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Sweet & Spicy Apple Pork

2012-01-28T21:40:00.000-05:00

I’ll totally admit it, this may not be the prettiest dish but it is the most wonderfully delicious pulled pork I have ever had! I have made this recipe dozens and dozens of times but because it’s not pretty I just never took a picture but I have had so many requests for the recipe and I’m tired of it being my responsibility to remember to email the recipe, I’ve relented and I’m putting it here

Giveaway!! A Ponderous Ponderosa

2012-01-24T10:05:00.001-05:00

If you missed it before, that is not a grapefruit, it’s a Ponderosa Lemon that Maisie is holding and it weighed in at just shy of 2 1/2 pounds!! I got two cups of juice from that baby and used some of it to make this gorgeous Ponderosa Lemon & Sour Cream Tart which was beyond delicious. Well now you too have a chance to get your hands on one gorgeous, ponderous Ponderosa Lemon as my bloggy

Pork Dumplings with Rice Wrappers

2012-01-22T21:25:00.000-05:00

Happy Chinese New Year ~~ Year of the Dragon ~~ Gung Hay Fat Choy!!! 新年快樂 Maisie is my dumpling loving girl and how could I have her celebrate Chinese New Year without her beloved dumplings. But now with her food allergies to wheat, egg whites and milk, I’ve had to find new ways of making her favorite foods so enter, dumplings made with rice paper wrappers. I didn’t have to make any changes to

Ponderosa Lemon & Sour Cream Tart

2012-01-19T06:58:00.000-05:00

This is month four of the Improv Cooking Challenge which is hosted by Kristen of Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker. This month I was super excited to participate as we were tasked to use two of my favorite ingredients, lemon and sour cream. How the challenge works is, each month the participating bloggers are given two ingredients and asked to make any recipe of their choosing which contains

Maisie “safe” No Bake Cookies

2012-01-16T18:56:00.001-05:00

Maisie and I switched up her Math Book and Nutella No Bake Cookies so to make them “safe” for Maisie and her allergies and to also add some extra healthy calories to them because with Maisie’s intense workout schedule at the gym she needs all the calories I can get into her. The cookies in this recipe are gluten-free and vegan so safe for my girl and according to her, absolutely delicious!!

Chang-Style Brussels Sprouts

2012-01-14T22:44:00.000-05:00

It wasn’t until recently that I discovered that I really enjoy Brussels sprouts. In the past I always found them stinky and well, cabbage-y tasting but when cooked up right as in this recipe with the addition of bacon, Sriracha and a bit of lime, well they’re absolutely delicious. I’ve made this recipe a couple of times and because Eammon always requests Brussels sprouts as part of Christmas

Glazed Lemon Squares

2012-01-08T21:21:00.000-05:00

Lemon Bars, when made well, are one of my favorite cookies and I thought that there could be none better than the tried and true buttery and tangy delicious Lemon Squares that I have been making for years because they are the bomb. But then somewhere I saw a recipe for glazed lemon bars and I realized that I could improve on my favorite Lemon Squares by doing away with the powdered sugar topping

Thai Chicken Noodle Soup

2012-01-07T09:00:00.000-05:00

It’s Crazy Cooking Challenge time again! Each month our hostess, Tina of Moms Crazy Cooking challenges the participating bloggers to search non-celebrity blogs looking for the ultimate recipe of the month. We are then to make and feature that recipe and the blog where we found it. This month the challenge was to find the ultimate chicken noodle soup recipe. I almost passed on participating

Seared Scallops with Creamy Pesto & Lemon Pepper Pasta

2012-01-05T21:04:00.001-05:00

Last night I raided my freezer and pantry to come up with something for dinner and what I created was pure delight. I just sort of made things up as I went along but both Eammon and I loved the results so I’ll be making this again. I also loved that it was quick and not a lot of clean up for such a delicious meal. Seared Scallops with Creamy Pesto & Lemon Pepper Pasta 12 oz. large sea scallops

Texas Chicken Sandwich

2012-01-04T19:02:00.001-05:00

Back in early December I posted my Secret Recipe Club entry of Texas Chicken with Lime Butter and I raved about the recipe. We enjoyed that recipe so much that I made it again…twice. First I made it just as written and then I decided that the marinade and lime butter sauce would be awesome on pork so I used the same recipe on a pork loin which I served on Christmas Eve to rave reviews. If you

Oatmeal, Cashew & Chocolate Granola Bars

2012-01-02T20:23:00.001-05:00

I mentioned in my Crunchy Oat, Almond, Cashew & Pebbles Granola Bars post just how important it is for us to have granola bars that are “Maisie safe” as they are her go-to snack for school and gymnastics and her breakfast when we’re running late. Though she liked the previous bars Maisie wasn’t in love with them so I asked her what would make them better. Maisie said that they were too crisp

Potato Crusted Pork Chops

2011-12-28T19:00:00.001-05:00

Before we left for Aruba I was walking through the grocery and had a major AHA moment when I happened to notice an end cap filled with boxes of something I’ve never purchased, potato flakes and I realized that they looked just like panko. It dawned on Marblehead here that I could use them to “bread” pork, chicken or fish, making some of our favorite meals “safe” for Maisie and her food allergies

