I am big fan of soup, especially in the Fall and Winter month's. During the holiday's, I always serve a soup course, and my family looks forward to tasting what I have created for them! This soup is a recreation of one of my favorite soups. In Issaquah, Washington, where I lived for 13 years a long time ago, there is a little restaurant within a historic grouping of stores called Gilman Village. For over 32 years the Boarding House Restaurant has been serving
homemade soup, salads and sandwiches and the Potato Dill is the house soup...always available! I always find it hard to leave
without having a piece of their signature dessert, warm granny smith apple
crisp...baked daily and served with fresh whip cream! Mmmmmm
The Comfiest, Easiest Halloween Costume
If you’re still on the hunt for a last minute Halloween costume, I've got an idea. Go out and buy glow-in-the-dark stars and planets that are usually on a child’s ceiling and stick them onto a black shirt and black pants. Woo Hoo!! You’re the solar system. Easy, comfy, and cheap. You could literally walk around in your sweatpants.
Young children like
things on the spooky side — but not too spooky. They still have fun
with plays on words and things that are not quite what they seem!
Imagination sells so you can slide in some healthy food with fun names!
Just about everyone loves
Caramel Corn and cheesy corn, truffle corn, margarita corn.... I feel like I am always talking about weird
popcorn concoctions, but I do like to test many kinds of flavored corn. I say, no this isn't that great, and then I eat so much that I am
sick. And that process will just sort of repeat itself over and over
again. But pretty much everyone agrees on caramel corn and it is easy to make!
When the calendar turns to October I get a little excited....or crazy. I love all new Halloween stuff that hits the stores, costumes,
baking stuff and decorations....you name it! I can hardly wait to create some scary, cute and totally festive
Halloween treats. There are so many cool things out there and I want to buy it all and start creating!!
And if you've been reading here for any period of time, you know I
consider myself the Temptress of Halloween.
Making a good
bolognese sauce is a real labor of love. Sure, you could just combine some
ground beef to a tomato sauce and call it good (and heck, we often do!),
but there's a certain irresistible silkiness and a deep, meaty flavor
that can really only come from all-day cooking. This is a dish that
takes a pork loin and turns it into something worthy
of the finest dinner party.
The other day, I had some unexpected company and needed a quick breakfast muffin. At first I thought I'd run to the local bakery, then I remembered "THE" pumpkin muffins. It had been years since I
made them! It was back in the days BEFORE Pinterest and Facebook! Yes, my fellow internet addicts, we did have a way of exchanging recipes back then. Pumpkin
muffins have two ingredients. It seems like overkill to do the step by
step but, heh, why not!
