Recipes

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    The Bocce Ball

    Sorry that cocktail day is one day late.  It was Dana’s Birthday yesterday and we had to celebrate in style.  However, today I am making a traditional cocktail.  It is on the same lines with a screwdriver, but with a little twist.  A little OJ, a little vodka, some amaretto and a touch of seltzer. …

  • Dana’s Birthday Cake

    So today is Dana’s Birthday!  Happy Birthday Dana! I wanted to make her a super chocolaty cake, so I made a moist chocolate cake, layered with a fluffy chocolate filling and a chocolate butter cream frosting.  It is rather intense with the amount of chocolate.  As you can see from the pics, I need a…

  • Diet Ideas

    So as many of you know, I am getting married in the near future.  I would like to lose a few pounds before the wedding day.  I am having a heck of a time thinking up ideas for lower calorie food.  Heck, I usually eat pizza, pasta, bread, desserts, more desserts and even more desserts. …

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    Crab Cakes

    DC is really close to the Chesapeake Bay.  So in turn it means that we have a lot of fresh crabs and a lot of fresh crab meat around here.  The other day I went to the store and they had backfin blue crab on sale for $9.99 a pound.  Basically a steal no matter where you…

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    Bacon Waffles

    Last year I made Bacon Pancakes and they were some of the best things that I have ever eaten.  Actually they are one of my popular posts.  So I decided to update the recipe and do it with waffles.  Yep, bacon baked right into the center of the waffles.  I think I might have a…

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    Crantini

    Sometimes you don’t want to go to the store to pick up mixers.  So I dug through my fridge to see what I had.  In the end I came up with a great cocktail.  It is refreshing and not too sweet.  It is so simple that you need to make it tonight.  Make sure that…

  • Drunken Noodles

    Last week I got a bounty of vegetables from my CSA (community supported agriculture).  I got broccoli, cucumbers, eggplant, corn, zucchini, summer squash, tomatoes, basil and Thai basil.  Looking at those ingredients I decided to make drunken noodles.  While I wouldn’t be able to use all of the veggies, I could use a large amount along with the…

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    Perfect Corn

    Over the 4th of July holiday I was home visiting my family and my Grandma made some unbelievable corn.  It was perfectly cooked and super tasty.  I asked my Mom and Grandma for their secrets.  The key was to boil the corn.  I could not believe it, but the corn comes out perfect each and…

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    S’more Pizza

    I have been making a lot of pizzas lately, so I had some extra pizza dough. I have been known to make dessert pizza in the past but I wanted to make something new and exciting. So I came up with S’more pizza. It starts out with a pre-baked crust and ends up with perfectly…