Creamed Corn with Cheese and Cilantro

2011-12-24T22:36:00.001-05:00

Over the top, off the charts and outrageously delicious is the only way to describe this creamed corn Oh my word, to say that we enjoyed this corn would be an understatement because I think I may have licked the bowl clean…okay, I did lick the bowl clean. When I wrote this months Secret Recipe Club post I stated that I would be making and posting more recipes from Si’s A Bountiful Kitchen and

Eggnog Popovers with Cranberry Butter

2011-12-15T06:52:00.000-05:00

This is now my third month participating in the Improv Cooking Challenge which is hosted by Kristen of Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker. Each month participating bloggers are given two ingredients and asked to make any recipe of their choosing which contains those two ingredients. For the inaugural challenge in October, participants made recipes using caramel and apple and the Caramel

Biscoff Fudge

2011-12-07T11:45:00.000-05:00

It’s time again for my entry in the Crazy Cooking Challenge which is hosted each month by Tina of Moms Crazy Cooking. Each month she challenges participating bloggers to search non-celebrity blogs looking for the ultimate recipe of the month and then to make and feature that recipe and the blog where we found it. The first month we were challenged to find the ultimate mac & cheese recipe and I

Texas Chicken with Lime Butter

2011-12-05T09:55:00.000-05:00

Here we are, the first Monday of the month and it’s Secret Recipe Club time again…WOOHOO!! I adore reveal day, not only posting the wonderful new recipe that I made but also checking out what all the other participants chose to make. Each month the members of The Secret Recipe Club are assigned a blog from which they can make any recipe of their choosing. It sounds easy enough but there are

Crunchy Oat, Almond, Cashew & Pebbles Granola Bars

2011-12-01T20:29:00.001-05:00

Now that Maisie can’t eat things with wheat, egg whites or milk because of her food allergies I’ve been on the search to make convenience type foods that she can easily grab for breakfast or for a snack. One of Maisie’s go-to foods has always been granola bars but after spending hours reading ingredient labels it seems that they all contain ingredients that she can’t have, unless I want to spend

Hasselback Potatoes with Garlic Sour Cream

2011-11-28T17:12:00.001-05:00

Hands down these are the most delicious potatoes I have ever eaten and are worth every.single.carb-and-fat.calorie they contain. Buttery, garlicky, fluffy on the inside and a little crispy on the outside. Perfection!! Also wonderful is that they’re simple to make. Thinly slice fresh garlic and then slice partially through the potato a few times and insert the slices of garlic. Then toss in

Apple, Cranberry & Rhubarb Crisp

2011-11-27T18:39:00.001-05:00

I don’t particularly care for pie crusts but I enjoy the fillings so over the years I’ve realized that what I do really enjoy are crisps and they’re super simple and very forgiving to make. Back in July I posted a recipe for a Rhubarb Crisp and because I love that crisp so much I decided that for Thanksgiving this year I would change it up a little adding apples and cranberries for a more

Rum Cured Salmon

2011-11-24T20:01:00.001-05:00

Back in February 2010 I posted Rum-Cured Salmon Summer Rolls and I posted the recipe for the salmon along with a single picture of the summer roll. We honestly adore this salmon recipe and since I was making it again recently I decided to document the recipe. On a foil and then plastic wrapped sheet pan, place salmon skin side down and cover the salmon with the curing mixture. Drizzle on

Apple Dumplings

2011-11-20T22:58:00.000-05:00

Recently I saw a recipe for apple dumplings on Tina’s blog, Moms Crazy Cooking and they looked so easy and delicious I just had to make them. When I say easy, I mean easy. Peel and slice an apple. Wrap each apple slice in a triangle of refrigerated crescent dough. Lay the wrapped apples in a greased pan. Pour on a mixture of melted butter, sugar and vanilla. Spread on some partially

HELP!!! What do I feed her?

2011-11-18T17:24:00.001-05:00

My foodie friends I need your help. Last Friday I took Maisie in for her yearly physical and while the doctor said she was doing great and she’s healthy, strong and growing along her percentile curve she was concerned about Maisie’s allergies. We have never had Maisie tested for allergies and I guess that it was always assumed that she had pollen allergies but lately pollen counts are at almost

Praline Pumpkin Cheesecake

2011-11-17T07:00:00.000-05:00

Here we are already, the second month of the Improv Cooking Challenge which is now being hosted by Kristen of Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker. How this challenge works is, each month two ingredients are assigned and you can make any recipe of your choice as long as it includes those two ingredients. Last month, for the inaugural challenge all the participants made recipes using caramel and

Pink Strawberry Cake Balls

2011-11-15T02:23:00.000-05:00

I’ve gotten better at actually photographing the things I make but it takes a lot longer for me to actually write up my post and get it published, or what happened with this recipe, it just sort of got lost amongst the drafts. It was back the beginning of September that I posted this picture on Moments with Maisie of Maisie helping to make a strawberry cake because it was just what we had done

Aloo Tikki

2011-11-07T11:00:00.000-05:00

Here we are already at the third month of the Crazy Cooking Challenge hosted by Tina of Moms Crazy Cooking. Each month she challenges participating bloggers to search non-celebrity blogs looking for the ultimate recipe of the month and then to make and feature that recipe and the blog. The first month we were challenged to find the ultimate mac & cheese recipe and I made a delicious Velvety Mac