I was going to buy store bought seafood salad for dinner but they were out. So, I improvised by getting imitation crabmeat and using a small package of lobster meat from my freezer. My husband loves cucumber but doesn’t like celery. By mixing the two together in equal amounts he didn’t notice the cucumber. Turned out delightfully well.
Category: Cuisine
Homemade Mince Meat
You all saw Aunt Nettie in her later years when I shared her recipe for Orange Slice Nut Cookies. This recipe is a holiday favorite of old for Home Made Mince Meat. I can’t say that I like mince meat but many people did and still do. My Aunt Nettie in this picture was when…
Grilling Chicken for Dinner
Tonight for dinner I’m grilling a simple skin on the bone-in chicken breast. I like leaving the skin on and bone in so that the chicken is really moist. We’re at our Ironworks cabin so we almost always grill. The spice I use is Boswell’s Blends – Fowl-n-Feather Seasoning. I bought it at one of…
New Years Eve Dinner – Smoked Beef Tenderloin
We had eight of our closest friends at our home to celebrate and ring in the New Year. Cocktail and appetizer hour started at 7pm and dinner was ready to serve an hour and half later. The twice baked potatoes were prepared the day prior and were ready to place in the oven for the final…
Grilled Chipotle Shrimp Appetiser
Who would have thought that I would still be grilling outdoors in the middle of December! It wouldn’t surprise me as much but we are again at Ironworks and the temperature was a brisk 45 degrees outside when I put the shrimps on the grill. I cook year round at our home in the Valley of the…