Tag Archives: Cranberries

Nuts to Cookies

Oh, my!  Don’t they look innocent?  They are supposed to be cookies, but they are, in reality, delicious little islands of nuts, dates, and cranberries surrounded by a minimum of oatmeal cookie dough, and quickly baked to perfection.  Three dozen … Continue reading

Posted in Food, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Cranberry Cornbread

We always have plenty of dried cranberries on hand, so today I whipped up a new taste treat to go with the Cream of Potato/Onion/Mushroom/Cabbage/Pepper Soup for our lunch. This cornbread was just perfect.  I used all purpose flour and … Continue reading

Posted in Food, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Trail Mix Pancakes

I ran out of dried blueberries, but there was a small bag of trail mix lurking in the cupboard.  I added some sliced almonds and more dried cranberries for this batch of pancakes to celebrate the successful excision of that … Continue reading

Posted in Food, Gary, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Pistachio Pancakes

We seem to be on a pancake kick these days.  I make a big batch on Sunday, and then the leftovers are available for weekday pre-breakfast snacks.  This time the “secret ingredient” was pistachios.  They are just lightly salted, so … Continue reading

Posted in Food, Kitchen, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Pork and Greens

We have had some golden organic beets for a few days, but I haven’t cooked them yet. Last night, I was making a roast pork tenderloin (with a “zesty table blend” spice rub), so I snipped off the greens from … Continue reading

Posted in Food, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Granola

Granola is DH’s lifeblood, well, so it seems in the morning when his cooked cereal is in his bowl. Sometimes even French Toast won’t tempt him away from his bowl o’ gruel, cut up fresh fruit, coconut flakes and GRANOLA! … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Barley “Rice Pudding” – in the extreme

This deliciousness went beyond wonderful – totally scrumptious! For the “nearly naked” version from yesterday, see: For this company-appropriate dessert, I left off the maple syrup and nutmeg, and added a light homemade orange marmalade, garam masala, and . . … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments