Pork Tenderloin with Peppery Peach Sauce

Originally posted on icookforleftovers:
You know those people who make a recipe, but substitute just about every ingredient in the recipe and then say what a horrible recipe it is?  Yeah, I don’t care for those people. Summertime peaches… Or,…

Strawberry Chantilly Cream Roll

  Can’t decide if it looks simple to make, or hard to make?  It’s not just making a cake out of the box, though, there are multiple steps to get to the final product. However, my 11-year old made this. …

2015 in review

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The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 17,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

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Farmer’s Market Find: Warm and Spicy Pumpkin Soup

Originally posted on icookforleftovers:
Pumpkins are in at your local farmer’s market! A beautiful pumpkin to cook with. ? I made this last fall with fresh oranges and a pumpkin from my farmer’s market.  It was so good, that I’m…

An Open Letter to Comcast / Xfinity

Originally posted on Ramblings:
Hello, My name is Stacie Huckeba I have been a customer of Comcast for over eight years. I realize that it’s a dirty little secret and you don’t like to talk about it, but c’mon, between…

Beignet Bourée and Shrimp Etouffee

This looks delicious. I don’t think I could say it any better, or would do it any differently!

Cajun Food, Louisiana History, and a Little Lagniappe

We cook some different dishes down here in south Louisiana. Boudin, jambalaya, gumbo – all distinctly Louisiana cuisine. One Louisiana culinary creation we serve at the Coffee House in The Cajun Village is a “Beignet Bourée”. This dish is essentially a combination of two Louisiana favorites: beignets and just about any Louisiana entree you can think of. At the Coffee House, we like to serve Beignet Bourée with Shrimp Etouffee. Below are recipes for the beignets as well as the etouffee. All you have to do is stuff/top the beignet with rice and etouffee, and your Beignet Bourée is ready to serve!

Beignets

The secret is in the rolling process. The recipe is about as simple as they come – flour and water to make the dough, oil for frying, etc. The only real trick to making a tasty beignet is in the rolling process; the dough can’t be too thick…

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Strawberry Pavlova

Strawberry Pavlova…. My daughter’s first recipe! She entered this in her 4H cooking competition this week, and placed 3rd. I don’t know much about 4H, but it is very big in our area. She is a 4th grader, and apparently, …

Guaro uprising

Originally posted on Caracas Chronicles:
Along with other major cities, Barquisimeto has also taken its own toll of repression, both by paramilitary groups and the Armed Forces. The protests have, in some cases, been led by prominent local PSUV members.…

Cooking a Classic: Spinach and Ham Quiche

Also known as, giving your groceries a few more days. For thanksgiving, we went to see the families.  I was planning on being gone for less than 2 days, and then traveling the next day to see the other side …