Mama’s Summer Peach Pie
Filed under: Truly Southern Recipes, desserts, fancy made easy, you have got to try this!
Sometimes I could just hit myself. I made a peach pie yesterday, ate a slice before it set in the refrigerator, and only THEN realized that my blogger friends might like this! I am smack dab in the middle of finishing the yearbook, and I think I am delirious. If you've ever worked on a yearbook, you understand the nightmares involved in publishing 268 pages of (mostly) student work. I say "mostly" because I simply have to do some of it because folks disappear in the summer. But it's cool. I don't mind it...too much. Which is why this pie is...
Stuck At A Standstill
Filed under: desserts, fancy made easy, life and the like, you have got to try this!
So it's ridiculous how long it's been since I posted! I pretty much had to stop all activities except for grading. Well, that and hanging out with our German friends. They come every year for a school exchange, and I must say that they are pretty fantastic people. In the past month, we have done lots of eating from Pei Wei, Margo's kitchen, Glen's grill, and Marcus's fabulous Thai dish. It has also been prom season around here, and I have chaperoned, fixed hair, done make-up, and taken tons of pictures. Our Germans' month here has turned into almost 6 weeks...
Vegan Banana Bread with Blueberries and (fake) Chocolate Chips
I really like this whole baking without eggs thing. Plus I have this soy yogurt I bought for some other recipes. And plain soy yogurt is not really something I want to eat by itself. This was my first attempt at making substitutions for eggs, but I think it turned out pretty darn good if I do say so myself. 2 very ripe bananas 1/2 cup applesauce 2 tbsp. melted Earth Balance shortening or margarine 1 tsp. vanilla 1/4 cup soy yogurt 4 tsp. vanilla almond (or soy) milk 3/4 cup all purpose flour 3/4 cup wheat flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup old-fashioned oats (NOT quick-cooking...
The Vegetarian Memoirs: Double Chocolate Balsamic Cookies
Filed under: desserts, recipe reviews, vegan, you have got to try this!
I haven't made cookies in a long time. I love them, but we have a plethora of kids who sell stuff for their schools, and Joe loves to buy the cookie dough. That is obviously not good for us, but Joe just can't say no to the little buggers. When I came across this recipe that didn't involve a mixer, I had to try them pronto. I made the first recipe below because they were lower in fat and I thought I liked cakier cookies like Susan described them. It turns out, I like a lot more crunch...
Aunt Wilma’s Million Dollar Fudge
Filed under: Truly Southern Recipes, desserts, holiday treats
It's the holidays, which means it is time to make sweet delicacies. My Aunt Wilma is an amazing cook, and my mom has been making this for years for folks. Everyone loves this because it doesn't have a gritty or sugary consistency, and it freezes well. It also makes a fine gift. A word to the wise: use the brand names that my mom insisted I type in all caps. It's as "serious as a heart attack" to get the right brands. Aunt Wilma's Million Dollar Fudge Ingredients: 4 ½ cups white granulated sugar one 12 oz....
Holiday Hot Toddy Du Jour: Hot Buttered Rum
Filed under: beverage recipes, desserts, holiday treats, you have got to try this!
As we watch the New Mexico Bowl game and Jack, Joe’s brother, hopes for a Wyoming win (it’s some competition they play with the college bowl games at Christmas), I look forward to the hot buttered rum I will be enjoying after dinner. Beverages are pretty important around here at Christmas time. The fire is glowing in the fireplace, Joe and Jack are discussing beer choices of Nashville and Austin, and we girls are reading and half participating in the discussion topics. The dogs are lounging in front of the fire while we enjoy the vintage tradition...
“Pumpkin Cheesecake” or “The Best Thing Ever!”
This comes straight out of The Taste of Home Cookbook. I don't know why I was always wary of cheesecakes. Perhaps it was the disastrous efforts of trying to make my mom's famous fudge. Candy is a real doozy. But I will perfect my mom's fudge this year. And of course I'll be sharing the recipe. Also look forward to some Martha Washington balls from my mom's friend Ruby this Christmas. I write this as my heart breaks about my oven. The coil caught on fire earlier tonight, and I almost cried. Especially since I had just deposited an Enchilada Verde...
Thanksgivin’ Time: Pumpkin Zucchini Bread
I was poking around on Danielle's blog a few weeks ago and I found a wonderful recipe for homemade deodorant, which by the way, freaking rocks. I haven't smelled so good for such an extended period of time in a long while. Anyway, I had seen that she had made a Berry Zucchini Bread. It looked awesome, so I made a mental note to try it. This morning, while procrastinating away from the old bills and papers I need to file and go through, I started flipping through a cookbook my mom gave me last Christmas. I was looking...
New Orleans Bread Pudding from Dooky Chase
Holy crap, y'all! This is going to make you want to slap your grandma it is so good. My mom found this recipe from a Southern Living magazine. When she was making it the first time for herself, she talked about all the ingredients over the phone. And it became my mission to get a copy of this fabulous thing. She's made it several times since, and she has started calling the bourbon sauce "dooky sauce." Yes, Maxine is a trip. I tried it out this past weekend, and we liked it so much that...
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