Another Great House

I loved this one, too.


Visit the site below to see even more.

http://youroldhouse.thisoldhouse.com/thisoldhouse/gingerbreadhouse/index.jsp

Great Gingerbread Houses

Sugar Castle

I finally have some time off from work and found this great site. I really thought these houses were wonderful works. I hope you go to the site below and look at all the pictures of these houses.

The Sugar Castle, displayed in the historic Westin St. Francis hotel in San Francisco, took over 400 hours to create.

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20243026_20548796,00.html

Recipe Blog - Dessert First

http://dessertfirstgirl.com/


I discovered this blog today. The latest post is of a Plum and Almond Tart. Doesn't the picture look tasty? This is her picture I borrowed from her site to show you how great this recipe looks.

Another post has a recipe for Greek Honey Macaroons that look just as wonderful. This lady has a very cute dog with pictures included on her blog, too.

I hope you visit and enjoy it as much as I did.


I am sorry I have not been posting as much as I wanted to over the summer. I had to put my computer in the computer hospital for a long time and school is back in session. I will post as often as I can but it will definately be more than I have in the last few months.

Take care and Have Fun !!!

Interestng Site - Smithsonian Magazine

I found this site and thought it was full of great articles. Some of the titles offered were  -

- Stolen: How the Mona Lisa Became the World’s Most Famous Painting

- Food Like You've Never Seen Before

- Insects as a Food Source

The picture is of Shanghai dumpling soup from the Food Like You've Never Seen Before article.

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/#ixzz1QrIXE8SR

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/

Recipes - Interesting Recipe Blog

I was looking for some recipes for my new Pumpkin cookbook I have put on my MasterCook program. I found this site with some very good looking recipes of assorted kinds.

This one is called -

Old Fashioned Paradise Pumpkin Pie

It has three layers  - one of cheesecake, one of pumpkin custard, and one of pecan streusel.

This picture and recipe is from this site - http://www.richfoods.ca/

I hope you will check them out and find them as interesting as I did.

Recipe Mailing Groups I Recommend

I belong to two Crockpot recipe mailing lists. For a Christmas present this year, I got a new Crockpot. My old one gave up the ghost over a year ago and I am out of practice with that type of cooking. I am reviewing the archives for both of these lists and am saving interesting sounding recipes to try.
The two lists are part of Yahoo Groups -
Crockpot Recipes - with 7,246 emails in the archives
and
Slowcooker  - with 42,116 emails in the archives.

You can join for free and they will send you wonderful recipes right to your mailbox. You will also have access to all their saved messages from the past. Trust me, it will take you a long time to work your way through the archives and they are filled with tasty sounding recipes your family will enjoy.
Happy Hunting for Recipes.

Thanksgiving Goodie

Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies

Aren't these cute?

Recipe found at :

http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/thanksgiving-turkey-cookies/cbe3fa0f-585e-4f8f-af22-d834060252d9/

Recipe Site

I found a recipe site today that I really like. It has a big group of recipes with pictures to show how it should look, which I think makes the recipe much more interesting. I hope you will explore it, too.

http://www.landolakes.com/

These are a couple of the recipes I downloaded into my MasterCook program. If anyone tries one of them, please let me know how they turned out. The pictures are from the Land 'O Lakes web site. Please check the site for these recipes and many more.

Cheesy Ham 'n Corn Chowder

S'Mashed Potatoes with Stir-Ins

Lemon Pecan Pastry Slices












Don't these look delicious??