In my quest to use up leftovers this morning, I created this quiche using the extra pie crust, Italian cheese blend and leftover ham from Thanksgiving. It turned out to be pretty delicious, so I thought I would share the recipe.
1 pie crust
3 eggs
1 1/4 cups milk
1 tbsp flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1 cup broccoli florets, [...]
We had leftover pecans from our pie on Thanksgiving, so I decided to make a coffee cake this morning for breakfast. This turned out to be one of the best coffee cakes I have ever made. Everyone liked it so much it was gone within 20 minutes…
3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup unbleached all purpose [...]
This is a holiday tradition in the New Orleans area. Thanksgiving wouldn’t be the same without it in most of our homes! Elsewhere in the country, people call mirlitons “Chayote Squash.” I usually buy mine at the closest grocery store with a large hispanic foods section. They are very common in Mexican cooking.
10 mirlitons
1 small onion
3 stalks [...]
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I was having a craving for some Moroccan spices and a sweet/savory combo, so I created this slow cooker recipe. It was delicious and super easy. Alden loved it and couldn’t get enough of the sweet potatoes!
1 small pork roast (I used pork shoulder)
1 small onion, diced
1 -2 large sweet potatoes, cut into 1 inch [...]
This morning the chilly weather was just right for some pumpkin muffins! We love the fall and everyone in our house loves any kind of baked good containing pumpkin. We were out in the country, so I only had one cookbook in the cabinet. I took a recipe for banana bread and modified it to [...]
In honor of the Royal Wedding, we had delicious scones this morning. (Yes, for breakfast and not afternoon tea.) As a nod to our founding fathers and a confirmation that we are proud not to be subjects of the crown, I made mine with a decidedly American twist by adding maple syrup and pecans. I also [...]
Everyone who knows me well knows that I have a weakness for those huge, moist chocolate muffins that you get in coffee shops with your latte. The chocolatey the better! Well, in an effort to stay healthy and control my waistline, I have been on a mission to create an equally delicious, decadent chocolate muffin [...]
This morning I awoke to a bucket full of very ripe figs on the kitchen counter. Ellis, Linda and Alden had picked them yesterday afternoon after the grapes thinking that we would eat all of them fresh. After eating our fill, we still had quite a bit left!!! I decided to try my hand at [...]
Yesterday was a wonderful day! We spent the day picking cynthiana grapes in the vineyard and making grape jelly. Ellis, Alden, Meredith and I had a great time sitting on the porch at his parents’ house picking the grapes off of the stems with them. Alden is a pro at spotting the rotten ones! (And [...]
I had a leftover ham bone from a spiral ham we had at harvest last weekend and decided to put it to good use in these black eyed peas. They were so yummy! I served them tonight for dinner with rice, cornbread muffins and a salad. The Blanc du Bois wine we had with it [...]