I found a recipe in one of my many cherished Church Cookbooks that looked interesting – especially if M7Ms, Reese’s Cups, chocolate pie and candies are your thing. Choco-holics, you know who you are. My thought on deserts are that if they don’t have chocolate in them, why bother? Just have another helping of potatoes. But this recipe caught my eye – Triple Chocolate Mess? They named it … [Read more...]

  Wanna really indulge yourself, or maybe put a few children on a cloud of pure elation? Then make a batch of Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies. I saw this recipe someplace recently, and since I do a little cooking for a family with three kids, I thought I’d give it a shot. It’s really good and quite a treat for any choc-aholic. You start with a package of Thin Oreos. Don’t know … [Read more...]

  I felt creative a few weeks back. I also needed some color to add to my Chicken Stuffed with Cream Cheeses entrée. Why not bake some tomato slices, I thought? And I did. I decide to slice the smallish tomatoes and place them on a little round piece of wrap bread. It was the sun-dried basil version by Mission Wraps. I cut a circle with a biscuit cutter to match the size of the tomato. … [Read more...]

  I was suffering through another case of chicken fatigue, trying to figure out how to eat more of the weight-loss inducing poultry and have it taste great at the same time. In one of my Yummly e-mails (sign up to this site at yummly.com) and I saw an interesting recipe for Bacon Wrapped Cheese-Stuffed Chicken Breasts. You know that anything wrapped in bacon is going to be good, even if … [Read more...]

As a child, I remember a special treat Mom occasionally bought from the grocery store - a loaf of raisin bread, made by Sunbeam if memory serves. It was covered with sweet frosting, which I immediately licked off the top of my slices. We ate the bread plain or toasted. It rarely lasted more than a day in our house. A special treat I have been making is homemade raisin bread. For the past year, … [Read more...]

  As comedian Ron White once said when approached by a police officer while drunk at a bar, “I had the right to remain silent.  I just didn’t have the ability.” Ron subsequently gave the cop some lip and spent the night in the pokey. Similarly, I know how to lose weight, but I often lack the ability. Losing weight is most difficult if you like to cook, eat out occasionally … [Read more...]

I don’t know how I got hooked up with this website, but a recipe I saw in a pop-up ad caught my attention. The site was “Yummly”. They offered to send me weekly recipes, so I said, “What the heck, if I don’t like it, I’ll sign off.” Boy do I like it. I read each recipe and have used several already. This is a great site for all sorts of “Yummy Yummlies”. Below is one of their recipes for No … [Read more...]

I have recently discovered the joy of parchment paper, not just for baking cookies and using beneath other objects that stick to the pan, but for anything you’d like to cook that makes cleaning up an easier task. So I have been burning through the parchment paper. A few weeks back – completely out of the non-stick stuff – I saw an interesting product beside the normal rolls of parchment paper. … [Read more...]

From Nancy Jackson   Loyal reader, Nancy Jackson, read a recent recipe in CvilleBuzz on cooking Squash Fritters and said she made Clam Fritters that were also mighty tasty. Below is Nancy’s recipe (sort of).   Okay, I am not a measure person, I just cook by sight. So here goes. I begin with the seafood seasoning batter. I dump in a couple of cups of the seasoning, plus 2 T … [Read more...]