Ingredients • 6 medium potatoes (2-1/2 to 3 lbs.) • 2 medium onions, sliced • 1/4 cup (50 mL) butter or margarine • 2 tbsp. (30 mL) all-purpose flour • 1-1/2 cups (375 mL) chicken broth (homemade or canned) • salt and black pepper to taste • 2 cups (500 mL) fresh bread crumbs (coarse) […]
Ingredients • 2 quarts (2 L) sweet apple cider • 1 can (12-oz/355-mL) frozen raspberry cocktail concentrate, thawed • 1 or 2 whole cinnamon sticks, broken in half • 2 cups (500 mL) frozen raspberries Cooking Instructions 1. In a saucepan, stir together apple cider, raspberry cocktail concentrate and cinnamon sticks. Bring to a boil […]
1 large onion, chopped 1 cup whole wheat flour 5 3/4 cups water 1/2 cup soy sauce Place 1/4 cup water and onion in medium saucepan. Cook, stirring occasionally until onion softens, about five minutes. Add the flour and mix well. Cook another three minutes, stirring occasionally. This should toast the flour and give it […]
Ingredients • 10 lb (5 kg) fully (or partially) cooked bone-in smoked ham • whole cloves, if desired • 1 cup (250 mL) brown sugar • 2/3 cup (150 mL) orange juice • 1/3 cup (75 mL) honey • 2 tbsp (30 mL) Dijon mustard • 2 tsp (10 mL) grated orange zest Cooking Instructions […]
Lemon Bars Mix: 2 cups flour 1 cup butter ½ powdered sugar Press into a 9 x 13 pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Beat: 4 eggs 2 cups sugar 6 Tablespoons lemon juice Add: 4 Tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Pour onto crust and bake for […]
Very dark hot chocolate 1 cup milk 2 Tbs cocoa powder 4 tsp sugar 6 dashes salt Start heating milk in a saucer at medium heat. Stir in cocoa, sugar and salt. You can also add 1/4 tsp cinnamon and/or a tiny dash of cayenne pepper to be adventurous. Keep stirring frequently until hot (approximately five minutes). […]
I’m kind of a Scrooge when it comes to Christmas. I’m not a big fan of decorations or snow, and I despise Christmas music. Even worse than the freezing temperatures and tacky, overplayed tunes is the shopping. I can barely bring myself to face the lines at Walmart to shop for groceries. You can only […]
Ello all, Aunty Lyd’s here for my last message of the year. No need to cry though. I’ll be back next year to impart to you my wisdom and life experience. This week I was trying to think of things that Americans don’t have that I grew up with at home. Three things came to […]
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen — and like me, you’ve probably wondered if we should be teaching such words to our children, especially all in the same sentence and tied together like that. This is aside from the point I’m trying to make, though: Do you recall the lesser-known facts of […]
Planning the perfect party December is a month filled with numerous holidays and extravaganzas. Throwing themed parties during this time of merriment and mayhem is a great way to recover from the constant pressure of impending finals. The challenge, however, is figuring out how to make a party stand out from the duds. The intention […]