Southern Greens Soup

I have gone from being in pain to being sick. I thought some soup would be good, but couldn't stop coughing long enough to eat it. Jim ate it, that's all I can say. This comes from a new cookbook...

Chicken and Fennel in Rosemary-Wine Broth

I have been so under the weather that even the storms east and west seem mild by comparison. Why people run around sick and don't tell you they are sick is amazing to me. I've lost two weeks of my...

Spice Cake in a Pumpkin

I tape a show on FoodTV called The Kitchen. It's format is like The Chew that as you know I will not watch as it bumped All My Children off the air. The other day they took a Sugar Pumpkin...

Pan Seared Scallops with Sesame Sauce and Cellophane Noodles

The above is the latest progress on the pool house. Everything is painfully slow. Finally can raise my head out of bed and made dinner. This recipe comes from the FoodTV internet search. They did not list a show or...

Oyster Stew with Rosemary

I mentioned that Jo decided to eat my stale year old gingerbread house. I was going to put it out for the squirrels as I couldn't face mixing icing just to fix the fence and glue the saved pieces on...

French Toast

Ever looking for that perfect french toast recipe, tried one from the new Fine Cooking magazine this morning. Morning is defined as 1:00 PM. I modified this as they wanted you to roll it in cornflakes. Did not appeal to...

Shrimp with Sage and Pancetta + Brussel Sprouts with Lemon and Thyme

This morning when I told Jim what we were having for dinner, he said, "That's weird.†Tonight he thought it was wonderful. I would not have usually paired shrimp and Brussels sprouts, but it was good. They had a lemon...

Soup & Sandwich, Italian Style

Stated early on dinner as I realized it was going to take a lot of time doing this soup and sandwich meal. Both these recipes are from RR's new cookbook. I understand she was on Dr. Phil talking about doing...

Fish in Cartoccio

Haven't really cooked since Monday. Tuesday, Jim announced we were going to the dance club then changed his mind. So we had leftover tomato soup and cheese sandwiches. Wednesday, I had a Guild meeting followed by an afternoon of bridge....

Slow Cooker Southwestern Stew

I had a Opera board meeting in the AM. It was my turn to bring brunch/munch things. For the first time ever, I actually bought everything. I went to Publix and bought cherry and blueberry scones, raspberry coffee cake and...