Baby Potatoes

Tuesday night we ate and grocery shopped here.  We left with some locally grown, organic and fresh produce.  Last night, we decided to cook the baby potatoes and ears of corn.  Everything tasted great but the potatoes were my favorite!

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I quickly washed the potatoes, added them to a pot of boiling water and seasoned with a dash of garlic salt.  After the potatoes were tender, I drained them and added a splash of olive oil, dill weed and some pepper.   The best part of the meal was when the lime juice (I squeezed some on corn) got on potatoes and made for a very zesty surprise.  I loved the flavor combinations and am thinking about incorporating lime into a potato salad this weekend.  I'll be sure to write down the recipe because I have a feeling it will be a good one!

Summer Recipe Inspirations

Oh sweet summer, I love you! Everything about the summer seems to be so much brighter and just plain cheery.  All things summer seem to inspire my palate as well.  My list of summer inspirations could make for a new post every day but I just can't resist sharing a few at once.

1. Limes-everything from the mention of a "margarita" in a song to the my bright green purse make me crave all things lime.






 



These chips are so zesty! I love them plain, with salsa or even better with guacamole.

Here is a recipe I found for Chuncky Guacomole and Chili-Lime Tortilla Chips which would be great on the side of a quesadilla filled with black beans, onions, mushrooms, peppers and a squeeze of lime.

Thanks to the world of advertising, I can't help but want a cold corona with a lime on vacation.  I even like the song on this commercial .

Since I don't live on the beach, I will just settle for a lime drink, chips and beach music on the dock. There's nothing wrong with pretending! :)

Hope my lime inspiration leads you to a relaxing evening as well.  Hurry up 5 o'clock!

Paula Deen's Popovers

I love being trapped inside on a rainy night with nothing to do but cook!  I was reading a Paula Deen cookbook and decided to try this recipe.



http://www.pauladeen.com/paula/

 This recipe is very simple and requires basic ingredients that you should already have in the fridge and pantry.  Not only are these super easy to bake, they are super cheap too! I even halved Paula's recipe and made popovers in a mini-muffin pan that my granny gave me for Christmas.



Servings: 12
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 30 min (I only cooked for 17 minutes)

4   eggs (I used 2 eggs)
2 cups milk (I used 1 cup of milk)
2 cups flour (I used 1 cup of flour)
1 teaspoon salt (I used 1/2 tsp salt)

 

Directions:

Grease 12 large muffin tin cups or 12 custard cups.  Break the eggs into a bowl and beat well.  Add the milk, flour, and salt, and beat until just blended.  Fill the muffin tin cups or custard cups three-quarters full with the batter.  Place the pan on the center rack in the oven.  Set the oven at 450 degrees and turn it on.  Bake for 30 minutes without opening the oven door.

Serve the popovers hot with butter, jam, syrup, or honey.

Mix it up



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Owensboro BBQ Festival

The BF is from Owensboro so I have attended the last five BBQ Festivals.  This year was the first time I actually saw what the BBQ hype was all about.  We went downtown during the day to walk around and see the cook offs.  Being a vegetarian, I was completely caught off guard by the amount of people cooking meat and the forms of preparation.  The only food I saw being cooked was burgoo and meat.  BBQ fest was a different experience but I still enjoyed spending the time with the BF & Paisley.








I have never seen so much meat in my life.




Cooking with mops and buckets

  


 Granted, the only purchase we made was a $4 homemade Root Beer.  We did not eat BBQ but we still left reeking of the smoke.

Just Read...

Water for Elephants is a novel that I could not wait to finish.  I wanted to know the ending so bad that I finished it in two days.   I am not a fan of the circus but the story of life and love by Gruen is fantastic!  Now I am debating on seeing the movie (the books are always better).

Vegetarian Iphone Apps

I saw this online and thought it would only be appropriate to share.  I would like to download the Vegan Is Easy- which is a free app!  It helps you to distinguish between different ingredients and determine which ones fit your diet.

Candy Bar-Bars

 

So our beloved Wildcats made it to the Final Four for the 1st time in 13 years!!! Of course, I had to celebrate by satisfying my sweet tooth! I chose this recipe because of the short list of ingredients and the affordability.  I am not a baker so this recipe was super easy and very yummy. Candy Bar-Bars were found on BHG's website!
Ingredients

•     Nonstick cooking spray or shortening ( I didn't use enough so they stuck a bit!)
• 1  2-layer-size package  German or milk chocolate cake mix (I couldn't find either so I used chocolate fudge)
• 1  5-ounce can (2/3 cup)  evaporated milk
• 1/3  cup  butter or margarine, melted
• 1  cup  chopped nuts (I used non salted roasted peanuts)
• 3  2.6-ounce  chocolate c 2. Spread half of the mixture into prepared pan. Bake in the 350 degree F oven for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped candy. Drop remaining cake mixture by teaspoons over all. Bake about 15 minutes more or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into rectangles. Makes 36 servings.
  overed peanut-caramel-nougat bars or 6 chocolate-covered peanut butter cups, chopped (I used 3 Snicker Bars)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degree F. Lightly coat a 13x9x2-inch baking pan with cooking spray or grease with shortening. In a large mixing bowl beat together cake mix, milk, and butter until well mixed. Stir chopped nuts into the beaten mixture.

2. Spread half of the mixture into prepared pan. Bake in the 350 degree F oven for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped candy. Drop remaining cake mixture by teaspoons over all. Bake about 15 minutes more or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into rectangles. Makes 36 servings.

yummy chocolate goodness!