Laura’s work group celebrated Election Day with a Chili & Corn Bread contest.
There were lots of entries, lots of variety, and all of them tasted great! She decided to enter a Chile Verde “Very Verde Chili Verde” as well as a batch of Jalapeño Cornbread Poppers “We’re Hot Stuff Cornbread”.
She was edged out on the […]
We tried out a Recipe Tester recipe from Cook’s Country \ America’s Test Kitchen - Spice Crusted Pork Chops. They came out very tasty and moist. We’re looking forward to seeing this recipe on an upcoming show or in their magazine.
If it’s May, it’s Bake Off season!
Laura’s entries this year were a Blueberry Cake and a batch of Croissants.
The Croissants were a new technique, and were definitely a challenge requiring 2 days of working with the dough as well as copious amounts of butter. They came out looking and tasting like croissants though, and […]
Laura’s work group celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a salsa and guacamole contest.
There were lots of entries, lots of variety, and all of them tasted great! She decided to enter a mango salsa “Mango Fandango” as well as a batch of guacamole using Uncle Buddy’s recipe - it’s got BACON! “Guac On The Wild Side”.
She […]
Celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with Corned Beef!
Two actually! One cooked in the traditional CrockPot (8.5 hrs high), and one cooked in the Instant Pot (1.5 hrs, high pressure). Both were finished in the oven with a mustard/brown sugar glaze. The verdict? Both were good, the IP one may have been a […]
It was cold in the house, so we baked a new recipe from Pinterest - Potato Crusted Quiche. The potato was huge, so there was enough to make one full-sized and a couple of individual sized. Tasty, and it warmed things up!
https://tasty.co/recipe/potato-crusted-quiche
Very tasty! Used 6 whole chicken thighs. Ate those and promptly defrosted another 6 to make more.
Plenty of sauce - yum
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We went Guitar shopping w/ Justin and then went to the “Great Western Steak & Hoagie Company”
Best Cheese Steaks EVER!
Laura’s Ham and Cheese Pinwheels
Laura’s Teriyaki Drumsticks (Mom’s recipe)
and other goodies from the Patio potluck…..
Laura’s Famous Christmas Spritz Cookies
Christmas Village, Advent Calendar and Nativity Scene.
The Crew view
Cereal Box Projector & Eclipse Glasses
Laura’s favorite cucumber salad. (Not Mine )
(Cukes, tomatoes, and feta - with olive oil and red wine vinegar)
Thanks to Eric O. for the Summer Cukes!
The most amazing brussel sprouts, caprese with heirloom and burrata, Scratch 50/50 (Grenach/Syrah), Sweetzer 2014 encantada Pinot Noir
Fantastic food, great wine, friendly atmosphere
Danish farmhouse fare in Solvang. Large homemade frikadeller meatball and medisterpØlse sausage, mashed potatoes with gravy, and red cabbage. Enjoyed with Danish red ale
These are Patio associated entries for the 2017 Bake Off…
In the back row, Justin’s French Coconut Pie
and his Animal Cookie Bark.
#1 is Laura’s Pumpkin Bread w/ Brown Butter Icing
(2nd Place in Breads)
#2 is Helen’s Carrot Cake
(1st Place Blue Ribbon in “Cakes & Pies”)
#3 is […]
Instant Pot hard boiled eggs for Joe Josts recipe for pickled eggs (seasoning mix from Joe Josts via Denny). 14min HP, NR. All eggs peeled beautifully and were perfectly done.
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Swedish, Russian Fusion Meal
Swedish Potato Sausage, Russian Mennonite Noodles & Potatoes (Ieedschock und Kielke) with Onion Cream Gravy.
Laura’s work group had a Bake Sale as a fund-raiser for the USO. She brought in three items for the sale: Apple Pie Cookies, Birthday Cake Truffles, and Streusel Bundt Coffee Cakes. The two coffee cakes sold as whole cakes (!) first thing in the morning and were taken as treats to morning […]