresso Rice Krispie Treats
As many of you know, I can’t be left in a room with a Rice Krispie Treat, or as my #1 grandson calls them, Rice Christmas Treats 🙂 Unfortunately, now he can’t be left alone in a room with a…
A Crockpot of Beans!
I am so excited about this recipe! Â It’s a paradigm shift recipe! Â It’s not a recipe in the true sense of the word, it’s more of a road map to a particular destination. A road map allows for more flexibility…