Summer Salsa » The Nerd's Wife. 20 Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 2 Google+ 0 Pin It Share 18 18 StumbleUpon 0 Buffer 0 Filament.io Made with Flare More Info 20 Flares × My favorite thing about summer is the fresh fruits and veggies that are in supply at all the grocery stores.
I just love walking down the aisles and seeing the beautiful colors and smelling the fresh smells. And don’t even get me started on Farmer’s Markets. LOVE. Chicken Tortilla Soup » The Nerd's Wife. 332 Flares Twitter 5 Facebook 11 Google+ 17 Pin It Share 245 245 StumbleUpon 54 Buffer 0 Filament.io Made with Flare More Info 332 Flares × Last summer, I got a craving for Chicken Tortilla Soup and even though it was 80 degrees outside, I made some.
And it was good. But last week, the weather was cold and rainy and again, I got the craving. But this time, I decided to throw together some different ingredients to see what I could come up with. And it was BETTER. I credit it all to this recipe from Our Best Bites, which calls for fresh lime juice to be added to the soup right before it’s served. Ingredients: Rotisserie chicken, shredded 1 pkg Ranch dressing mix 1 pkg taco seasoning 32 oz chicken broth 1 can black beans, drained 1 can whole kernel corn 2 cans Rotel tomatoes and green chiles, drained. 1 large onion, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 jalapeño peppers, seeds removed and chopped 1 tsp salt 1/4 tsp black pepper Juice of four limes Shredded cheese Tortilla chips Sliced Avocado. Category Items. Stumblers Who Like Omnomicon makes » recipe: ice cream cake (but not like... If you’ve been following along, you’re probably aware that I collect cookbooks.
Specifically, cookbooks created by New England civic organizations between 1950 and 1980 for fundraising purposes. With yard sale season in full swing, I find myself solvent with new recipe ideas, among them one I found in this vandalized and water-damaged collection. The picture on the cover somewhat suggests the architecture of Calvary Baptist Church in Easthampton, but I bought the book in Millbury and it has no date (I’ve never been to that Church, I just tried to do some due diligence in my googling). Nevertheless, it *does* include a chocolate cake recipe with a secret ingredient: ice cream. Homepage.
White Chicken Pizza. January 19, 2011.
Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Bread. Kids can be frustratingly picky eaters.
They can also have highly entertaining quirks. My niece used to ask for pepperoni pizza and then proceed to discard all of the pepperoni. But don’t you dare suggest that she order plain cheese pizza! She did not want plain cheese pizza. She wanted pepperoni pizza. Un-Pepperoni Pizza. Bacon Breakfast Pizza. This is part of my Oh My Bacon Grease!
Series. To see how it all began, click here. Sopapilla Cupcakes. Last year I made sopapillas for Cinco de Mayo.
This year, I decided to try sopapilla cupcakes. None of the sopapilla cupcake recipes online were very appealing to me, so I played around with some ingredients and this is what I got: Sopapilla Cupcakes 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda1/4 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon cinnamon1 egg1/2 cup superfine sugar1/2 cup brown sugar1 scant cup whole milk1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted Preheat oven to 350F.Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl.In another bowl, whisk the egg together with both of the sugars. Swiss Meringue Buttercream Once the cupcakes have cooled, pipe on the icing. How to Make Crêpes Without a Crêperie. A brief tutorial on how to make crêpes at home, no crêperie required.
Just you, your stove and a bit of batter and you’ll have a plate full of thin pancakes in no time at all. Cheeseburger Macaroni. This delicious, incredibly cheesy dish is another one of our favorite weeknight dinners.
It’s beefy, hearty and whips up in less than 20 minutes. Hope you love this one as much as we do! Start with one pound of lean hamburger meat, browned and drained. Add a package of taco seasoning. Marbled Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies. Friday, January 20, 2012 Marbled Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies*
Barbequed Ribs Recipe. A Tasty Recipe: My Granny's Chocolate Cobbler. This week, Ree’s in Orlando, ditching the boots for a pair of flip flops. Right now, she’s either lost in Wally World, hiding in the bathroom, or clutching the bars of some insane ride and crying for her mommy. So we have another special guest filling in for this week’s Tasty Recipe post! Today, missamy takes over with a decadent chocolate dessert that looks almost too good to be true. Lazy Weekend Dutch Baby Pancakes. There’s something to be said for a lazy pancake breakfast on the weekend, however it’s usually lazy for everyone except the cook! Which, in my family, means me… While everyone else in the family gets to lounge about, drinking tea and reading in bed, if there’s to be a pancake breakfast it means that I’m usually working at a flurried pace in the kitchen, trying to get everything ready before hungry stomachs decide that they can’t wait and reach for Friday night leftovers or toast instead… Dutch baby pancakes (also called German pancakes – though this is not the same as Apfelpfannkuchen), are very different to the fluffier, cakier pancakes that are common in Western cuisine.
With no leavening agent and a very different flour : egg : milk ratio, the end result is denser and eggier, but that’s not to say that they’re any less delicious! Now, that’s definitely my idea of a lazy pancake breakfast! Dutch Baby Pancake (Slightly adapted from the recipe at About.com) 1. Oreo Cupcakes. I realize St. Patrick's Day is tomorrow & with a name like Kerry & a somewhat Irish heritage, I should probably be posting something dyed green or spiked with Bailey's.
About that. I Want to Marry You Cookies. I'm not going to lie to you. I made these cookies entirely because of their name. That and their promise of on-the-spot declarations of love and/or immediate proposals of marriage. Did they work? Well... Best Chocolate Muffins. Thursday, March 3, 2011. Most gawked all-time - page 20. Stove-top Macaroni and Cheese.