Category Archives: Appetizers

Audiobook Winner & Garlic Parmesan Cheese Rolls

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THANK YOU to all of you who entered to win the audio book Wrecked, When A Broken World Slams into Your Comfortable Life by Jeff Goins. This is my first experience to take part in a blog tour book review.  I totally enjoyed it and I hope you did too. Although my first blog tour book review, the good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, it won’t be my last.  I am excited to giveaway this audio book and the winner is Jon Stolpe! All you have to do to claim your winning book is leave a comment on today’s post!  Congratulations Jon!  If you didn’t win, don’t go too far because I have more giveaways during the month of December! All drawings are done by www.Random.org.
When I saw this recipe in the December Taste of Home magazine I just knew I had to make them … for you. They looked so delicious along with being fast and easy.  From previous Decembers I know that life gets busier, the days get shorter, and the to-do lists go on forever! This recipe fits into the fast paced December we are speeding toward!

These garlic Parmesan cheese rolls will make an exceptional appetizers as well as a nice roll along with any chicken, fish, or beef you decide to prepare this month! We can thank Pillsbury for a quick start with this crusty french loaf.
The goodies for the inside go together quickly. Butter, chopped green onions, fresh parsley, minced garlic and Parmesan cheese.
Once the crusty loaf is unrolled the yummy mixture is spread across the dough.
  The log roll is cut into 12 slices, placed in a muffin tin and baked.  They can be served immediately or added to a buffet table along with other appetizers.  The flavors will burst among the crusty layers of the little spiral rolls.  Enjoy!

Garlic Parmesan Cheese Rolls

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Yield: 12 servings

1 Roll

Garlic Parmesan Cheese Rolls

Loaded with flavor, these rolls come together quickly and can be on the table in 25 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 2 green onions, finely chopped
  • 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley (or 2 teaspoons dried parsley)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 1 tube (11 oz.) refrigerated crusty French loaf

Directions

  1. In a small bowl, mix the first 5 ingredients. Unroll bread dough; spread butter mixture to within 1/2" of edges.
  2. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side. Cut into 12 slices; place in greased muffin cups, cut side down.
  3. Bake at 400 degrees F. for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

Notes

* If refrigerated dough does not unroll easily, use a rolling pin to roll into a 6" x 12" piece of dough.

Recipe adapted from Taste of Home.

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Keep on cooking and many blessings!

~Catherine
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Kickin’ Creamy Cole Slaw

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Do you include cole slaw on your Thanksgiving table?  I love slaw and I like trying different recipes.  I am always looking for the perfect slaw that fits my craving for a mayonnaise base but with a “kick” included.  Slaw is a casual salad but not too casual for a holiday table!

When you speak of Cole Slaw in America, there is the mayonnaise based, the vinegar based and in the south they also have one with a sweet boiled dressing made with sweeten condensed milk.  I haven’t made the slaw with sweet condensed milk but that is coming!  Funny thing about slaw — everyone has their favorite — mayo or vinegar — mustard or sweet!

This recipe comes from Bobby Flay at the Food Network.  Bobby knows how to put the zip in foods that could otherwise be bland.  It is this zip that makes this my #1 new favorite slaw.  I think you will like it too!

Kickin’ Creamy Cole Slaw

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Celery salt and dry mustard join to give this creamy slaw a little extra kick! Delicious!

Ingredients

  • 1 head green cabbage, finely shredded or one package slaw mix
  • 2 large carrots, finely shredded
  • 3/4 cup high quality mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons grated onion
  • 2 tablespoons sugar, or to taste
  • 2 tablespoons white vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon dry mustard
  • 2 teaspoons celery salt
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Combine the cabbage and carrots in a large bowl.
  2. Whisk together the remaining ingredients.
  3. Pour mixture over cabbage/carrot mix.
  4. Refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.
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I know that just because I’m not cooking Thanksgiving dinner doesn’t mean you aren’t still looking for a couple awesome recipes. Whether dinner is at your house or you are taking your special dish to share with friends and family, here are a few keepers in my recipe arsenal.

Just In Thyme Cheese Rounds are a great little appetizer for the early arrivals.

My Yankee Dinner Rolls

My Puffy Chicken Cordon Bleu makes for a non-traditional, but memorable main dish.

Southern Squash Casserole

And don’t forget about the Sweet Potato and Apple Casserole!


The big finale: Chocolate Chip and Walnut Pie!

~Blessings, Catherine

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Party With The Mummies

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Four little mummies, jumping on the bed
One fell off and hit his head,
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
NO MORE MUMMIES jumping on the bed!

Three little mummies, jumping on the bed ….

Okay, okay, I just can’t help myself!  I love reciting this little rhyme, as my kids and grandkids can attest too! :)   You may have said it a time or two with little monkeys jumping on the bed, but it is October and lots of parties going on that include everything from fall harvest to little ghost and goblins.  Enter my little mummies.

Thanks to the creative moms at Our Best Bites for their awesome party food for kids! That is where I found the recipe for these little cuties.  Later this week I will have help from 12 home school students as we make these in their cooking class.  But for this trial run I got help from my own “mummy!”


She started with 3 ingredients: hot dogs, crescent dough, mustard. Easy!
My mummy sliced the crescent dough into 1/4″ slices and the hot dogs in half.

The dough is carefully wrapped around and around turning the dog into a mummy.  This is fun for kids because the wrap doesn’t have to be perfect. Creativity is encouraged and no two mummies are alike!
Once all the dogs are dressed and capped they go into the oven at 375 degrees F. for about 15 minutes or until lightly browned.


After baking, dots of mustard make the eyes.

Serve warm or at room temperature.
They are party perfect and don’t need to be kept warm.  Have fun and thanks to my mummy for the help!

~Blessings, Catherine

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Pecans From the Tree To The Table!

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Last week a big storm with strong wind and rain blew through the area. This large limb found its way to the ground in my brother-in-law’s yard.  We became the lucky recipients of a 5 gallon bucket of pecans!  My Chief gardener (and love of my life) will dry ‘em, shell ‘em, and bring to the kitchen to be chopped up and used in a variety of my favorite dishes.
From Wikipedia I learned the pecan is a species of hickory, native to south-central North America.  A pecan, like the fruit of all other members of the hickory genus, is not truly a nut, but is technically a drupe, a fruit with a single stone or pit, surrounded by a husk.  I usually wouldn’t be able to pick these pecans because they reside in a tree that ranges from 66′ to 130′ feet tall.

The seeds of the pecan are edible, with a rich, buttery, flavor. They can be eaten fresh or used in cooking, particularly in sweet desserts, but also in some savory dishes.

One of the most common desserts with the pecan as a central ingredient is the pecan pie, a traditional southern U.S. recipe and a favorite in our home!
Caramel Pecan pie is one of my absolute favorites combining the luscious buttery pecans and CARAMEL :)
Earlier this year I made these pecan sticky buns topped with large pieces of pecans. These pecans came from Costco, but the next time I make these pecan sticky buns I hope to have the fresh shelled pecans straight from mother nature!

It seems that the more I look the more I find previously posted recipes containing pecans! This Date Pecan Tea Bread is just such an example.  Guess I like pecans … yes I do!


I have linked these pictures to the recipe post.  Just click on the picture to zoom backwards through cyber-space. I hope something will catch your eye sending you to the kitchen :)

~Blessings, Catherine

Genesis 43:11

And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

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