Lobster

Lobster

Our neighbor, Art,  brought lobsters over last night. We attempted to cook them up in a pot that simply would NOT allow the water to boil. After an hour of watching the proverbial pot, we got a new pot and were dining on these tasty sea bugs within the half hour....
Hannah’s Easter Cup Cakes

Hannah’s Easter Cup Cakes

Granny Gadget of the Ebelskiver fame struck again. She sent Hannah the cookbook “Crazy About Cupcakes” and a truckload of candy. Hannah made cupcakes for our Easter dessert and used the book as her inspiration for decorating. Nice job, Roo!
Flash Fried Potatoes

Flash Fried Potatoes

Today’s post picture is not a pretty one. Our dinner this evening consisted of fillet Mignon, a cheesy potato casserole, and broccoli. I decided to liven up the potato casserole with some French’s Fried Onions sprinkled across the top of Paul’s and...
Family Recipe Project – Jubliee Jumbles

Family Recipe Project – Jubliee Jumbles

During the last trip to my parent’s home in Pennsylvania my mother tossed a new project my way. She has this idea to create a family recipe book with a bit of a different twist. She wants to include pictures of the original recipe written in our loved...
Birthday Ebelskivers

Birthday Ebelskivers

My birthday fell on a weekday, so we put off the official celebrations until Saturday. Hannah did not want the day to go unnoticed so before school she made me some birthday ebelskivers. Here I am parked on the sofa with my coffee. Notice the candle inserted into the...
Hannah’s Perfectly Perfect Ebelskivers

Hannah’s Perfectly Perfect Ebelskivers

Granny Gadget struck again not long ago. The UPS man must think that I am a QVC-aholic as often as he delivers to us. Little does he know that it’s Granny Gadget in Pennsylvania (A.K.A. Mom) who is the QVC fan. Our latest gadget from QVC is an Ebelskiver cooker....
A Cook in Training

A Cook in Training

My wonderful daughter is 11 and is quite the little cook in training. She hates for us to tell the stories about how when she was in preschool she watched cooking shows and would mimic “making” (her term for cooking) on her little kitchen set. We used to...
Beautiful Bread

Beautiful Bread

I’ve tried a variety of ways of making bread at home, but I really don’t get into the whole kneading thing. So I really do enjoy the bread machine my mother gave me for Christmas last year. I’ve made countless loaves of oatmeal bread with this. We...
Too many cooks in the kitchen?

Too many cooks in the kitchen?

I’ve never made pickles before, but my family loves them. So this year I planted four pickling cucumber plants. I raked in my first lot of cucumbers and took a stab at my first ever batch of dill pickles. Apparently Paul has done some reading up on pickle making...
Our Favorite Summer Salsa and Chips

Our Favorite Summer Salsa and Chips

Some years ago, when Paul was attending a cardio-rehab program, he sampled a healthy low carb snack of cucumber salsa served with pita chips. Over the years we played with recreating it, but our attempts always fell short of the original. This week, with our first...
Domino’s Doesn’t Deliver Here

Domino’s Doesn’t Deliver Here

Well, nobody delivers here! You see, we live in the country. To put things into perspective from our house it is: 36.2 miles to the nearest stoplight 27 miles to the nearest McDonald’s 68.7 miles to the nearest mall 64 miles to the nearest Domino’s Pizza...
Rainy Day Wild Blueberry Muffins

Rainy Day Wild Blueberry Muffins

It’s a gloomy day here in Milbridge, Maine. When I asked what folks wanted for breakfast, Hannah called for blueberry muffins because they were perfect for a rainy day. Comfort food. So our favorite blueberry muffins have been dubbed “Rainy Day Blueberry...
Smile, It’s Mother’s Day

Smile, It’s Mother’s Day

Today was Mother’s Day. Hannah’s gift to me was to cook breakfast and dinner – by herself. For breakfast she made wild blueberry pancakes for me. We’ve done this together many times. Her first solo run as a pancake chef was smooth sailing. What...