Difficulty: Easy
Mmmmmm, peanut butter & chocolate. I love how the Hershey kiss gets soft and the cookie is nice and chewy. A classic combination.
Makes about 4 1/2 dozen
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1 bag Hershey [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Spaghetti & Meatballs
Posted in Main Dish, Moderate, Pasta on Saturday, September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Difficulty: Moderate
Every family has their own version of spaghetti & meatballs. It comes from Phil’s mom and every one of us has the recipe and every one of us makes it a bit different. Here is our version. It is more of a traditional cooked sauce, it is simple and relatively pain free. Moderate difficulty [...]
Spanish Rice
Posted in Moderate, Side Dish on Friday, September 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Difficulty: Moderate
Adapted from Cook’s Illustrated
Good Spanish rice is hard to find, even some restaurants disappoint. I like my rice grains separate and chewy with fresh flavors. This recipe delivers and is wonderful, it is worth the extra effort.
Because the spiciness of jalapeños varies from chile to chile, try to control the heat by removing the [...]
Chicken Fajitas
Posted in Chicken, Main Dish, Moderate on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Difficulty: Moderate
Serves 4
I love fajitas! The combination of flavors and textures is wonderful. And you can pull them off pretty healthy too, once you take away your cheese, sour cream, cut back on the tortilla…never mind that! Just eat and enjoy!
Ingredients
4 flour tortillas
4 chicken breasts, pounded even
2 onions
2 red bell peppers
S & P
1 TBS cumin
1 [...]
Foil Dinners & Dutch Oven Cobbler
Posted in Desserts, Easy, Main Dish on Friday, September 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Difficulty: Easy
We went camping last weekend and had a blast. One of my favorite parts of camping is the food of course! Foil dinners are a must and we also busted out a mean dutch oven cobbler. So easy, so delish.
Ingredients
1 pound hamburger
1 onion, halved
2 carrots, peeled and sliced into coins
1 or 2 large baking [...]
Pork Chops & Red Cabbage
Posted in Easy, Main Dish on Thursday, September 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Difficulty: Easy
Several years ago I took my first trip to Germany with Phil. An eating adventure! One traditional dish is rotkohl, or red cabbage. I don’t care for sauerkraut but loved the rotkohl. Tangy and yet sweet, not sour or overwhelming as I found the homemade and very authentic sauerkraut to be (American kinds are [...]
