Nothing much better than a just-out-of-the-oven tender, flaky warm buttermilk biscuit. Moe loves his with scrambled eggs, but I’m happy to eat mine just  dripping in melted butter. Country Biscuits================2 cups of flour1 Tablespoon of baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 cup shortening, lard, Crisco or butter (I use butter)1 cup of milk (cream) or buttermilkif using…

Lori of All That Splatters is hosting this week’s Saturday Blog Showcase.  It isn’t too late to participate.  Just prepare a recipe found on another blogger’s site and share it on your own blog.  This week I’m showcasing a Buttermilk Cornbread recipe found on Besotted Gourmet, who in turn found the recipe on the Hungry…

Between last night and this morning I made six trays of fudge as Valentine gifts.   Three White Chocolate Walnut, two Chocolate Walnut and one Maple Walnut.   Each tray weighs just under two and half pounds. Four are being mailed east, one is for Matt and Dana and since the White Chocolate Walnut is my…

Two “pork” dinners this week.   Greek Pork Souvlaki.  Made with pork tenderloin and served with rice and Greek Salad. And Sunday’s dinner – traditional ham dinner.   Served with potato gratin, mashed squash and steamed broccoli. Pork/Chicken Souvlaki================Chicken breasts or Pork TenderloinFresh minced garlicdried oreganolemonsolive oilSalt Pepper Cut chicken breasts or pork tenderloin  into 1 inch…

OH MY!!!!! This is so good.      Dana of Danalicious shared the recipe for Flammkuchen  also known as Tarte Flambee that she found on  Beyond Burgers and Bratwurst.   This is so unbelievably good.     I wasn’t sure, as I was putting it together whether I was going to like it.  I knew that Moe would because…

I hope you will join Lori (of All that Splatters) and myself in participating in this week’s Saturday Blog Showcase. If you would like to participate just: Make a recipe from another blog on any day of the week. Create a link to that blog in your post. Add the Saturday Blog Showcase logo to…

This dinner took less than 50 minutes from the time the roast went into the oven. A  sirloin tip roast (pre-salted on Wednesday)  and roasted at 500°F for 35 minutes and then left to rest for 10 minutes while the vegetables cooked.     Melt in the mouth tender.    Served with creamy mashed potatoes and…

This weeks bread, or at least half of this weeks bread dough went towards  Roasted Garlic and Cheddar Baguettes.   A double batch of French Baguette dough was kneaded up this morning, given one rise and then because I had to go out, it was refrigerated for about 4 hours.  By the time I got home,…

I was thinking of making spaghetti and meatballs tonight but decided to go with Swedish Meatballs instead.   It had been awhile since I made these.   I use a recipe from Milliken and Feniger  but have adjusted it over the years to suit our taste Although it isn’t traditional to saute the meatballs in the sauce…

Its that time again.   Super Bowl Sunday is this coming weekend.  I thought I would revise last year’s post where I shared some favourite appetizers.  I’ve added a few more for good measure. Super Bowl Sunday – Appetizers Warm Goat Cheese topped with a Toasted Walnut and drizzled with olive oil Decorated with chives and…