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check out The Party Dress if you are having a party soon, this website is incredible with ideas, menus, etc. Giada used blueberries instead of raspberries. While raspberries complement a good dark chocolate really well (and is one of my favorite food combinations ever),. Continue reading

while I was cooking two different soups this morning, my mom was also inspired to cook something, so while flipping through her Joy of Cooking book a recipe card popped out! It was the recipe card she had been searching high and low for a month ago! She even called Avondjurken an old friend, it was her recipe for a Cheese spread, but no luck she did not have it either, probably because it was written over 25 years ago!!! Yup! Old School recipe for cheese spread - ahhh can we say "YUMMY!" so here it is so it can not. Continue reading

I would like everyone to check out my new favorite blog, Annie's Eats, of course by Annie, but she is a physician, married and has a child, that lives in Indiana and has enough time to make delicious creations! She has her "Best of 2009" posted and they are sooo yummy! How about these Bacon, egg and toast cups! perfect for New Years Morning! - click on the pics for the links- These remind me of another recipe I found on Sycamore Stirrings for pancake cups if you are too hung over from a night of champagne make your life. Continue reading

I went to Michael's Craft Store yesterday for one thing and two hours later, left with over 20 things! I did manage to pick up a value pack, of 50 8X11 card stock for $3.99 now I can make all sorts of note cards and lists! for almost free. This tutorial is from Little Brown Pen, it sums up my idea of free gift giving. The following are a few cute ideas for free downloads to print cupcake and tea cups from Creature Comforts. click on pic for link via mibo - free printable 2010 calender - click on the. Continue reading

I am way to tired to write down all the recipes but if ya wanna them - let me know- We started with a spinach salad with candied walnuts, pancetta, and a shallot vinegar dressing. For a whopping price of $6.47 a bottom round roast, with baby onions, the gravy was like liquid gold because of the bit of wine added in!!! soo yummy! The sides consisted of roasted asparagus, roasted tomatoes with a bit of herbs and large roasted potatoes, Vloer Lengte Avondjurken The desserts were the poached pears and pineapple sherbet. All I know is that everyone ate everything off their. Continue reading

so these pics are a little sneak peak of our Sunday Supper-- some pancetta - aka Italian bacon, some pineapple chopped and cooking, shallots, tiny little potatoes and onions ( i could not help but buy them, they are sooo cute) I hopefully will remember to take pics before we eat everything! and If I have enough sense I'll write down the rest of the recipes and not just my desserts! I love that my pineapple sorbet is in the freezer! It took some careful balancing to get it in there with no spills Continue reading

Sunday Suppers with Family = LOVE

I think one of the best things about my family is that we all sit down for a Sunday Supper! I consider my mother a gourmet cook- scratch that CHEF, she has no formal training, but her meals are by far restaurant quality! Our Sunday Suppers are not mac and cheese but pork loin, whole chicken, different cuts of beef. not for small appetites! Some of you (family and friends) know that my mom is recovering from lymphoma and this summer was a scare for my family. Despite my mom being sick, she still had a passion for cooking and. Continue reading

I found this in the Sept 09 Family Circle - but it didn't give a pic so sorry for the scanned one Ingredients 8 ounces Trouwjurk Lange Mouw semisweet chocolate, broken up (see Note) 1 tablespoon solid vegetable shortening 12 paper or silicone cupcake liners 12 scoops assorted ice cream and sherbet flavors Chocolate curls, citrus curls or fresh fruit, to garnish Directions 1. Melt chocolate and shortening a medium-size microwave-safe bowl on high in microwave oven for 2 minutes, stirring halfway. Stir until smooth. 2. Using a small clean brush, spread about 2 teaspoons melted chocolate into bottom and up side of. Continue reading

Holiday recipes with a twist super easy

I recently had a request from my lovely friend, Ericka for some holiday recipes. I instantly thought of these two sides from Claire Robinson, who has to be my new favorite chef on the Food Network. They come from her episode of Sunday Supers, on 5 Ingredient Fix, yup thats all she uses for one dish, 5 ingredients! click on the pic to get the full episode quick fyi - you can buy special King Arthur flour for popovers at the market for Yorkshire Pudding - it works like a charm! Thyme for Yorkshire Pudding ( popovers) Ingredients 1 teaspoon. Continue reading

INGREDIENTS One 9-ounce sheet of puff pastry, chilled 4 plum tomatoes, halved lengthwise Salt and freshly ground pepper 2 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 3 leeks, white and tender green parts only, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise Six 1-ounce fingerling potatoes, halved lengthwise 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped thyme 8 oil-cured olives, pitted and chopped DIRECTIONS Preheat the oven to 325掳. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the puff pastry 1/16 inch thick. Cut out a 12-inch round and transfer it to the cookie sheet. Refrigerate for at least 20 minutes. Arrange. Continue reading