Month: February 2021

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Cookbook Challenge 2021 – Week 6

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Taste of Home – Casseroles, Slow Cookers and Soup

Mom picked a good one this week! Casseroles, slow cooker and soup?  The ultimate comfort foods if you ask me.  I am more than sure that you will see this cookbook come back up in future posts. When I looked to see if this could be cookbook was available for sale, I could not find the exact cover that my Mom’s photo shows.  Which would make me believe that this was most likely, the one published in 2007. 

This time around, Mom did a meatless meal…Southwest Vegetarian Bake!  She said it was amazing.  I cannot wait to try it. 

It made a lot, as you can see from the pictures.  With the pandemic, 3 separate meals make WAY more sense!  It is always a bonus when you can share a meal or freeze a meal for later.  Make more, eat more!!!!

This meal is made with rice!  My Dad does not eat rice. I believe so she shared one of these with my sister and her husband.  Plus, I think she has one more in the freezer.  Next time she is going to try orzo to make it Dad friendly but still meatless!  He does not like black olives either, we shall see if she also changes that up next time.

Enjoy Peeps! I can not wait to make this one for myself!

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Cookbook Challenge 2021 – Week 5

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Cooking for Jeffrey by Ina Garten

I promise that Barefoot Contessa and the Pioneer Woman are not the only cookbooks that Mom and I have.  However, the Barefoot Contessa cookbooks are my favorite.  Ian Garten has some beautiful stories in this book about her and Jeffrey and their relationship.  On one of her Food Network shows she said that people always ask her about how the two of them have lasted so long in their relationship.  She said something like; “It’s easy!  I want Jeffrey to happy and Jeffrey wants me to be happy!”  If you think about it, that’s great advice. 

Enough of the sappy stuff.  Let’s talk about Filet Mignon with Mustard and Mushrooms.  I made this last year for Valentine’s Day dinner for my husband and me.  It was requested again this year.  We added lobster and potatoes for a side.

I screwed up the recipe last year by adding the shallots in with the mushrooms.  I winged it and just put both the mushroom portion and the mustard sauce portion together.  It was still yummy.  I did it again this year.  Next year I am promising myself that I will do it exactly to the recipe. 

This recipe comes up on the Barefoot Contessa website as Advanced.  I somewhat agree, however if you prep and read the recipe before you get started, you will be fine!  If you love a good filet, you have got to try this.  The sauce is amazing, even the accident concoction I made. 

AND do not forget the pretty table setting! Ian would do this if she were cooking. The addition of the lobster and potatoes was perfect. We shared one of the filets and kept the other for leftovers. Since Valentine’s Day is a special romantic time, serve a yummy bottle of wine. Enjoy!

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Cookbook Challenge 2021 – Week 4

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The Pioneer Woman Cooks – Food from my Frontier

Mom is still on the Pioneer Woman Cookbooks, but this is one of Ree’s older cookbooks, published in 2012. This is the one that I do not have in my library of cookbooks. From this book she chose the Cauliflower Soup which looks delicious. She did not steer me wrong on the Pork Chop sheet pan supper she made last time, so I will need to try this one!

This soup looks easy to make. I will have to substitute the all-purpose flour for gluten free flour, but it is doable. Sometimes Mom makes the recipes gluten free for me, but she did not with this one, which means I was not able to try the finished product.

Doesn’t this make you feel all warm and cozy, just looking at the beautiful yellow pot with the cream soup inside? I need to go, because now I am hungry for soup! Enjoy!