Archives for December 2009

Jalapeño Corn Bread

This is the jalapeño corn bread I promised with Monday’s stew. Now, this is a really good corn bread, but it’s also really spicy. Even the husband thought it was too spicy, and his tolerance is higher than mine. You’ve been warned.

Unfortunately, there are several Jalapeño Corn Bread recipes on Cooking Light’s Web site, but this one [...]

Ancho Pork and Hominy Stew

Among other things, I got a subscription to Cooking Light magazine for Christmas. I’ve made two things from the December issue and plan on making two more recipes from that issue this week. This is going to be fun!
Today I made the Ancho Pork and Hominy Stew. This involved learning that hominy is corn without [...]

Cookie Dough Truffles

Tastes like raw chocolate chip cookie dough, but without the raw eggs and dipped in dark chocolate. I think I’ll just leave it at that.
I give you Cookie Dough Truffles from Taste of Home:

Seven Layer Bars

These bars are another holiday treat that I grew up with and now make on my own. We called these Seven Layer Bars, but I’ve also seen these called Magic Cookie Bars and Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bars.
Note: There are not seven layers in Seven Layer bars. I count five layers. You could have six [...]

Party Snack Mix

This is my family’s holiday snack mix, and it also has the distinction of being Something My Dad Can Make. (Spaghetti and mashed potatoes are also in this category.)

Party Snack Mix

1 6 oz. can French fried onions
1 7 oz. can potato sticks
1 lb. bag pretzel sticks
1 lb. can salted peanuts
¼ cup Parmesan cheese
½ cup butter, melted

In a [...]

Root Beer Pulled Pork

What can I say? I have a thing for pulled pork. It is easy to make and always full of flavor. I found this recipe while looking for a way to use up a pork shoulder in the freezer. Basically it is a pork shoulder and a bottle of root beer slow cooked all day. [...]

Goulash

I don’t know about your mother, but this is not my mother’s goulash. Goulash at home consisted of No Yolk egg noodles, ground beef, tomato sauce, and maybe a vegetable like peas or corn and some onion. That was it.
This goulash recipe from Smitten Kitchen and Gourmet magazine might involve more ingredients and more work, [...]

Pound Cake

If you are looking for the opposite of a healthy food, then this cake is for you. Apparently the pound in “pound cake” refers to the butter. I think I knew that but it is still surprising when you actually make it. This cake is far better than any pound cake you can buy in [...]

Alfredo Sauce

I’m normally a red sauce girl, but I’ve wanting to make Alfredo sauce at home for awhile a now. I found this simple recipe from Cooking Light and had all the ingredients, so I finally went for it.

I cooked the sauce longer than the recipe suggested because the cheese wasn’t melting. Then I was concerned that the [...]

Israeli Cauliflower with Panko

I realize this recipe won’t be the most popular recipe on OFE, what with it involving vegetables and all, but I do think this is a winning side dish. Try thinking less about the cauliflower and more about the crunchy, salty bread crumbs!

This was really easy to put together. The cauliflower gets cooked in the [...]