Basic Banana Muffins

 

These banana muffins are  buttery, moist 

and packed with that 

great banana flavor.  

 

The muffins won’t taste banana-y enough if over-ripe bananas aren’t used, the ones with brown spots on the peel. 

 

Irish Apple Cake for St. Paddy's Day!

 

The sweet juicy apples nestled in the 

delicious cake 

made a big hit here!

 

 

That awesome crumbly struesel topping makes the cake a glorious treat to enjoy with a "cuppa" to soothe your nerves any time!

Creamy Green Chile Corn Pudding

 

This great savory  

side dish is a cross between 

cornbread and a soufflé.

 

Green chiles give this creamy dish a Southwest twist that you can't go  wrong with. 

 

Serve Belly-filling Baked Ziti for Dinner!

 

Cheater’s Lasagna should be 

the name for this dish!

 

  

Do you like lasagna, but could do without the fuss?  Make this baked ziti instead.  It has about the same flavors, is easy to make and is just as tasty.  

 

Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies, Yum!

 

Rich sticky molasses helps keep these 

incredibly delicious cookies magically 

fresh and chewy for days!

 

I truly love this cookie and so does Bubba ~ it's my favorite ginger cookie.  It’s spicy, loaded with plenty of molasses, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom and allspice, but not too spicy or overwhelming.  The spices fuse and trigger your taste buds, popping that unique gingery molasses flavor.  

 

Baked Donut Holes----Two Versions

 

You might be satisfied with eating just one ~ 

not me ~ 

it’s 2 or 3 of these sweet tiny gems for me.  

And because they’re baked, not fried, 

that’s OK!

 

 

I made chocolate donut holes the other day for the chocolate lovers here and then I thought about...

 

Tasty Banana Bread with Dried Cherries

 

Tweaking a classic banana bread 

works for me, 

particularly when 

dried cherries are in the mix!

 

 

As bananas ripen to their prime squishiness ~ when they are barely yellow ~ but streaked with black and brown, even solid black, that’s the time to make banana bread.  

 

Two Cobblers That are Lip-Smacking Good and Lightened Up!

 

Tis' the essence of summer...

 

Cobbler!

 

Celebration Time ~ Classic Yellow Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Frosting

 

From the rich, creamy, sweet frosting to the delectable moist cake, it’s hard to be in a funk when devouring a cupcake!

The gems first appeared back in 1828 when an ingenious young woman, Eliza Leslie, published her cookbook, Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats, which included the recipe for the first cupcake.

Old-Fashioned Egg Salad Sandwiches

Hello Lunch!

 

Crispy Cheddar Chicken for Dinner!

Who doesn’t like cheese? 

Well, I know a few of those people, but that’s not the case here with us, so I knew this chicken dish would be on our menu soon when I saw it on Larry’s blog.

Buttery Parker House Rolls ~ And Happy Veterans Day!

Mercy!  

Bet your taste buds will liven up 

when you make these 

dinner rolls!

With Thanksgiving nearing, it’s almost time for an entire day of the "three fabulous F’s,” food, family, and football!

Fresh Peach Cobbler

Ripe juicy peaches with spicy cinnamon and a 

buttery cobbler crust,
baked until golden brown and delicious ~
who doesn’t like a sweet treat now and then...

Here, we all like fresh peaches and I was happy to see ripe white peaches at the farmers’ market the other day.  

Down East Crab Cakes

Down East Crab Cakes 

taste great, 

less filler!

The Down East Crab Cake name comes from crabmeat mixed with eggs and sauce, 

no mayonnaise included!

Most of us love the sweet, briny crab meat that comes from the coasts.  Crab cakes started out as a measure of thrift.

Chicken Cutlets Blue Bloods Way

I’ve said it before, I’m a huge fan of “Blue Bloods” TV show 
and haven’t missed one episode. 

  
The Blue Bloods Cookbook  
is just as good!

Savory Sour Cream Cornbread, it's Divine!

Cornbread is the perfect vehicle 

for sopping up the things 

that are 

on your plate!

Those cracks are a good thing in cornbread!

Everyone has their foibles ~ for me, it’s that corner slab of cornbread ~ the slice with two crispy edges.  Grandma liked it crumbled, submerged in a glass of cold buttermilk, and eaten with a spoon ~ whatever floats your boat...

Golden Baked Turbot with a Twist

It’s the 

"champagne of the flatfish," 

according to the famous 

German TV-cook Johann Lafer. 

Turbot is not an easy fish to find in the markets around here.  So I was happy when Bubba told me that Fresh Market had turbot for sale.

SAVORY BUTTERMILK CORNBREAD

 

Remember the old 

Southern saying, 

“If there’s sugar in the cornbread, 

there’s a Yankee  

in the kitchen!” 

My trusty iron skillet is older than dirt

If you’re looking for a sweet cornbread, you won’t find it here; in my way of thinking, real cornbread is not sweet.  This is southern-style corn bread, plenty of buttermilk and sour cream, and not a touch of sugar.  This is some tasty cornbread ~ just ask Bubba...

I'm Back with this Perfect Pineapple Butter Cake

 

Ok, so I know I said I was done with my blog, but evidently it was something I truly looked forward to doing, and apparently just needed a little break from it to recharge ~   after doing it for almost 9 years ~ I missed the whole process.  In other words, I missed being a part of the community. 

I thought about you all more than once, and wondered what great travel adventure or tip I missed.  And, what if I missed your fabulous recipe…

Cornmeal-Crusted Lake Perch

Bill Jr., (Bubba here) just returned from vacationing in the United Kingdom and had more than one meal of fish and chips in England.  

In his words, the fish was the best, "Awesome! Crunchy, tender and tasty."  The Brits choice of fish is cod and haddock, with him liking haddock more.

I'd be the first to order fish and chips at a pub anywhere, but we all know that at home it can turn into a "grease-feast!"

 
That is, unless it's made in an air fryer!