Gravy Makes Everything Better

We had some leftover homemade sausage gravy from our recent biscuits and gravy venture. I thought the gravy would be good on a big Idaho baker, but hash browns were good, too.

Treat Creation from My 8-year old

A recipe from my daughter: cotton candy freeze. Dissolve a big tuft of cotton candy in a little water. Mix well and freeze.

Zucchini Boats

Sliced in half with the seedy part scooped out and filled with Parmesan cheese. Broil until bubbly and brown.

Grilled Cheese and Avocado

I was craving a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich, but no tomatoes on hand. This may be a new favorite, though - very good!

Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits

Homemade buttermilk biscuits for a biscuits and gravy dinner last night. These are no-roll biscuits.

Two cups of flour

1 tablespoon of baking powder

1 tablespoon of sugar

1 teaspoon of salt

1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

4 tablespoons of butter

1 1/2 cups of buttermilk

Mix the dry ingredients, cut the butter into chunks and pulse the butter into the dry mix with a food processor. Hand mix in the buttermilk. Scatter about a cup of flour on a baking sheet. Coat a 1/4 measuring cup with cooking spray. Plop 9 scoops into the flour on the baking sheet. Coat a 9 inch cake pan with cooking spray. Using your hands, roll the sticky blobs of dough in the flour and arrange them in the cake pan - they'll be touching. Bake at 500 degrees for five minutes, turn heat down to 450 and bake 15-20 minutes longer. Turn out the biscuits onto a no-lint dish towel.

Perfect for tea time, too.

Peanut Cilantro Heaven

My birthday lunch: salad with lime marinated chicken and peanut-cilantro dressing tossed with kidney beans, mozzarella, tortilla strips and more cilantro. Cilantro doesn't scare me...although I know people who are terrified of it.

Free Cake Magically Appears at Our Door

My friend delivered this cake still-warm on Sunday morning to go with out coffee. It was a streusel cake that melted in our mouths.