Did you know that it is almost Hatch Green Chile time? Hatch is the name of a town in New Mexico and they grow the most incredible green Chiles in the world. The Chiles are harvested during August and September each year. There is even a festival dedicated to celebrating the harvest of this wonderful…
Food
Bacon Cheeseburger Balls
After months of being notified that one of my pins had been repined, I finally decided to make the recipe. It looked good and sounded simple enough but I was afraid it might end up on a site like this hilarious one called Pintrosity. You can find it here: http://pinstrosity.blogspot.com/ My Tailgating food is from…
Restaurant Style Fajita Salad
Tex Mex is big here. We have a restaurant called South of the Border that makes a wonderful Fajita Salad, they are also great professionals with a great dumbwaiters. I eat it nearly every time we go. Mr. Picky-eater liked the fried chicken salad so much, I thought he may like this as well –…
Sweet Heat: Our only Holiday Tradition
We are serious non-traditionalists when it comes to the holiday season. Top Girl’s dad and I are divorced. My husband’s parents are divorced – his mother is deceased now, but wasn’t when we married. Obviously my step-son’s parents are divorced. Top Girl is married with a 3rd family to consider especially with Rocket being here…
Strawberry Bundt Cake with Lemon Icing
This is what I’ve been doing this morning. Strawberry cake with kicked up Lemon Icing. Taking to mom’s for a party the apartment complex is having this evening. Yep, that’s a pot for a plant – I don’t have a cake pedestal! 🙂 Strawberry Bundt Cake with Lemon Icing Ingredients: 1 regular sized box of…
Jalapeno Poppers
Okay, the poppers aren’t perfect and they are fattening – but they are oh so good! I’ve always been up front about my domestic impairment so you shouldn’t be surprised. I bet most all of you could do this and they would come out magazine-cover perfect. I consider my imperfection in cooking a free public…
My Cinnamon Roll Adventure
Ya’ll, I’m so tired I don’t even know what I want to write about. Probably the thing that takes the least work in picture cropping. When I got up this morning I was going to make a loaf of bread and tie dye some onesies for my grandson. Top Girl’s father-in-law is in the hospital…
Peachy Piquant Jam
Yesterday I worked at the University editing two new videos for caregivers. Because I was in the town where I live, I was able to come home for lunch. During my tomato and lettuce sandwich, I watched Mario Batali on The Chew. He was making a dessert that consisted of peaches, balsamic vinegar, black pepper, cinnamon…
Kickin’ It Cold-School: Cold Salad & Pudding Parfait
It is so hot and humid here it feels like a sauna outside. 112 F is too hot for man and beast! It was so hot that we didn’t eat breakfast. At lunchtime, I looked outside to see sweat drenched people rushing from car to building and decided I didn’t need to eat then either….
Custom Hot Sauce
Several years ago, Lawyer-boy finished his undergrad in Ag Econ and spent the summer in Louisiana doing a paid internship. The summer before he had spent a few weeks studying at Oxford and because there were other college students with him and an entire country to explore, he wasn’t home sick but in Louisiana, he…