A Proverbs 31 Kind of Day

What is "Piquant Sauce?" I don't know! All I know is this:  growing up, whenever we had meatloaf, my mom made "piquant sauce" to put on top of it! I never hear other people talk about their mom's "piquant sauce." Think about it! Do you ever hear, "OH!  I only eat my mom's piquant sauce!" "OH!  They have the BEST piquant sauce ever!" "Excuse me, do you have any piquant sauce?" "You could put some piquant sauce on that -- it'd be great!" Yeah, me either! Do you eat piquant sauce? Have you ever had piquant sauce? Do you even know what piquant sauce is? I looked it up! As in, just today! As in, just a few minutes ago! Here are some of the things I found out about "piquant sauce." Piquant sauce   is a style of cooking used for rabbit, duck, alligator, chicken and seafood A piquant sauce is a spicy sauce sharp in taste; exciting or interesting You may be t...

This is NOT my picture!  Our cake didn't last long enough to grab the camera ! That's what we call this new cake! "Sin"amon Cake! The cherubs say it's "sin in a bowl!" My girl cherub says "Jesus can come back now!" My boy cherubs says "Pure Sin!" I don't know HOW they come up with these things? The Mr. says, "This cake is so light, you could eat the whole thing!"  (Please notice, he didn't say anything spiritual!) The other day, in the office, the Mr. saw this recipe and picture and said, "Oh!  Send that to Karen; she'd want that recipe!" Translated:  "I think Karen needs to whip that dessert up  .  . . and in a hurry!" So the Mr. talked about how good this recipe sounded and how good the picture looked . . .  . . .for days! He got on "pinterest" to show me . . .  . . .and he talked about it . . .  . . . and he secretely drooled! Then! Surprise! ...

 A very long time ago, I was watching "Regis and KathyLee." That tells you just how long ago "a very long time ago" was . . . Kathy Lee gave a recipe for a chicken dish.  It's so very easy!  You can cook it in the oven or the crock-pot.  You can use bone-in or boneless and skinless chicken. You can use full-fat dressing or reduced-fat dressing, without compromising the taste. Best of all, it's great left-over! While you're grabbing the ingredients for this recipe, grab double; cook one now and put the other (all mixed up) in the freezer for another meal!  Make it easy on yourself! Cranberry Chicken 8oz bottle of Catalina dressing (or Russian) 1 pkg. dry onion soup mix 1 can whole-berry cranberry sauce 4 chicken breasts (I like to use bone-in with skin) Place the chicken in a baking dish or crock-pot.  Mix the dressing, soup, and cranberry sauce together and pour over the chicken. Oven method:  bake uncovered at 350 ...

This is the last of the peach posts. This is for peach salsa. It's easy and fresh tasting. It's a bit of a jolt to your taste buds because you're not sure what to expect. I've always got a keeper when the cherubs like the recipe . . .  . . . and the cherubs like this! It's probably because I served Stacy's Cinnamon and Sugar Pita Chips along side this salsa! Either way, it's good as a dip or atop grilled chicken! Peach Salsa 4 small peaches, diced 2 limes, juiced 2 tsp. honey 2-3 TBSP finely diced red bell pepper 2 TBSP finely chopped purple OR sweet onion 1 TBSP cilantro 1 TBSP finely minced jalapeno pepper, if desired. Combine all ingredients and refrigerate until ready to serve.  Flavors of salsa are melded together if allowed to sit at least 4 hours or overnight.  Serve with grilled meat (anything except beef) or with chips or cinnamon chips.

Because of all of the peaches we've had, I've needed wanted to find some new ways to use fresh peaches! This recipe is for peach bread. I've never had peach bread, but I must say, that while mild in taste, it's pretty yummy! Remember the peach concoction from yesterday that goes in the peach cobbler? That's what I started with (see picture above) Then, I pureed the mixture, leaving little bits of tasty peach.   I was going to call it peach "syrup." But, now that I think about it . . . I'm going to call it "peach baby food! It's that kind of the texture. Again, don't really tell anyone . . . it's just better left unsaid! But here's a picture of it! Regardless of how it looks -- it's really tasty peachy! Now, for the peach bread! Peach Bread 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup butter, room temperature 2 eggs 2 1/4 cups pureed peaches  ( see September 21 post...

The other day, we were given a huge box of fresh California peaches. As in, a HUGE box! As in, "cut up and freeze" size box or "make jelly" size box or "share with your friends" size box or "search the internet for new recipes" size box! We've done a great job eating the peaches and trying new recipes.  So over the next few posts, I'm going to share with you some new peach recipes that we've enjoyed. The first recipe I made was a peach cobbler.  The cherubs just love peach cobbler!  This recipe is an older Southern Living recipe.  While the cobbler crust is similar to one I have posted earlier, the peach conncoction is what makes this dessert a splurge.  I'm going to say the fresh peaches are "stewed."  But don't tell people that, because then they conjure up some wierd tasting sensation and think they won't like it!  But truth is, you can make the peach conncoct...

Yesterday, we had a "Dinner on the Grounds" at church. That's a fancier way of saying, "Potluck!" Those things stress me out, for a variety of reasons, none of which I'll share here! But I will say, I grew up going to potlucks and when the Mr. and I were in full-time Senior Adult ministry, we attended a potluck a week for several years!  I still remember Mrs. Baird bringing her one can of white hominy every week, in the same 1 1/2 cup cast iron pot! Matter of fact, our oldest cherub thought church was a buffet!  He literally cut his teeth on potluck meals! You don't have to be going to a potluck to make this salad -- but you will need a crowd to serve it too!  However, you could be "creative" and cut the ingredients in half and serve a normal family . . . as in "normal" in size, not mental standing! Corn Salad 2 cans corn, drained (can be Mexican, shoepeg, white, or regular . . .just not creamed)** 1/2-1 onion, c...