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Category: Cooking

  • No-Bake Chocolate Eclair Dessert

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    Ingredients 2 (3.5 ounce) boxes vanilla or french vanilla instant pudding 3 Cups whole milk 1 (8 ounce) container Cool Whip 1 (14.4 ounce) box graham crackers 1 Cup heavy cream 1 1/3 Cups Semi-sweet chocolate chips Method Combine pudding mix and milk; beat until the pudding sets. Stir in the Cool Whip. Place a…

  • Sour Pickles

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    Sour Pickles are a fermented product, just as sauerkraut is.  They can be made at home fairly easily.  If you decide to do that you will no longer be dependent on a store to carry them but can make more anytime you want.  They are quite easy to make. With the wonderful Farmer’s Market you…

  • The Creamery Chocolate Pumpkin Pie

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    Crust Ingredients 1½ cups flour ½ cup granulated sugar ¼ cup sifted unsweetened cocoa power ¼ teaspoon salt 6 Tablespoons ice cold butter, cut up 5 Tablespoons ice cold water Method Sift together dry ingredients. Cut cold butter into the dry ingredients to the consistency of coarse meal Mix in cold water to form dough.…

  • Herbed Leek Gratin

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    Ingredients 3 pounds slender leeks, trimmed ½ cup whipping cream ½ cup chicken broth 3 Tablespoons snipped fresh marjoram, or 2 teaspoons dried marjoram, crushed ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper 1½ cups fresh French or Italian bread crumbs 3 Tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese 3 Tablespoons butter, melted Fresh marjoram sprigs (optional) Method…

  • Jordan’s Blueberry Muffins

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    Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ cup butter (1 stick, ¼ pound) 1¼ cups granulated white sugar plus additional for garnish 2 large eggs ½ cup whole milk 2½ cups blueberries Vegetable shortening Method Set oven to 375F to preheat. Grease muffin tins, including the tops with vegetable…

  • Garlic

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    Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French.  Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek.  Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.Alice May Brock

  • Miracle Rice

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    During our Project Manager’s community of practice meeting on Wednesday, we did a White Elephant gift exchange, and one of the prizes was a bag of Miracle Rice, which was described during the meeting as, “Guilt free, calorie free, soy free, and flavor free”; although Shelly did say that she had received it from her…