Author: Becca

Recipes, Side Dish

Mustard Roasted Brussels Sprouts

This recipe can be adapted in a number of ways.  It’s super-easy to make into a vegan side dish for your veggie-loving friends.  You can use regular worcestershire sauce, vegan worcestershire sauce, a combination of balsamic vinegar and soy sauce, or any other tart, salty drizzle to go with the mustard in the sauce. While […]

Recipes, Side Dish

Pumpkin Chili Cornbread

Sometimes I cheat and use boxed baking mixes.  Sue me.  This recipe is quick, easy, and delicious.  I found it online a while ago and then had to hunt around online for it today.  Thus, it is reposted here. Pumpkin Chili Cornbread (Original Recipe) Makes 24 mini-muffins Ingredients 1 8.5 box jiffy corn muffin mix […]

Breakfast, Recipes

Oatmeal Frozen Fruit Muffins

Oatmeal Frozen Fruit Muffins (adapted from Buttermilk Oatmeal Muffins) Makes 12 muffins Ingredients 1 cup oats 1 cup buttermilk 1 egg 1/4 cup butter, melted 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 cup mixed frozen fruit (mango, strawberry, pineapple) 1 cup AP flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt Directions Mix oats […]

Dips, Recipes, Sauce

Thai-Style Peanut Sauce

I love Thai peanut sauce.  It’s good on almost everything.  The thing I’ve realized over the years is that you can make a good peanut sauce out of almost anything.  Thus, I’ve listed all of the variations I use in this recipe.  The amounts are rough approximations.  How you make this sauce all depends on […]

Dessert, Recipes

My Favorite Chocolate Cake and Frosting

I cannot take any credit for these recipes. I am posting them here so that I don’t have to comb the internet every time I want to make them. This stuff is life-changing. Beatty’s Chocolate Cake Ina Garten’s Recipe   Ingredients Butter, for greasing the pans 1 3/4 cups AP flour, plus more for pans […]

Dips, Recipes

Creamy Baba Ghanouj

Eggplant is one of my favorite vegetables, and baba ghanouj is one of my favorite eggplant dishes.  I roast eggplants at least once per week.  I started roasting my eggplant tonight and decided midway through that I wanted baba ghanouj.  Unfortunately, I didn’t have any lemons.  How can you have baba ghanouj without the tang […]

Breakfast, Recipes

Baked Oatmeal Muffins

Recipe adapted from: http://swain.ces.ncsu.edu/bakedoatmeal/ Ingredients 2 ½ cups quick cooking oats 11⁄2 tsp baking powder 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1/4 tsp ground cloves 4 Tbsp dark brown sugar 3 eggs ¾ cup skim milk (or 1/2 cup half & half, plus 1/4 cup water) 1 tsp vanilla […]

Recipes, Side Dish

Red Cabbage, Carrot & Cilantro Slaw

Red Cabbage, Carrot & Cilantro Slaw Serves at least 10 Ingredients: 1/2 head red cabbage, shredded 4 carrots, shredded 1/2 bunch cilantro with stems, roughly chopped 1/3 cup rice vinegar 2 tsp toasted sesame oil 1 Tbsp honey 1 tsp sriracha 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp black pepper Directions: Shred cabbage and carrots. Chop cilantro. […]

Dessert, Drinks, Recipes

Bourbon Candied Cherries

A Cooking Light (July 2012) recipe I want to try. 1.5 lbs.  fresh bing cherries with stems 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup fresh lime juice 1/4 cup water 1 cup bourbon or rye whiskey 1. Place the cherries in a medium glass bowl or large jar.  Combine sugar, juice, and 1/4 cup water in a […]

Entree, Recipes

Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas

Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas Ingredients: 1 lb. cooked chicken, shredded 1 onion 1 poblano pepper 1 zucchini 4 oz mushrooms 1 tsp canola oil 2 Tbsp butter 1 1/2 Tbsp flour 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 c vegetable stock 1/2 c sour cream corn tortillas 1 c Mexican blend cheese 1 packet Frontera green chile enchilada […]