Patty's Simple Dishes Patty was all about quick easy dishes. There was a simplicity to what she created in the kitchen and I bet it had everything to do with the fact that she was feeding 4 hungry guys! My FIL would come home from his Army day that started with early morning PT and… Continue reading Patty’s Simple Dishes
Patty the Cook Patty was not the world's greatest cook. Cooking for her was for keeping the troops happy and fed. She wasn't interested in spending time in the kitchen preparing fancy dinners. Her focus in life was on people. She would rather have grabbed something 'to go' in order to spend more time with… Continue reading Patty on Cooking
Homemade Turtles [wc_image attachment_id="1684" size="medium" title="" alt="" caption="" link_to="post" url="" align="right" flag="" left="" top="" right="0" bottom="20" text_color="" background_color="" font_size=""][/wc_image]Making homemade turtles is easy as soon as you catch the hang of making homemade caramel. I showed you guys how to do that earlier this week, so let's get going on the whole dessert ;-)… Continue reading Homemade Turtle Desserts
Homemade Caramel [wc_image attachment_id="932" size="wcbig" title="" alt="" caption="" link_to="none" url="" align="right" flag="" left="" top="" right="0" bottom="20" text_color="" background_color="" font_size=""][/wc_image]The sole reason for me even attempting to make homemade caramel has to do with making Turtles, which I will also be sharing with you later this week. Caramel is surprisingly easy to make, requires only 5… Continue reading Homemade Caramel
[image source_type="attachment_id" source_value="1618" align="right" size="medium" autoHeight="true"]Making homemade French Bread is not as scary as it sounds. There are very few ingredients (5) and no thermometer is required for getting the water temp 'just right'. Homemade is also best because you can control what ingredients go into the bread. This recipe has no dairy, no nut,… Continue reading French Bread
These rolls come from my maternal grandmother. She and her sister ROCKED the roll world. I remember feasting at holidays on her 2 layered German rolls.... oh yum!! Due to this heritage, I have been trying very hard over the years to master breads. This particular recipe is AWESOME for hamburger buns!!! Not too sweet… Continue reading Speedy Rolls
These biscuits go with a wide variety of foods, either along the side or right in the main dish. A few tricks with these things are: like all quick breads, don't over beat them; the dough should be tacky in feel; don't twist the cutter till you have gone all the way through the dough;… Continue reading Buttermilk Biscuits
