Category Archives: Food
The memories a simple dessert brought
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The Curmudgeon and I had Turkey Hill Deep Dark Chocolate ice cream for dessert. We looked at each other and said simultaneously, “Gramma would have loved this! Jinx!” Then we laughed.
To say my maternal grandmother was a chocoholic would be putting it mildly. Gramma loved all things chocolate. The darker and richer, the better. Gramma taught all of us the love of all things chocolate.
The Curmudgeon learned early on in our dating that to give my Gramma chocolate whenever possible was to make a friend for life. I think he fell in love with her about the third time they met.
His grandmother was an evil, nasty woman. So to meet my Gramma who welcomed him into our home with warmth and baked goods was an experience he took to heart.
Did you BBQ?
Yesterday, we didn’t barbecue as we normally would have. I didn’t dare run the grill because I knew for sure, with my luck, I’d run out of gas before the food cooked properly. The Curmudgeon forgot to get the bottles filled/exchanged.
We did, however, have some lovely potato salad I made. I also pulled some turkey tenderloin cutlets out of the freezer, thawed them, pounded them flat, breaded and quick seared them in my new non-stick pan. Heavenly. Tender, juicy, and flavorful morsels that made The Curmudgeon quite happy.
How did you celebrate Memorial Day?
English: fresh potato salad (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Pizza anyone?
I have decided to add a variety of healthy pizzas to our diet, homemade pizzas. I have a pizza stone ordered and on its way and have a nice wooden peel picked out for my next order.
Why have I decided this? Well, I’ve acquired several pizza cookbooks for free on my Kindle and thought that over the summer I could use either my oven or my grill to make some tasty pizzas. I think it’d be interesting to grill them.
The Curmudgeon loves pizza and this may be a way to get him to eat ‘healthier’ foods where he might actually enjoy them.
When I was a teen, our family had a killer pizza recipe that is now lost to me. I’d sure love to find one similar to it among all these recipes.
You all have a good one.
Pizza on a pizza stone (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
No fresh veggies yesterday…but there’s always today
Plans to go to the gym yesterday fell through. When I called G, no one was home. I figured they were running very late at the grocery store. So much for the gym, the grocery store, and a stop at the farmers market on the way home. I thought maybe I’d do the grocery store and farmers market run a little after noon.
Later on, after I got busy doing a few things around the house, I looked at the clock, and I realized that by then it was too late for me to go to the farmers market and grocery store. I refuse to shop anywhere near three in the afternoon with all the mommies and their cranky kids and it was ten after three.
I’ll go to the farmers market and grocery store today. I need fresh veggies and a few other things.
Vegetables in a grocery store, Paris, France. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A new toy in the kitchen
I ordered a bacon/grill press last week. It arrived yesterday. I tested it last night on our breakfast for dinner, dinner. I made sausage patties and French toast. These sausage patties are what we get from Five Star Foods. I love them but I never liked how they’d curl up. I’d have to snip them four or five times around the edges to keep them flat.
The press worked nicely. I am pleased, now I can’t wait to use it with my grill pan. Oh, the paninis and other goodies I will make!
You all have a good one!
BBQ ribs!!!
A Facebook friend gave me a fabulous recipe for ribs starting with a wonderful dry rub and then a slow cooking method. Well, I used the dry rub, had the ribs in it for 10 hours. Then I put them into my crock pot with sliced onions under them and I poured a small amount of apple juice into the pot. I cooked them on high for two hours and then turned them to low for three hours. The last hour, I slathered them with BBQ sauce. They were as yummy as they look.
We’re having it for dinner again?
If The Curmudgeon wouldn’t shoot me I’d have lasagna for dinner again tonight. We had it last night and it tasted even better than the lasagna we had the night before.
It’s not just how good it tastes, it’s how easy it is for me to heat and what few dishes I have to do afterwards. Yep, I am lazy.
Anyone who wants cupcakes had better get over here. I have a dozen left and they are tasty. I do NOT need to eat a dozen cupcakes!
You all have a good one!
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