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I Bet Hoss and Little Joe Never Saw Lemons Like This!

{Posted on January 19, 2012}

I just had the pleasure of frolicking in the sun and sand on the glorious beaches of the gulf coast of Florida. During my stay I encountered a lovely little citrus tree with some enormous yellow fruit dangling from its branches.

I was certain it was grapefruit, due to the size, but to my surprise it was actually a lemon…a GIGANTIC lemon! Meet the Ponderosa Lemon…

 

Yep, that’s a normal sized lemon, found in your grocery, next to a Ponderosa Lemon, also nicknamed The ‘Five Pound Lemon’! The fruit is bumpy skinned and weighs 2-4 pounds but can reach the size of a football! The flavor is excellent and because of its size is terrific for juicing and cooking. Can you imagine a lemon garnish on your next martini from this bad boy??

So, next time life gives you (Ponderosa) lemons, make (a gallon) of lemonade!

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May Your 2012 Be Filled With Many Delicious Blessings!

{Posted on January 2, 2012}

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Nothing Says Christmas Like Buckeyes and a New Website!

{Posted on December 22, 2011}


We’re Baaaack!

Have you missed us?  We’ve been working on some exciting new things…yep, one of which is our new site! Ta-da! You like??  Just in time for Christmas, thanks Santa!

Also in time for Christmas I bring to you…(Little Drummer Boy drum roll please) BUCKEYES!

Thanks to my friend Penny, these peanut-butter-chocolately nuggets are definitely a holiday tradition at our house and guaranteed to be in yours too!

 

Buckeyes

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup powdered sugar

2 Tbs butter, room temperature

1 1/2 cups Rice Krispy cereal

1/2 # melted milk chocolate morsels

Mix the peanut butter, sugar and butter together well with a mixer. By hand, gently mix in the cereal. With buttered hands, roll 1 tsp of the peanut butter mixture into half-dollar sized balls and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. (You may have to cool the mixture in the frig if it gets too soft/warm to ball.) Place sheet of balls in frig to keep cool until chocolate is ready for dipping.

Melt chocolate in a deep bowl in the microwave, being careful not to burn. (I usually do 25 seconds at a time and stir in between until melted.)

Once melted, dip each ball into the chocolate to coat evenly. With a fork remove the coated ball and let excess chocolate drip off and place back on the baking sheet to harden.

Let me tell you, these babies are heaven!  I usually make 6 times this recipe and give as gifts during the holidays.

Enjoy and Merry Christmas to you all!

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Pumpkin Cake – that’s how we roll!

{Posted on December 22, 2011}

This fall has been a flurry of pumpkin recipes for me and other pumpkin-lover peeps out there, so why stop now? After all, Thanksgiving just wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a good showing of that veggie with the lovely orange hue!

 

 

 

 

Pumpkin Roll Cake

 

3 eggs

1 cup sugar

2/3 cup pumpkin

1 tsp lemon juice

3/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

1 cup chopped walnuts

Filling:

6 oz. cream cheese, room temp.

4 Tbs butter, room temp.

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 cup powdered sugar

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Beat eggs on high-speed for 5 minutes. Gradually beat in sugar. Stir in pumpkin and lemon juice.

In a separate bowl, stir together dry ingredients and fold into pumpkin mixture. Spread onto a WELL greased and floured 15 x 10 x 1 pan. Before baking top with chopped walnuts. Bake for 15 minutes. While still hot, turn onto kitchen towel sprinkled with powdered sugar. Start at narrow end and roll towel and cake together. Cool completely and unroll.

Beat all filling ingredients until smooth. Spread over cake and re-roll. Chill until serving.

Enjoy!

~ Kudos to Sweet Peas Kitchen for the photo!

 

 

 

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Side of Sprouts this Thanksgiving…yep, I’m talkin’ Brussels Sprouts!

{Posted on November 21, 2011}

We were one of those weird families where all of us kids LOVED veggies…I mean ALL veggies! We’d devour even the ones that the rest of the kids in the world would wrinkle up their noses and make those gagging sounds – yeah, you know the ones. Yep spinach, asparagus, cauliflower and even those strange mini-cabbage looking things called brussels sprouts!

Sprout lovers and haters alike, I challenge you to give these delicious roasted delights a try for Thanksgiving, you just might be surprised! (Even more so when your kids ask for seconds!!)

 

 

Roasted Brussels Sprouts

 

1 1/2 pounds of brussels sprouts

3 Tbs olive oil

3/4 tsp kosher salt

1/2 tsp pepper

 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut off the ends of the sprouts and peel off any browned or yellowed leaves. Cut each sprout in half. Place them in a bowl and add the olive oil, salt and pepper, mix to coat.

Pour the sprouts onto a baking sheet covered in aluminum foil and roast for 25 minutes, shaking and turning the sprouts occasionally to brown evenly. Drizzle a little more oil if looking too dry. When tender, remove from oven and sprinkle again lightly with salt and serve.

