What do you do when you want chili, you’re missing several ingredients and you are snowed in? You improvise. What do you do when you have ground chicken instead of ground beef, taco seasoning instead of chili mix, and the only canned tomatoes you can find is vegetarian vegetable soup? You sauté your chicken add taco seasoning add a bit of chili powder, garlic and … Continue reading Improvised Recipes
What do you do when you’re given a couple of small lobster tails? Yeah, I didn’t know what to do with them either then I remembered my son made shrimp alfredo and I thought why not lobster alfredo? So, I made spaghetti and set it aside, then I steamed my tails and cracked the shells. After plucking out the succulent meat, I chopped it up … Continue reading Lobster Alfredo
Zucchini brownies taste like banana and chocolate. Continue reading The Dreaded Zucchini Strikes Again!
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This is a very simple and delicious recipe my sister-in-law taught me with a little variation. First I put 1/3 stick of salted butter in a pan and melted it and dumped in my pint bag of pecans adding in a little more salt. I stirred the nuts until they were completely coated and then put them on a baking sheet with parchment paper. I … Continue reading A Simple Recipe
Autumn is my favorite time of the year. I love to see the leaves change colors and smell the fresh scents that fill the air. Continue reading Fall is in the Air
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The Hunt family in my new series, Flintlock and Steel, and the Harrell family in the Harrell Family Chronicles both raised a lot of children. I raised six boys. Continue reading The Frugal Homemaker & the Writer
I am not a big banana cake lover. My husband loves banana bread. To me it is usually dense and they always use overripe bananas. When a friend gave us a bunch of bananas too ripe for me to eat, I decided to make banana cake. I looked up a recipe online, The Best Banana Cake I’ve Ever Had by Sally McKenney, but of course … Continue reading Banana Cake
I love chai tea and honey but I also enjoy a chai tea latte. If done right, a chai tea latte tastes like Christmas in a glass! Bring water to a boil, steep chai tea bag and add honey to taste. For added kick, add one ounce spiced rum, one ounce bourbon cream liquor, 1/2 ounce ginger liquor and teaspoon of extra chai spice. You … Continue reading Chia Tea Latte with a Kick
Winter Bourbon Smash (Half Gallon Pitcher) Small jar (8-ounces) of preserves or jam my favorite is blackberry or cranberry orange. (Recipe for Quick Cranberry Orange Jam: 1 can orange juice concentrate, 1 can cranberry sauce and ½ cup sugar, 2 tablespoons water and 1 small box orange gelatin. Dissolve sugar in water, add orange juice and cranberry sauce stirring until mixed well, add in gelatin … Continue reading What is Your Holiday Spirit?
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