• How to Make Kale Chips

    It seems like almost everyone has heard of Kale Chips. I keep hearing how others are making them but I had never tried making my own until today. They were so so easy to make and I found I couldn’t just stop with eating one, two, three or… you get the picture. They were slightly addicting. 🙂 And another bonus even my younger kids liked them! If you’ve never made them before I’ll share how I did it. This is the pan of kale before it was placed in the oven. The only time I use kale is when I’m making Toscana Soup. So I had an extra bunch in…

  • Fettucine Alfredo with Fresh Garlic

    Our family is big time garlic lovers and with 10 cloves in this recipe, it delivers. Fettucine Alfredo with Garlic Recipe Type: Main Cuisine: Italian Author: Elisabeth Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 20 mins Serves: 8 If you’re a garlic lover, this dish is for you. Fantastic flavor but not friendly to the dieter. Ingredients 1 1/4 pounds fettuccine pasta 1 cup butter 10 cloves garlic, chopped 1/4 teaspoon onion powder 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup milk 2 egg yolks 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 cup dried parsley Instructions Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add…

  • A Pizza Worth Making and Eating

    Most of my family is not a big fan of chicken. Not that they don’t enjoy the flavor but they can’t get past the fact that they are pumped full of hormones.  So the other day when I served Kittencal’s Moist Cheddar-Garlic Oven Fried Chicken I was left with a lot of chicken.  The flavor was very good (lots of garlic) but they just couldn’t enjoy it. So I have quite a bit of chicken I need to use in some other way besides as single serving pieces. So I decided to try a Chicken Alfredo Pizza. Then I could disguise the chicken that was added. I used my food…

  • The Easiest and Quickest Way to Deseed a Pomegranate

    Getting to the good stuff in a pomegranate is so laborious that many times who wants to bother?  Oh and talk about being messy! Growing up we would actually dig into the pomegranate half with a spoon.  Now that was supper messy! After I was married I did it differently. We would actually deseed the entire thing before eating. But now…                      Oh, you are going to love this… Now, I have learned a new way. My firefighter brother-in-law, who has to do some cooking when he’s on shift, learned a new way that is so amazing and totally makes deseeding a pomegranate a breeze. Watch the video and if…

  • Looks Good & Tastes Better – Rosemary Bread Loaves

    Only 8 days till the wedding! Everything seems to be going quite well.  Whew! Serenity made all the bread for the rehearsal dinner the other day.  Rosemary bread to go along with the lasagna we’ll be having.  I’m having so much fun getting together things for the rehearsal.  I’ve used my Silhouette machine quite a bit.  Still loving it. I was so proud of Serenity.  She had a long day making all the loaves! Justus’s birthday decorations were still up.  But I finally took the time to remove them after this picture.  Aren’t you proud of me? It was only a week after his birthday. 🙂 Brushing on the egg…