Variations: Add bacon bits; or drizzle with melted butter and grated lemon

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

 

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Comfort Food Made Easy!

{Posted on November 15, 2011}

Looking for that “stick to your ribs”, warm and cozy dinner that leaves you pleasantly satisfied…oh yeah, and it’s got to be simple? Here you go, Crock Pot to the rescue!

 

 

 

Crock Pot Chicken and Dumplings

4 skinless boneless chicken breasts

2 Tbs butter

2 cans cream of chicken soup

1 1/2 cups of chicken broth (or enough to cover the chicken)

3 celery stalks, chopped

1 cup chopped carrot

1/2 sweet onion, chopped fine

1 cup frozen peas

1 cup frozen corn kernels

1 Tbs dried parsley

1 tsp poultry seasoning

S & P

1 10 oz. tube of refrigerated biscuits, slightly rolled out and cut into pieces

 

Empty the soup and the chicken broth into the crock pot, whisk to combine. Add the chicken, make sure there is enough liquid to completely cover chicken.

Add all the veggies and the seasonings. Cook on high for 6 hours. After 3 hours of cooking, add the biscuit pieces (push down under liquid to make sure tops cook) and continue cooking for the remaining 3 hours. Before serving, remove whole breasts and cut up into chunks…they should just about be “fall apart” tender, and put back in pot.

Tip: At the end of cooking time, if mixture has too much liquid, add a little bit of flour, mixed in thoroughly and it will thicken up.

Kid’s love this! (Reheated leftovers rock!)

 

Photo – courtesy of geomaza.com

 

 

 

 

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Blondies have more fun!!

{Posted on November 13, 2011}

These Blondies, with LOTS of chocolate chunks (due to my addiction), are scrumptious! I’m also quite fond of walnuts, feel free to omit but you’re gonna miss the added nutty crunch…I’m just sayin’.

Go ahead, make these this week and be a hero in your office, to your kiddos or make them just for you. You deserve it!

Chocolate Chunk Blondies

2 sticks of unsalted butter, at room temp.

1 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed

1/2 cup sugar

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 large eggs, at room temp

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts

1 1/2 pounds of chocolate chunks, such as Nestle’s or better yet, Ghiradelli’s!!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Flour and grease a 9×13 baking pan.

With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars on high for about 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. On low speed now add the vanilla and eggs one at a time.

In a small bowl, mix the flour, baking soda and salt. Still on low speed, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until combined. With a spatula, fold in the walnuts and the chocolate.

Spread the batter in the prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes, do NOT over bake. The blondies will seem slightly undercooked when you test with a toothpick, but that’s what you’re looking for!

Cool completely and cut into bars. Y-U-M!!

~ Recipe slightly adapted from Ina Garten


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There might be frost on the pumpkin outside but the pumpkin is warm and delish in here!

{Posted on November 11, 2011}

 

 

Perfect for a chilly fall weekend (with or without snow), these hearty delicious gems will start your day with a smile! Your tummy will thank you. :-)

 

Pumpkin Pecan Pancakes

 

1 1/2 cups milk

1 cup pumpkin puree

1 egg

2 tbs vegetable oil

2 tbs vinegar

2 cups flour

3 tbs brown sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp ground allspice

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup chopped pecans

 

In a large bowl, mix together the milk, pumpkin, egg, oil and vinegar. In a smaller bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and remaining spices and pecans.

Mix dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture, just until combined…don’t want to over mix and have touch cakes now!

Lightly oil a heated griddle (medium heat) and add batter by 1/4 cup fulls. When cakes are bubbled on top and browned on the bottom flip. When both sides are golden brown, serve.

Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend!

 

 

 

 

 

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Amen Maya Angelou, amen.

{Posted on November 10, 2011}

“Cooking is like writing poetry, be careful in the choice of your ingredients and respectful of how they work together. That

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When Peanut Butter Cups and Krispy Treats Hook up

{Posted on November 8, 2011}

Two of my all-time favorite sweet treats are Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Rice Krispy Treats. Which one shall I eat?? Well, hallelujah – I no longer have to choose! These super easy, super rich and delicious goodies will please any sweet tooth, promise.

Peanut Butter Crunch Bars

1 cup sugar

1 cup corn syrup

1 cup creamy peanut butter

5 cups Rice Krispie Cereal

6 oz. chocolate chips

6 oz. butterscotch chips

Mix sugar, corn syrup and peanut butter on low heat. Bring to a boil, being careful to not burn!

Remove from heat and add rice krispies. Press in greased 9×13 pan.

Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips in microwave, stirring every 20 seconds. Spread melted chips on top of treats in pan, refrigerate until set.

Grab a BIG glass of milk and enjoy!

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