Oh, what to do when one has a huuuuge container of bananas in the freezer that needs to be either used up or disposed of? Well, I guess I could have made frozen banana “ice cream”, but these suckers were *really* overripe, like gross and squishy, so in my mind they really didn’t lend themselves…
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Recipe Post: Rich Vanilla Ice Cream
In my humble opinion, there’s ice cream, and then there’s IIIIIICE CREEEEAAAAMMMM! The standard frozen confection is usually pretty good; you can buy it at the grocery store in tubs ranging from smaller than your hand to bigger than your head, or at the local Baskin Robbins or Dairy Queen or what-have-you (and if you’re…
Recipe Post: Lemon Cranberry Scones!
Last week I was in quite the mood to bake, and I had a long-outstanding request by our friend, Miss Kitty, to make scones. So, make scones we did! As we were dog-sitting The Naughty One that day, we had a tiny, but clean, quiet, and totally-ours kitchen to work in. It was quite the…
Recipe Post: Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
It was Miss Kitty’s birthday recently, and she asked me to make a cake for her birthday party, which was a Pathfinder party at our place, hosted by my hubby (her request, I swear!). We started a new campaign and brought some new friends to be part of our RPG-of-awesomeness, and a great time was…
Recipe Post: Potatoes Dauphinoise
Out of all of the recipes made for last Saturday’s family dinner, I have to say that this potato dish was my absolute favourite. I consider it taking scalloped potatoes to the next level. We even kicked it up another several notches (BAM!) and substituted 1/4 of the Yukon Gold potatoes with sliced sweet potatoes,…
Recipe Post: Coconut Cake with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
I was up with family again this weekend, which means an opportunity to create another big family dinner! On Saturday evening, merriment was had, grandbaby/nephew was fawned over (as per usual), and great food was consumed with all evidence of enjoyment and satisfaction. And OMG Pelicanz the FOOD…sooo muuuch good food…! Le menu: Focaccia-crusted Asian…
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