Archive for March, 2009
El Banana Bread
I never had to make croissants while taking French in school, but my daughter has decided to make Banana bread for extra credit in Spanish. Here’s how I understand it: she makes the bread and brings it into the class to sample and writes out the recipe in Spanish. So, I was told that we need very [...]
Red Potato Salad
Bought a bag of baby red potatoes a few weeks ago while they were on sale. Yesterday, I got a hankering for potato salad to go along with some burgers. Take 2 1/2 pounds of red potatoes and boil until tender, after they cool, cut into small chunks. Don’t peel, the skin is good for [...]
Popcorn At Home
I still have to admit that I love popcorn at the theatre, even though it is definitely not a health food. It becomes addictive, and usually turns into a meal. At home, we used to use microwave popcorn; but in all honesty, while it’s easier, it turns out to be expensive per serving. We usually [...]
Ballpark Burgers
If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. Spring is here and soon baseball will be back. I love catching a Bulls game, even though I am a die hard Cubs fan, the Bulls are [...]
Spring Has Sprung
As I read about the current blizzard going on in the upper Midwest, I am reminded about how changeable March weather can be. We have posted officially 7.1″ of snow this year and that is just slightly above our seasonal average. So, I am thinking we are done with the snow. We might pick up [...]
Lemon Roll Cake
The request was for something “lemony”. I have never made a jelly roll type cake before, so I was game. I found a recipe in a Better Homes & Garden, and went to work. I learned that a sponge cake, has no added fat except for eggs. So here we go. I beat 3 eggs [...]
Crop Walk
I was honored to be the emcee yesterday for Durham’s 35th annual Crop Walk. We kicked off the event in front of Duke Chapel at Duke University. Numerous communities around the country have Crop Walks at different times during the year, but Durham’s is always in the spring and always has a high turnout. I [...]
March Madness
I joined 5 million others across the country and filled out a bracket on ESPN.com. I finished yesterday with 5 losses and 11 wins. I understand that is the same record that our President had. So not bad, I think I am in 3,000,000th place! I hear that 25,000 people got every game right. Now here [...]
Less Fat Frying
I watched a show on the Food Network a couple of days ago, and it was science based. They studied how much fat gets absorbed by frying in different bases. Most of the food absorbed about the same amount of fat from frying. The vegetable and canola oils had the “healthiest” of fats from frying. The lard had [...]
Fake but Tasty Pizza
I was looking for something quick and tasty to make last night. I had flour tortillas, some shredded mozzerella cheese, a jar of pasta sauce, a few olives. I have found the flour tortillas make a good thin crust pizza. I add some cheese to the top of one tortilla, then I place a second [...]
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