Black and Tan, Guinness Brownies and St Patricks Day
For St. Patricks day I decided to make brownies with Guinness beer. Beer and chocolate? How could you go wrong? To me that would be very Irish, Guinness beer...
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Goalie and Grilled Pork Chops with Sweet Potato Salad
Did I mention Monkey Girl (my daughter) made goalie for her field hockey team? She plays for St Pius X Catholic School. She has been playing field hockey for...
Mole Huevos Rancheros
Breakfast this morning was wonderful! What could be better than warm tortillas, fried eggs, spicy salsa and Queso fresco cheese? Well nothing in my book, wait, maybe winning the...
Brisket a la Carbonnade
Carbonnade, the Belgian beef stew with beer, was a big hit in the 1960’s. Back then, beef still tasted very beefy. Now meat with that deep, rich, flavor is...
Mole Enchiladas
This is one of those two in one recipes. In a previous post I showed you how to make Turkey in mole sauce. this is what we do with...
Low Fat Watergate Salad
I made this salad the other day. It is a old fashioned recipe. I remember my mom making it in the 70’s when I was growing up. It seems...
MMMMM Meatloaf
I think meatloaf has gotten a bad wrap. Maybe because people were used to eating a dry tasteless mass of something they were not familiar with. This is a...
Turkey Breast in Mole Sauce.
This is a more streamlined version of the Mexican mole. It gets most of its flavor from spending a couple of hours in a dutch oven. Serve it with...
Monkey Bread
I think everyone has eaten at least once in their life monkey bread or pull apart bread. I made this a few weeks ago. It is very easy to make and...
Party Meatballs
This time of year who doesn’t like a quick party appetizer to serve your hungry guests? Laugh these off if you want to, but when I have a shower or...
Cinnamon Buns
It’s freezing outside, and its going to get worse. The forecast calls for more snow to fall. By more, I mean more than the 14 inches that we recently received from mother nature. The...
Amish Friendship Bread (and being an outcast) part II
Last year, Mrs. Pile smiles sweetly as she hands me a gallon bag of Amish Friendship Bread starter. She informs me that the bread is delicious and I will...
Poor boy gumbo, that warms the soul.
It is that time of year. It is cold outside and you are craving something warm and satisfying. This gumbo is the perfect match. It is perfect for one...
Slow Cooker Chocolate Dump Cake
Visualize if you will a rich dark chocolate brownie warm from the oven. Well, more like a chocolate souffle. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream, melting down over...
Food, Family, Faith and Rachel Cookies
Every year Christmas celebrations change even in the most traditional of families. Each celebration will be different due to many factors: deaths, births, who is in town, etc. But...
