Baked PORK Buns!

Ladies and gentlemen…I present to you: Baked BBQ Buns! Same filling as the steamed buns but different (much easier to handle but longer to prepare) dough and BAKED! These were absolutely a-mazing! According to the recipe, after baked, the buns can be frozen for up to 2 months. I think this small batch of 12 will [...]

Cap’N Crunch Seared Tuna

Yes, you read right. Cap’n Crunch. As in the cereal. I’m just going to post the picture and the recipe and let you know it was really good. It would’ve been better if I hadn’t cooked the tuna a little too much as a result of trying to do 10 things at once while cooking dinner. [...]

“Old Folks” Finger Food?

My father in-law is turning 70 next month and my mother in-law is hosting a party for the occasion. I have offered to bring appetizers to the shindig and we agreed on chicken wings and meatballs. When I told Mike what “we” were bringing he turned up his nose at the idea of chicken wings. [...]

p. 184: Motor Home Meatballs

Mike: What’d you use to make this gravy? Me: Why, do you like it? Mike: Yeah. Me: Chili sauce and grape jelly. Mike: Weren’t you going to tell me? Me: Nope. Not unless you liked it!

p. 67: Blue Cheese & Bacon-Stuffed Dates

A big thanks goes to my sister for cooking these for me. It was a recipe I wasn’t looking forward to eating but after her review, I might change my mind! I made the bacon-wrapped blue cheese-stuffed dates tonight. Not a great one to photograph but they were certainly yummy. To quote Bob Banner, “These [...]

p. 52: Simple Won Ton Crackers

I made a small batch of guacamole and found I had nothing upon which to dip into it. I DID, however, have half a package of won ton wrappers in the fridge. Doesnt’ everybody? So I whipped up a batch of these because, let’s face it, sometimes you just need something besides your grubby fingers to get [...]

p. 39: Pesto Garlic Bread

“Really, does this need any kind of introduction?” -Sam the Cooking Guy

p. 66: Asian Wings

Mmmm! Chicken wings marinated in soy sauce & brown sugar then broiled for 10-12 minutes/side. Sam has the time-saving tip of using frozen chicken wings but I’d rather buy fresh so I can cut them into sections using my big cleaver!

p. 100, 181: Focaccia & Roasted Tomato Pasta

Okay. So I probably should’ve done a post for each of these recipes but I already deleted the pictures off of my camera and only have the Photoshopped one shown above. FOCACCIA: This was really easy and delicious…even though the recipe says not to bake it until it’s too brown. All it is, is a [...]

p. 62: Crab Won Tons

These are the healthier version of Crab Rangoons we usually order when we get Chinese take-out. Healthier because they’re baked instead of deep fried PLUS they actually contain crab meat. I probably cancelled out any healthiness of this recipe, however, by eating more than half of them. They were really good and since they would not have reheated well [...]