Archive for October, 2007

Pumpkin Spice Cake with Zesty Cream Cheese Frosting

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

I like to mix things up with this recipe. It’s equally good as a sheet cake or as mini-cupcakes.
Pumpkin Spice Cake with Zesty Cream Cheese Frosting and Candied Lemon Peel

Goat Cheese-Stuffed Chicken with Polenta and Autumn Vegetables

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

This one involves a little pre-prep, but it’s worth it.
Appetizer: Carrot-Ginger Soup
Dinner: Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Garlic and Herbed Goat Cheese, Buttery Polenta and Autumn Vegetables

This works best if you prep the chicken on a Sunday evening and refrigerate/freeze until you’re ready to bake it later in the week.

Monkey Bread Recipe

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

(A special guest recipe from Dawn Young)
Depending on the size of your bundt cake pan. (my pan only holds two cans of biscuits)

1-3 cans of biscuits (I like the hungry jack kind)
1 tablespoon of cinnamon
1 cup of white sugar
1 stick of butter
1 cup of brown sugar
Optional: raisons or nuts

*Please note that adjustments can be [...]

Can I get bacon on that?

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

http://www.peppersandsmoke.com/bbq/burgers/index.html
Bacon burger. Literally.
(needs BBQ sauce)

Garden Vegetable Penne with Meatballs

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

Make the relish tray ahead of time, so that it will be ready and waiting for you to snack on while you make the pasta.
Appetizer: Antipasti-Style Relish Tray
Dinner: Garden Vegetable Penne with Meatballs

“Don’t eat that. It’ll spoil your supper.”

Monday, October 8th, 2007

One of the most difficult challenges I face day-to-day is the 45 minutes between getting home from a workout and actually putting something edible on the dinner table. I know I’m not the only one. You’ve had a long day, followed by an hour at the gym or the studio or running stairs, and you [...]

For your wedding, we got you a dinner party (you have to cook though)

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Instead of following some boring old wedding gift registry, Julie, her special man, and Kathleen bought us a wine dinner kit from the Torii Mor winery here in Oregon.
The kit included three bottles of wine, a 2005 Pinot Blanc, a 2005 Pinot Noir, and a 2005 Gewürztraminer. Also included was menu, recipe cards, instructions for [...]

The ABC of Cocktails - an out-of-print book review

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Right after the wedding the BluePlate Misses and I went to lovely Rockaway Beach, Oregon for a short mini-moon (we’ll be flying off to sunny Mexico for the real thing this December).
We rented your classic cheesy beach house, with classic cheesy shell-encrusted furnishings and decor. However this beach house had a little something extra. In [...]

Basic Dining for the Basic Bachelor