With the holidays right around the corner, I thought I’d post a few recipes for fruit cake. In my family, we enjoy fruit cake, because we know how to make it. Yes, fruit cake is dense, and many commercial fruit cakes are horrible. Yes, it can be a heavy dessert, so you only eat a … Continue reading
We continue with another side dish that I just love – rice pilaf. I’ve never really had bad rice pilaf, only poorly made, heh. Most people don’t realize you can make it without the box of Rice A Roni, so here’s a pretty simple recipe that I hope will grace the tables of readers far … Continue reading
Here’s a nice side dish that sounds really delicious and easy. My mom makes a wild rice with celery and mushrooms, and you could probably make this celery rice with a wild rice mixture as well. Note that although the instructions have you combine the ingredients including the salt, salt is the ingredient that was … Continue reading
One of my favorite recipes is a cheese cracker that I have made from time to time. This one from the Bingham Collection is for a whole wheat cracker that probably shouldn’t be sullied by cheese or other decadent ingredients in them. Put the cheese on top of them! I might try these, although I … Continue reading
If you find yourself in a bind, or the grocery is sold out of Eagle Brand, here is a recipe for sweetened condensed milk. I’ve not tried it, although it’s one of those “good to have in the back pocket” kind of recipes. Sweetened Condensed Milk (Bingham Collection) 1/2 c warm water 1 c 2 … Continue reading
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