Follow the package directions. Instead of warm water, use tepid (room temperature) water. Add 1/4 cup dry minced onions and the melted butter. Add more flour if needed until you have a soft but not sticky dough. Knead the dough as… Read More »A Recipe for Hard Dinner Onion Rolls
This is a great fruit salad! It’s a medley of tropical flavors—bananas, pineapple, coconut, and macadamia nuts—with a Yankee favorite, strawberries, thrown in. We tossed it with coconut cream syrup but you can use whatever you choose. Ingredients 2 pounds… Read More »A Yankee in Paradise Salad
Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast: Just cream cheese filling. Strawberries & Cream Stuffed French Toast: Bavarian cream filling with sliced fresh strawberries. Raspberries & Cream Stuffed French Toast: Bavarian cream filling raspberry pastry filling. Blueberry Cheesecake Stuffed French Toast: Blueberry pastry filling and cream… Read More »21 Stuffed French Toast Ideas
It’s easy to make these very special pancakes. The batter is much the same—you just add grated apple or zucchini, mashed bananas, or pumpkin puree to your batter. They cook the same way. But they are a terrific change of… Read More »Make these very good apple, zucchini, pumpkin, & banana pancakes!
The right pizza pan makes the difference between a soggy bottomed pizza and one that has a crisp crust. Pizza pans can be divided between perforated and non-perforated and between dark colored pans and silver pans. For pizzas, we… Read More »A Buyer’s Guide to Pizza Pans at The Prepared Pantry
Melissa, the cook on this project, discovered that she likes mashed potatoes after all. Mashed potatoes—she thought—were bland, something to pile gravy on. By the time the project was done, she liked mashed potatoes. They weren’t boring, they could have… Read More »A Guide to 13 Different Kinds of Mashed Potatoes
Too much salt in the soup: Soup too salty? Throw a cut-up potato in. The potato will act like a sponge and soak up the salt. Throw the potato away before serving. Soup still too salty? Sometimes a little lemon… Read More »A Handful of Kitchen Tips
Fajitas are typically made with chicken, beef, or shrimp along with peppers and onions. They are served with flour tortillas accompanied by guacamole, sour cream, and salsa. You can be creative with the seasoning using a choice of spices or table… Read More »How to Make Fajitas
I never would have thought to have added bananas to a German pancake. But then, we add bananas to pannekoeken all the time. (A pannekoeken with sliced bananas, cinnamon cream syrup, and whipped cream rivals a banana cream pie.) Debbie… Read More »Banana German Pancake Recipe
This is another great pizza. With spinach, feta, olives, and garlic, this is reminiscent of fine Greek food. This spinach and feta cheese pizza recipe has only a touch of garlic with one clove. If you are a garlic lover,… Read More »Spinach and Feta Cheese Pizza Recipe