Blueberry Cookies

Blueberry Cookies

Blueberry Frosting

Garnished with Dried Blueberries

Need I say more? 

Dr. Frazier-stein's experiment was a success! It's alive...........ALIVE!! <<<(Pop-culture reference for horror movie fans.)

Click HERE for this yummy recipe! 

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Blueberry Cookies

Lucky 7 Shrimp Salad

I spent a long day reviewing empirical studies and peer-reviewed articles for a research project. I decided that doing a bit of work in the "lab" was in order...for rest and relaxation. Here is what was born in Dr. Frazier-stein's lab today (click on the link below for the recipe):

Lucky 7 Shrimp Salad

Shrimp kissed with a marinade of balsamic vinegar, sesame oil & ginger syrup, then lightly roasted.

Served on a bed of baby greens dressed with emulsified apple dressing and garnished with toasted sesame seeds.

Was it good? 

It was GOOOOOOOOOOOOD! 

This one's a keeper! 

Lucky 7 Shrimp Salad

When Life Hands You Lemons....

 Make Candied Lemon Slices! WOO-HOO!!! 

Mac-n-Cheese=Good. Mac-n-Three Cheese=BETTER!

This batch has Tillamook Cheddar, Muenster and Parmesan. Too much is never enough! My recommendation: Use a combination of cheeses whenever you make mac-n-cheese. Beats boxed crap full of chemicals EVERY time, even if you just use one type of cheese.

Another Successful Dish from Leftover Holiday Turkey

Turkey Croquettes! Okay, so they were patties. They cooked faster that way. The remainder of the Thanksgiving turkey went into these. Good stuff.

On a side note, the mixture itself would have made for some great turkey salad sandwiches<<<and that is coming from someone who is NOT a fan of chicken salad sandwiches. Tuna, sure. Never have cottoned to chicken salad, though. Maybe I will now, however.

You can view the recipe here: Baked Turkey Croquettes.

Baked Turkey Croquettes..err...umm...patties...Ha!

Oh! Those Thanksgiving Leftovers!

It was Day 5 of leftover turkey and ham. What to do, what to do? Luckily we had a free-range turkey for Thanksgiving. What does that mean? No funky flavor after two days of storage, that's what. Sometimes after only one day. That's what happens with the conventionally raised turkeys, anyway.

Do you know that funky flavor I'm talking about? It's a chemical flavor...that's the best way I can describe it. A strange aftertaste. That's the way it always was with the ever-popular Butterballs and other major brands. We stopped buying those many years ago.

Anyway, we had reached Day 5 of leftover turkey and ham. Since the meats were still very tasty, we had a Cobb Salad with turkey, ham, bacon, two cheeses-(Tillamook Cheddar and a Parmesan/Gouda Cheese-a lovely pairing, by the way.), carrots, red cabbage, cucumber, avocado, red onion and boiled eggs...all over a lovely mix of four different greens: Iceberg, Butter Lettuce, Romaine and spinach. Add to that some black olives, a nice green olive mix and some Chia seeds.

Was it good? Boy, oh boy! It was delicious! We never would have been able to pull off eating the leftover turkey in a salad on "Leftovers-Day 5," if we had used a turkey pumped full of growth hormones and other nasty stuff.

So...here it is, along with some other dishes we have enjoyed with the leftovers: Turkey and Dumplings and Ham-n-Cheddar Quiche.

The turkey and dumplings were plain with no veggies added. We had our veggies on the side. The quiche was made with leftover ham, Tillamook cheddar, Goat Feta Cheese, red bell, green bell, onion, and of course, eggs.

It has been a great year for Thanksgiving leftovers. There's still a bit of turkey left. I'm mulling over a couple of recipes in my head. We'll see if they "pan" out. That's pan out...get it? Ha ha ha! 

Cobb Salad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey-n-Dumplings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ham-n-Cheddar Quiche

I Love Food and Food Loves Me...

An accidental gravy heart on Thanksgiving. Not that mashed potatoes-(made with real butter and cream)-and gravy are particularly good for your heart...but...well...at least these are free of chemicals and other nasty additives. So I conclude that they are definitely better for you than other versions. Ha!

And were they good? OH, LAWDY!! They were goooooood!! It's okay to indulge once in a while, and Thanksgiving is surely the day to do it. 

Accidental Gravy Heart