During the holidays I set out to create a cheesecake that incorporated all my favorites; chocolate chips, brownies and salted caramel sauce. I have a basic cheesecake recipe that I use and add various ingredients to create different flavors. The recipe on the Philadelphia Cream Cheese package is a good recipe to follow for a simple cheesecake. It took two attempts at…
Category: Home Cooking
Cornbread Stuffing with Sage Sausage and Cranberries
This Thanksgiving I decided to change my traditional cornbread stuffing and swap out the chicken thighs for sage sausage and add dried cranberries to make it extra special. This was a big hit with my family. My son gave me the ultimate compliment when he told me he loved my stuffing and no one makes…
Tip of the week- How to soften hard bread
Do you have bread or rolls that have gotten hard? No need to throw them away. You can warm and soften your bread and rolls by steaming them. I rarely finish all of my hamburger and hot dog rolls before they start to get hard. They are not ready for the garbage so I hate…
Crabmeat Cream Sauce with Scallops over Lobster and Eggplant Ravioli
My son Gabriel was back in the kitchen and this time he whipped up a delicious jumbo lump crab meat cream sauce with scallops. We decided to do something different with our seafood so we cooked ravioli and made a cream sauce with crab meat to go over them. I had some fresh scallops so we added them…
The Holiday Season
The holidays are approaching so you know what that means….I will be in the kitchen with Courtney and Gabe cooking up a storm. Here’s a look at some of my favorites. Of course I cannot let Thanksgiving go by without Apple and Sweet Potato pie! I always have corn pudding and mac’n’cheese on the table. And…
Eggplant Rollatini
This week I tried my hand at Eggplant Rollatini. I still had several eggplants in my refrigerator that I needed to cook. I didn’t follow a recipe. I cooked everything by sight and taste. I started by slicing the eggplant lengthwise. I beat a couple of eggs in a bowl in which I dipped the…
Creamy Tomato 3 Cheese Cellentani
This year I grew my own eggplant for the first time. I had an abundance of it so I needed to come up with creative ways to cook it. I decided to cube and sauté the eggplant and add it to a creamy tomato sauce with 3 cheeses, heavy cream, sausage, baby spinach, garlic, basil,…
Mom’s Chicken and Peaches
Growing up one of my favorite dinners was Chicken and Peaches. I know it may sound strange but the combination of fried chicken smothered in peaches with heavy syrup served over rice is delectable. My mother would make some delicious fried chicken and then pour canned peaches over it and let it bake in the…
Courtney’s Berries-n-Cream Bread Pudding
Would you be surprised if I told you for 99% of my life I actually didn’t like bread pudding? Maybe I should clarify a bit. When I say “didn’t like bread pudding” I don’t mean in a “take it or leave it kind of way.” I mean it in a “Stop. Don’t pick it up….
Gabriel’s Shrimp Beurre Blanc
During my son’s junior and senior years of high school he attended his regular high school in the morning and studied Culinary Arts in the afternoon. He comes from a family that loves to both cook and eat so it was a perfect fit for him. For some reason during his senior year, which was…
Washington Hot Muffin Mix
Growing up Washington Hot Muffin Mix used to be my favorite muffins. You could buy the packaged mix in the grocery store just like Jiffy Corn Bread mix. Unfortunately, the company discontinued selling it years ago. Fortunately, they were kind enough to make the recipe public for fans like myself. For those of you who…
Seasoned 2 Perfection 