It is Pi Day, which means it is also the birthday of The Recipe Hoarder blog. Two years. And they said it wouldn’t last. Ok, it has only sort of lasted, but I’m sure someday I will be able to add to the robust one-post-a-month thing I have going right now. Oh, life. Why can’t you be more accommodating of my hobbies? Continue reading ‘Tortilla & Black Bean Pie’
Oh, these pack a wallop. They are super hot, super sweet, and super delicious. A little goes a loooooong way. A really long way. We will be eating these for years.
My favorite preparation of these little babies is finely diced, mixed with cream cheese, and spread on a cracker, which you can see above. I needed just a couple tablespoons of the candied jalapenos plus a little bit of the liquid from the jar to 8 ounces of softened cream cheese. So good. Continue reading ‘Cowboy Candy’
We used this salsa to top some sort of generic grilled pork chops, and it was tasty. I used Fuji apples, but Cooking Light also recommends Spartan, Jonagold, and Liberty apples.
I’ve reduced the amount of lime juice from the original recipe, because we thought there was just a little bit too much of it. Ok, there was a lot too much. We might have lost a little tooth enamel. Next time I make this, I’ll start with just a couple of tablespoons of lime juice, then add if needed. The large amount of lime juice did leave the apples looking beautiful, but I can live with a little brown on my apples if it means I get to keep my enamel.
Continue reading ‘Apple Salsa’
As I mentioned in my last post, I had a lot of goals to accomplish during my break from classes. I am happy to report I have accomplished exactly one of these tasks: I finished the Hunger Games books. That task probably was not the most pressing on the list, but I enjoyed it.
It has been a hit and miss year with recipe posts, and I remain amazed that people manage to find this blog despite it often suffering from neglect. Today I offer you the blogging equivalent of the sitcom clips show: the top ten most viewed recipes of 2011! Ok, so this probably isn’t interesting to anyone but me, but there might be something in here you missed.
Continue reading ‘Most Viewed of 2011′
My final final of the semester is finally done. It was exciting—the power went out at the testing center about three quarters of the way through the exam. I was really glad I was taking a pencil and paper test and not a computerized exam like most of the people in the room.
So, I am on break for about 2 weeks. I still have to work during this time, but I don’t have to do homework when I get home from work, so I have that going for me. I’m hoping to get caught up on some recipe posts over break (also: organize the basement, organize my desk, hem a bunch of pants, catch up on some TV shows, finish the Hunger Games books, and sleep).
This pie is part of the posting catch-up—we had this pie at Thanksgiving and my mom has been asking me for the recipe for a few weeks. It is really tasty, kind of like a chocolate-covered cherry in pecan pie form—that totally makes sense, right? Continue reading ‘Chocolate-Glazed Cherry-Pecan Pie’
These onions were a new addition to our Thanksgiving meal this year. I believe this is also the first time I have used boiling onions. New recipe. New ingredient. Maybe not the best idea for a holiday meal, but it turned out great (also, there were three people at our Thanksgiving meal, so there wasn’t a lot of pressure). The onions were wonderfully sweet, and the sauce was the perfect compliment. Since we were a small crowd, I halved the recipe below. Continue reading ‘Creamed Roasted Onions’
Work and school, school and work—that’s pretty much all I am doing these days. I have been cooking, but I haven’t been doing a lot of writing about what I’ve been cooking (I have been writing Python programs and HTML code, so I have that going for me). Even though there has been a lot going on outside of the kitchen, I did get one of the “I have always wanted to make that” items crossed off of my list: pumpkin pie made from a for real pumpkin.
I say I am going to make this pie for Thanksgiving every year, and every year when Thanksgiving rolls around, I can’t find sugar pumpkins at my grocery store. They are plentiful in the weeks before Halloween, but they disappear shortly after. This year, I bought early. Continue reading ‘Pumpkin Pie (from a real pumpkin!)’
Happy Halloween!
We’ve seen the commercial with the little kids making Rice Krispie Treats several times over the last week. Clearly, the commercial works, because we have been celebrating with Rice Krispie Treats this weekend. I made our Treats into jack-o-lanterns to make them a bit more festive.
I used Mike & Ike candies to make the little pumpkin stems, but I think green gumdrops or licorice would work well, too. I used mini chocolate chips for the faces—they might not be the best choice. The tiny chocolate chips started to melt really quickly while I was trying to put them in place, and they weren’t quite big enough to really insert into the treat far enough to stay in place. Next time, I might use icing to draw on the faces.
One more note: I substituted Crisco for the butter in my treats because it is what we had on hand. I didn’t notice any difference in the taste of the finished treats.
Continue reading ‘Rice Krispie Jack-o-Lanterns’
I am so excited for Christmas cookie season to arrive. I’ve been buying up holiday baking magazines and picking out recipes to try. Before I can drive into the baking, I must clean out the freezer so there is a place to store the cookie bounty until it is time to put together cookie trays and gift boxes. I’m working on it this weekend, but there is a lot of stuff in our freezer to use up.
In my magazine browsing, I found a recipe that I needed to try immediately—Goat Cheese Brownies. They are very similar to a cheesecake swirl brownie, but the cheesecake part is a bit tangier. They are absolutely delicious.
The original recipe includes a Honey and Cream Cheese Frosting, but I knew we would be happy with unfrosted brownies, so I skipped that part. I’ve included those instructions below, should you want to give the frosting a try.
Continue reading ‘Goat Cheese Brownies with Honey and Almonds’
The original title of this recipe was “Busy Mom’s Chicken Fajitas Recipe,” but I can tell you that it works well for lazy, child-free people, too (that would be us). This dish is good, but it is not quite chicken fajitas—it’s more like a chicken fajita stew. Mike said it wasn’t as good as “real” chicken fajitas, but it was ready as soon as we got home from work, so he liked it. I liked it too, and it is good enough to make again, but I think I would change some things next time:
