Monday, May 9, 2011

Pineapple Upsidedown Cake

This was the ultimate. I’ve never had better and I won’t share the recipe, mainly because I don’t know it.   LOL.  Fantastic job Morgan.
Bon Appétit!









And now for a young man’s opinion of the dinner today.  I have to say I agree with him 100%.  It was fantastic all around but I feel so guilty I didn’t help with any of it. Love you all. Thanks for the plant and the card and a wonderful dinner.

Potato Salad

Morgan made the potato salad. She used potatoes, onions, bacon, celery and a few other secret ingredients in the dressing . It was wonderful. Great job Morgan !


Bon Appétit!

Grilled Steak

Josh cooked the steak on the grill with his secret spices to make it very flavorful but not over powering. They were perfect. Very tender, cooked just the way we all liked them. Excellent job Josh !


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Barbecued Ribs

Sandi made the bbq ribs and they were absolutely perfect. They were juicy, tender, perfectly done not over done or under done. You couldn’t have found better if you bought them in the store pre made. Excellent job Sandi !

Bon Appétit!

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Chicken Rice Bake

I used partial white rice and partial brown and wild rice. After they were cooked I sautéed 1 vidalia onion finely diced and about a pound of broccoli tips. When they were almost done I roughly chopped mot of a pound of mushroom caps. I didn’t peel them like usual and left hem in larger chopped pieces. It was just fine. When that was done I added 8 – 10 ounces of heavy whipping cream. The rice was then mixed with the vegetable mixture and was placed in a 9 by 13 oblong baking dish. I grilled chicken breasts earlier and sliced them to put on top of the rice mixture. I then topped that with a little pepper jack cheese. Bake at 400 for about 15 minutes to melt the cheese and make sure the other stuff got heated the rest of the way since it had been a little while since it was cooked.

Bon Appétit!

Monday, May 2, 2011

Sandi’s Pepperoni Pizza Night

Sandi makes a great pizza dough and pizza sauce. She formed the dough in the pan then half cooked it to give it shape. At that point she added the secret pizza sauce. Mozzarella cheese was added to that and then saturated with pepperoni. I don’t mean pizza pepperoni I mean the good deli  stuff which is 100% better tasting and looking. It is absolutely wonderful for a pizza. We made 2 16 inch pizzas for the family. One we added a half of finely diced onion under the pepperoni. We added a small handful of shredded pepper jack cheese on top of the pepperoni. They were baked separately at 375 for about 20 minutes until golden brown on the bottom.  YUM !

Bon Appétit!

Onion Soup

I sautéed 2 chopped onions in 3 sticks of butter. When translucent I added some beef base to give a beefy flavor. After that melted in good I added a cup of water and a quart of tomato juice. Stir until bubbly then thicken with cornstarch water mixture. Perfect for a sandwich accompaniment.
The vidalia or the texas 1015 are both very good sweet onions that are perfect for this.

Bon Appétit!