Layered Enchilada Bake

Another recipe that I tried in my quest to feed 4 hungry guys without completely blowing my grocery budget, or disturbing them by veering too far from familiar tastes and ingredients. This recipe from Kraft fit those criteria, so I was happy to try it. But I will be honest. I did [...]

Peanut Butter Brownies

I don’t know where I found this recipe. I’ve got it written out so I obviously copied it from somewhere or someone, but the exact origin is shrouded in mystery. Well, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration, but it’s forgotten in the dusty corners of my brain at the very least.
What I do know [...]

Real Simple Brownies

Real Simple as in the name of the magazine where the recipe was published, as well as how the brownies are to make.
1 stick unsalted butter
4 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped (or substitute 3/4 c. cocoa, 1/4 c. oil and 1/4 c. sugar)
2 lg. eggs
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 c. flour
4 lg. peanut butter cups, [...]

Apple Pear Crisp

This recipe started life as one for French Apple Pie from my mom’s cookbook. During one of her trips to visit me in the far northern realms of Indianapolis (her perspective anyway), she modified it into a crisp and very thoughtfully wrote in the margins what she’d done to modify the recipe and create [...]

Macaroni & Cheese, Take 2

So as I updated in the last post, my most recent attempt at mac & cheese left me thinking my search was over, I had found mac & cheese nirvana.
I still think that’s possible, although I don’t suppose it’ll necessarily keep me from trying additional versions. Maybe there’s a secondary nirvana that’s [...]

Macaroni & Cheese

I absolutely adore macaroni and cheese. It’s up there with my favorite dishes ever. Now if I could only find the ultimate recipe for cheesy goodness.* I am not very good at getting cheese sauces to be smooth instead of grainy so that always hinders my mac & cheese making.
So this time, [...]