Here is a simple, three-ingredient cocktail that you can make in a flash! Gimlet Ingredients: 2 1/2 oz. gin 3/4 oz fresh lime juice 1 oz. simple syrup Directions: Fill a cocktail shaker with all ingredients. Add ice and shake well. Strain into a chilled martini or coupe glass(or serve over ice). Garnish with a …
This is my third (or so) time making David Lebovitz’s lemon-glazed madeleines. I have made the recipe in the past as written. This time I added the zest of two lemons instead of one. Without the lemon glaze these are kind of bland and I do not detect much lemon. The glaze is critical if …
Yum! This is a great pork marinade. I will definitely use this again! The original recipe is from Williams Sonoma and included rosemary. I omitted the rosemary since some in my family despise it. Marinated Pork Tenderloin Recipe from: https://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/marinated-pork-tenderloins.html Ingredients: 2/3 cup balsamic vinegar 1/3 cup olive oil 2 Tbs. soy sauce 4 1/2 tsp. …
I make these every New Year’s Day. My husband’s family always serves black-eyed peas but I wanted a recipe with more flavor. This recipe is so easy and really jazzes up the black-eyed peas. The original recipe calls for hot sauce but I do not add since some if my family do not like anything …
Happy New Year! I have been looking for a way to make mashed potatoes the day prior to hosing for various holidays. I found this recipe at Once Upon a Chef and tried it. These are my new go-to mashed potatoes! The potatoes are really good, and fairly easy. In the past when I have …
I’m a little late posting some Christmas cookie recipes. These cookies are delicious and I always get compliments on them. It’s basically a shortbread cookie dough transformed into thumbprint cookies filled with apricot and raspberry jelly. (Note: I did not have luck with the raspberry jelly as most of the jelly ran off the cookie …
Nothing says the holidays like gingerbread cookies. These are very easy and really good. Gingerbread Cookies makes about 30 cookies Ingredients: 3 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground allspice 1 cup unsalted butter, …
I found this recipe on the Washington Post website as I was looking for some health snack ideas to help my son gain a little weight. These are super easy quite tasty. I made half the recipe since I was unsure if my son would like them (he did!). These freeze well, too. Peanut Butter Energy …
Doesn’t this soup just scream AUTUMN?!?!I received an acorn squash and butternut squash in the last CSA bag of the season. I typically just roast squash but decided to attempt a soup. I checked out different recipes online and then just improvised. I really like the soup. My husband probably won’t eat it but that’s …
I’m calling this the 3-day cake. The cake is seriously time consuming but soooo delicious! This is another recipe from Christina Tosi’s Milk Bar Cookbook. This definitely delivers the “wow” factor. I served this for my family and people assumed I purchased it at the nearby bakery. The recipe has so many steps. I am …