What is the craziest thing you've ever eaten? I have a few contenders. But the answer to the question of "what is the craziest thing you've ever made" is obvious. A good friend of mine is from Rochester New York, as is one of my favorite internet chefs Andrew Rea (Bingeing with Babish.) The local … Continue reading Garbage Plate
We were watching a Gordon Ramsay cooking show where he made this soup. It looked really good so we wanted to try it. He added basil to his, but we don't care for basil, so we left it out. We also enriched it a bit by adding a bit of heavy cream. Ours tasted good, … Continue reading Roasted Tomato Soup
Bought too many bananas and they got too old to eat, so made this banana bread. Turned out real good, I'd say. Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs, beaten 3 bananas, finely crushed (for serious and extreme moist and delicious, try 4 bananas) 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon … Continue reading Banana Nut Bread
After eating heavy Mac and Cheese the previous night, we wanted something light and refreshing. I made a nice shrimp salad. Here is the recipe: Ingredients: For salad 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper red onion, finely chopped, to taste 1 stalk celery, finely … Continue reading Shrimp Salad
Last night I got a craving for something sweet. We have a recipe given to us by our good friend Richard for a Pineapple Cake, which is simplicity itself and also very good. I followed the basic recipe, but once I had it in the oven I realized that I wanted to add some toasted … Continue reading Bacardi Rum Pineapple Cake
We wanted to have steak tonight, so we thought what would go well with it. Creamed Spinach is classically served in steak houses all over, so why not. Found this recipe which uses Boursin cheese as a component. Went really well with the steak. Boursin - Garlic and Fine Herbs (5 ounce) Ingredients: FOR THE … Continue reading Boursin Creamed Spinach
I just spent yesterday afternoon baking Jim a Carrot Cake. Yesterday morning we took a nice walk over to the Goodbean Cafe I had a delicious cup of hot chocolate. Jim also had a hot chocolate and a slice of Lemon, Blackberry & Poppyseed cake. He ate only half. On the walk home he proclaimed … Continue reading Carrot Cake
The Kirkley family loves soup. I suppose this is another reason I love the change in seasons. We're giddy when it gets cold, because here comes all the hearty flavorful soups. All the table conversation is suspended because everyone's too busy murmuring yum...yum...yum. I don't term my soups as anything more than refrigerator cleaning. Almost … Continue reading Cream of Mushroom Soup
So yesterday Jim said he was craving something sweet so I decided to make this cookie recipe. I don't normally bake, with the exception of when we're hosting a dinner party and who would serve cookies at a dinner party? Not me! So questions and statements are all clues to how many times in my … Continue reading Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Back in the day when I worked for corporate America and had an expense account, from time to time I would take customers to a restaurant in Montecito California called Lucky's. They are still around in fact. They touted themselves as a "high-end" steak house with prices to match. One thing on the menu that … Continue reading Blue Cheese Dressing
