1 lb great northern beans
3 cups ham, cubed
1 tsp olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 – 2 cups sliced carrots (about 3 or 4)
salt (1/2 – 3/4 tsp and then check – be careful it doesn’t get too salty with the ham)
pepper to taste
rosemary (a good sprinkling or pinch)
bay leaf
garlic powder, a hearty sprinkling (or [...]
The 24 hour stomach flu hit our house last week. This is the soup I made when everyone felt well enough to eat again.
2 – 2 1/2 cups shredded chicken breast (boil 3 breasts, save extra – about half – for another meal)
2 – 2 1/2 cups boiled rice
broth from boiling chicken breasts
1 tsp [...]
1 1/2 cups superfine sugar (or blend regular sugar in blender until powdered)
3 egg whites
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/8 tsp (just a pinch) salt
1 tsp vanilla
Bring a pot of water to a light boil. In another, smaller pot or heat-proof bowl that will fit over or in the pot of boiling water, combine sugar, [...]
I’m not sure whether you’d call this a frosting-filled cake-type COOKIE or two little CAKES sandwiched with frosting. Maybe that’s why it’s called PIE instead. Whatever you call it, Whoopie Pie is the bomb! At my daughter’s behest, I helped her make them. They ended up with candles on top for [...]
I made some bread pudding over the Christmas holidays with some leftover french bread and end remnants of other loaves. Don’t throw that bread out – make it into DESSERT!
Bread Pudding
6 slices bread (or more if thin/small slices), a day old (or so)
2 Tbsp butter or margarine (approx)
1/4 – 1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 [...]