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Strawberry Pineapple Trifle
I used to make a punch bowl cake when we were first married, everyone loved it especially my husband. Well somewhere over the years, the recipe disappeared and I have not been able to find it again. I have tried a bunch of recipes over the years but none are the same. They are usually very good, though none are the same. I pulled several elements from different ones over the years and this strawberry pineapple trifle was so good, that it was already gone when I got to the dessert table. People were asking for the recipe and scraping the bowl to get a little taste. I got a…
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Too Many Baked Potatoes?
Have you ever cooked too many baked potatoes? I had a couple large ones left over when my husband and son didn’t come home for supper one night. This is why planning meals ahead of time doesn’t work well for our family. I never know who is going to be home for supper each night. I hate wasting food, so I put them in the fridge after they cooled. The next morning I peeled them and cut them up into chunks about 1/2” square. I fried up a 1 pound roll of sausage, six slices and the rest scrambled. I pulled out the slices and added some oil, the potato…
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Can Baked Chicken be Juicy?
I don’t like to fry foods very often. Not only is it less healthy, but it makes a big mess in my kitchen. The problem with this is that my husband loves fried food especially fried chicken. I have tried cooking chicken in all sorts of ways over the years, but he really never liked them all that much. Another problem is that he likes dark meat and I like white meat, so over the last few years I have been experimenting with different chicken recipes for thighs and legs and I would just throw a breast in for me. Some would be okay but nothing he really liked much…
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