The smell of banana bread baking is one of my favorite kitchen smells. But my banana bread was always so….boring, especially since Nathan normally doesn’t like nuts or “chunk” type add ins. Me, I’m all for them. In the world of ice cream, for example, I gravitate towards Ben & Jerry’s chunkerrific ice creams, while [...]
Filed under: bananas, breakfast, muffins on January 30th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It won’t win a chili cook-off, but this is yet another quick and easy recipe for nights when I don’t really feel like cooking. I’ve been using this recipe for about 4 years now, and I make it about once a month.
Slow-Cooker Taco Chili
Serves 2
Ingredients:
1/2 lb. extra lean ground beef, cooked and drained
1/2 package taco [...]
Filed under: beef, chili, main dish, slow-cooker on January 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
Being from the South, I decided it was about time I tasted Red Velvet Cake, the classic, beautiful Southern dessert that I’m always seeing in cookbooks and on TV. I attempted to make Red Velvet Cupcakes, after seeing Chockylit’s recipe on Cupcake Bakeshop. I made a few adjustments to the recipe, including a decrease in [...]
Filed under: cupcakes on January 29th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This recipe for chicken patties is yet another recipe that I got from one of the Yahoo Groups I belong to. It reminds me of crab cakes, but it is made with chicken instead. Nathan doesn’t care for crab, so I thought I’d try out this recipe. I used seasoned bread crumbs [...]
Filed under: chicken, main dish, vegetables on January 28th, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s a quick and easy recipe that is one of Nathan’s favorites.
Taco Rice
adapted from 30 Day Gourmet Freezer Cooking Manual
Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
1 taco seasoning packet (I used Old El Paso)
1 can Rotel
2 cups cooked white or brown rice
Directions:
Brown meat and drain. Combine meat, taco seasoning, cooked rice, and Rotel in a saucepan and simmer [...]
Filed under: beef, freezer friendly, main dish on January 24th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here at the home of The Picky Apple, we’ve been branching out to try meats we don’t eat on a regular basis. Since I usually buy meat when it is on sale, we normally have a lot of chicken dishes and dishes using ground chuck. One of the new things we’ve been eating more of [...]
Filed under: main dish, pork on January 22nd, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My Messy Kitchen 1Originally uploaded by Tim Somero
When I am baking or cooking, I’m messy. Really messy. Think Tasmanian Devil in the kitchen. And it doesn’t help that our countertops are black granite. Spilled flour powdered sugar everything really shows up on those. I always complete whatever dish it is [...]
Filed under: organization on January 21st, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A few weeks ago, we went to Pappas Bros. Steakhouse to celebrate our anniversary. The crab cakes, steaks, skillet potatoes, turtle pie were all good, but it was my Steakhouse Salad that was the highlight of the meal for me. In fact, it was one of the best salads I’ve ever had. It consisted of [...]
Filed under: restaurants, salad on January 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
Last night we had homemade pizza. I typically purchase frozen bread dough for homemade pizza crust, roll it out, and sprinkle it with garlic salt or whatever spices sound good at the time. However, I’m out of frozen bread dough, and my usual grocery store doesn’t carry it, so I decided to try my hand [...]
Filed under: main dish on January 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
This has just been one of those weeks. It is cold and rainy outside and I’m not getting any sleep (the Littlest Apple is waking up at LEAST every 2 hours at night, and not napping during the day), so I really wanted some comfort food. Something not too time consuming to make. Something cheesy. [...]
Filed under: chicken, main dish on January 18th, 2008 | No Comments »