I intended to do all kinds of things today, but after doing Mom’s grocery shopping, I came home, puttered around a bit, thought, “I’ll lie down for a minute,” and ended up sleeping for three hours. I guess I needed it. But I got a good start on the next installment of “Little […]
Archive for the 'recipes' Category
Brandied Apricot Loaves
Posted in recipes on Dec 22nd, 2007
3/4 cup snipped dried apricots (you may substitute 1/4 cup of raisins or other dried fruit for some of the apricots if you like.)
1/4 cup apricot brandy OR 1/4 cup apricot nectar
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp mace (I didn’t have any mace, so I used […]
OK, you know how ten or so years ago I planted this frail little twig of a fig tree, and squeed when it finally produced a fig or two several years later? Well, we have progressed from one or two figs, to a dozen or so figs, to many dozens of figs, to OMG […]
Cinco de YUM!!!!
Posted in recipes on May 6th, 2007
In honor of spikendru’s Cinco De Mayo card, I post guacamole!
5-6 ripe avocados
1 large tomato, diced
1/2 medium onion, diced
4-6 large cloves garlic, minced
1 small jalapeno, diced
1 dash tabasco
Several dashes Worchestershire sauce
Juice of 1 small lime
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp lemon pepper
Peel and pit avocados, place them in a bowl and mash them with a fork. […]