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Bread Machine Diva Posts

As you may know, I also publish the  Bread Machine Diva blog.   I started the Diva blog after it became evident that I could write about my bread machine and never stop. For those of you that share my fascination with the bread machine, take a look at the left-hand sidebar of the page.  Underneath [...]

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The Cook’s Thesaurus

The other day The Man of the House and I were trying to remember a type of cheese that our pal Robin had mentioned.  It was easy to melt and started with a “f”.  I love a good Internet search so with that information I was off and running. The cheese in question is fontina [...]

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Chicken Feet

Recently Home Ec 101 started a series called “Kitchen Bravery”.  Their first article was indeed very brave.  It tells how to make chicken stock from, you guessed it, chickens feet.  You can see the details here complete with photos of the item in question and instructions for giving an avian pedicure. I had a mixed [...]

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Cockeyed Cake

The other day my pal Tracy was telling me about a recipe she saw on TV.  It was an easy recipe for a chocolate cake.  The cool thing about it was that you mixed it in the baking pan. That struck a cord with me.  I looked in the recipe box I’ve had since about [...]

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What’s Cooking?

This week I found some great cooking links! Cream of Soup Recipe – There are other items in this post from Simple Dollar but what caught my eye is the cream of soup recipe.   Have you checked out the ingredients list on a can of cream soup?  It’s scary.  I’m going to give this one [...]

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Bunny Bread Experiment

Yesterday’s Bunny Bread Experiment was a big success.  I ended up using some tips that I’d found on the web along with some things I’d observed at our local grocery store’s bunny bread.  And of course I had to make my own dough with the bread machine.  Here’s what I did . . . . [...]

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Bunny Bread

The Man of the House and I just got back from a trip to the grocery store. While we were there I saw the cutest loaves of bunny bread. I knew that there had to be instructions for it on the Internet.  As usual, I found the best descriptions and most helpful advice at RecipeZaar.  [...]

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Corned Beef and Cabbage

For Saint Patrick’s Day I cooked corned beef and cabbage for the first time.  I followed a recipe at Recipezaar for corned beef and cabbage in the crock pot.  I cooked it on low for ten hours.  To be honest, I was a little alarmed during the day at the strong smells coming from the [...]

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