From: http://www.garsigalatvija.lv/abolu-platsmaize-no-rauga-miklas/ and translated by my father guntis

ABOL MAIZE (APPLE BREAD)

Ingredients:

Dough:

2 ½ cups flour (cup = 250 ml)

Flour for kneading, dough board, etc

250 ml water or milk (see notes re: kefira)

150 g ( Read more... )

It started like this: we had a bag of broccoli that needed using. What would go with that to make a tasty meal? Chicken! And cream of celery soup and cream of mushroom soup. And onions and mushrooms, and CHEESE, of course. Who needs a stinkin' recipe??! So, here's what we came up with (and how it can be improved ( Read more... )

I got this recipe from Food.com and it is one of the best peach cobblers I've ever had. If I do say so myself. :) Original recipe below, with my substitutions/alterations in parentheses.

Filling

8-10 peaches (peeled, pitted, and sliced into wedges) (I actually used 15 peaches!)

1/4 c white sugar

1/4 c brown sugar

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp nutmeg (I ( Read more... )

For dinner tonight, I made pan-fried pork chops and rosemary and garlic roasted potatoes. This won't be a recipe, per se, since I don't measure anything. :) But I'll tell you what I used and how I cooked it! Feel free to substitute and change it all around.

For the pork chops
Ingredients
1. Pork chops: 2 butterflied pork chops and 4 pork sirloin ( Read more... )

This is my specialty. They are easy to do and extremely yummy. If you bring them to a party, you will likely be asked to make them again. They're good reheated.

Equipment

Preheat oven to 350

Frying pan

Large mixing bowl

13x9 baking dish

Ingredients

2 12oz packages of button (white) mushrooms

1 8oz package of cream cheese (I use Philadelphia, NOT the low- ( Read more... )

This one is not one I got out of a cookbook.  This one is one I thought out all by myself, using my skills as a cook to put it all together.  Joe helped prepare it, though ( Read more... )

I found this incredibly simple recipe for cookies in a book I spotted today at work: Cake Mix Fun (ISBN-13: 9781412729970). And it looked so darn yummy that I had to go straight to the store after work and get the ingredients!

Ingredients

1 package Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Devil's Food Cake mix
3/4 cup crunchy peanut butter
2 eggs
2 tablespoons milk
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I cooked again!  :)  Shepherd's pie this time.  Because it's what we had on hand!  Yeah, broke we are - remember that car I paid for on Monday ( Read more... )

I cooked a *really* good dinner night before last.  If I do say so myself.  :)  I thought I'd share the recipe and how I prepared it so all y'all could have yummy-ness, too.

Utensils:

• 13x9 pan with high sides (I use a stone pan from Pampered Chef - stoneware is awesome!!)
• small nonstick pot to cook rice in
• sauté pan or skillet to cook onion and ( Read more... )