Fresh Corn Soup
This is such a plain and simple recipe, it’s hard to believe such a good tasting soup comes out of it! The ingredient list for this soup is so ordinary that it’s hard to imagine the exceptional taste. Been there,…
Tag: Quick and Easy
Sweet Chili-Citrus Shrimp with Sugar Snap Peas
Not every published recipe works, and that’s a pet peeve of mine. Recently my Cookbook Club received the galley proofs for a soon-to-be-published cookbook. We cooked 19 recipes from the cookbook. Not one worked as written! Not one! Quantities didn’t…
Atlantic Beach Lemon Pie
It’s citrusy, and it’s salty, and it’s creamy, and it’s tangy, and it’s delicious. Ever heard of Atlantic Beach Lemon Pie? I hadn’t either. I guess this pie had been a big deal back in North Carolina in the 50s (Crook’s…
B.O.B. Brownies
Google “Back of the Box” recipes and you’ll get lists such as The 10 Best Back-of-the-box Recipes from Epicurious, or Buzz Feed or The Daily Meal. It’s never the 20 best back-of-the-box recipes or 100 best back-of-the-box recipes. Nope. Just…
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…
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…