2 cups whole milk
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 eggs
1/3 cup sugar
4 tsp vanilla
1 tsp - 1 tbs sea salt (to taste)
blue food coloring (15 drops)
green food coloring (5 drops)
Separate the eggs. Mix the egg yolk with the sugar. Beat the egg whites until stiff. Boil the milk over medium heat being […]
Today I made the rest of my big pot of Chili Verde into burritos for our lunches or dinner. I love having frozen burritos in the freezer, especially Chili Verde burritos with lots of cheddar cheese. I cut up lots of cheese, brought the flour tortillas and the big pot of […]
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Whenever there is a sale on food at the grocery store, that is what we eat for the week. Our local supermarket had a one day sale today and I was able to get hamburger for 99 cents a pound, chicken breast and legs for 49 cents a pound, Country pork with bone in […]
They had a sale on cake mixes so we grabbed a lemon one. We also had gotten a whole bag of limes on sale, so we decided to make some extra tart lemon/lime/orange cake or A Citrus Cake!We exchanged the water called for in the cake mix with the juice of one orange and […]
My daughter loves coffee, just like her Grandmother. My mother loved coffee and would drink it all day. Cups and cups of it. I allow my daughter 1 cup a day so she tries to make it special. Sometimes, depending on the brand of coffee, she will just drink it […]
We made Naan bread today, from a box we found at the dollar store. They had two different types, onion or garlic. We tried the onion one first. It made 8 nice sized pieces. First you add the yeast to a warm water and sugar mixture. You let it sit […]
We made a coconut cake today. We used a white cake mix (because it was on sale for 99 cents). Instead of using oil and water we used coconut milk and coconut oil. For the frosting we used coconut milk, powdered sugar and butter. After we frosted the two 8-inch rounds we […]
My favorite foods were on sale at the grocery store right across the street. Beef ribs were 69 cents a pound and some of best sized sweetest tender white corn I have ever had was 5 for a dollar. The yams were smaller than I had seen before, but they were 4 pounds […]
Who can resist cheesecake? Now that the holidays are coming, think about making cheescakes for dessert and for gifts! If you have never made a real cheese CAKE (not the traditional cheesecake that looks more like a pie) then make one this year. I actually made a real New York Cheese Cake […]