A friend of my brother’s sent me this recipe. It is so easy and so scrumptious. I’ve made a couple of adjustments in the original recipe which were heartily approved by my tasting committee!! My cousin needs calories, so I’ve been making a lot more desserts lately. Of course, the rest of us could do without them,…
Dove Season at the Lodge
It’s the beginning of dove season at the lodge, so I’m cooking for a week. My brother is helping, because I managed to cramp my back on that 3 day drive home from California. For the first night, we made garlic mashed potatoes, Cream Spinach, Oven Steak, and garlic bread. I’ve started using frozen whole leaf…
Blackberry Peach Cobbler
My brother and cousin went up to Dallas for a doctor’s appointment, and on the way home, stopped at the farmer’s market in downtown Dallas, and brought back some great finds. The blackberries were huge, sweet, and perfect for a luscious blackberry cobbler. We added some peaches to make the cobbler big enough for all…
To Cedar Plank or Not To Cedar Plank
You could not have convinced me, before today, that cedar planking really made a significant difference in the taste of the food cooked on it. I got a large fillet of salmon and made the Herb Salmon recipe, with half the fillet on the cedar plank, and half just on a baking sheet. I cooked…
Creamy Rice Pudding
The newest addition to our testosterone entourage, my cousin, who has just had some major surgery, needs to gain weight – my specialty!! He has quite a taste for sweets now, so this was the first thing I made for him, when I got home. It is loaded with healthy calories, but there are easy…