Feast Day!

Today was the feast day at our church. I will expand on this a little later.

Here is the recipe I promised to post. Pictures will be added this evening. I'm pooped.

Lemon Ricotta Cookies with Lemon Glaze

Snack Mixes

I have been experimenting with making my own snack mix (similar to Chex mix). I started out using seasoning packets from the spice aisle, adding them to melted butter and then baking. They work very well but you're never quite sure what all is in them. So I made my own this evening. Its in the oven currently but the pre-oven taste test was pretty yummy. Here's the recipe.

P.S. Ben is perfectly happy with the base ingredients on their own. We'll see what he thinks of the finished product.

P.P.S. Fruity snack mix? How would you get the flavor into the cereal???


Basic Snack Mix

Base Indredients:
4 cups corn (chex-like) cereal
1 cup cashews
1 cup almonds (I used sliced almonds. Its just what I had on hand.)
1 cup sunflower seeds

Seasoning Ingredients:
1 stick (1/2 cup) melted butter
2 tsp salt (I used kosher.)
2 tsp seasoning salt
2 tsp granulated garlic
2 Tbsp dried Parsley Flakes*
1 Tbsp dried Minced Onion


Melt the butter in a pan. Measure the base ingredients and put into a bowl. Measure the seasoning ingredients into your measuring cup. When butter is melted, turn to medium heat. Add seasoning ingredients and stir until well combined. Pour evenly over base ingredients and stir together quickly and throughly. Pour on to lined baking sheet. Bake at 300 degrees. Stir every 20 minutes for 40 minutes. Cool.

Barefoot Bloggers - Butterflied Chicken

Ina has done it again. 'What?' You may ask, 'has she done again?' Ina has combined a few simple ingredients to great a bite that says,'This is what cooking is all about!'

Lemon, garlic and rosemary - they seem ordinary enough . . . right? Maybe, but when combined they are an extraordinary team that brings out the best flavors a chicken has to offer. This trio make chicken the star of any show. They give the chicken a fresh citrus aroma with a slight hint at woodsy. This is an easy must try recipe.

Note: I didn't grill my chicken. I sauteed it in olive oil. Delicious!

Here is the recipe.






(We loved it. Need I say more?)

Cakes from the Past

To catch ya up . . . these are the cakes that I have made 'professionally' so far. Hope you like them. Let me know any comments. Thanks

This first cake is the first one I did for a friend of mine. It was her mother's birthday.



This is a Thanksgiving cake I did for my Aunt.

Barefoot Bloggers - My First Post - Panzanella

A Side Note: YAY!


Panzanella is a bread salad originating from Italy. Its full of bright garden yummies such as red and yellow peppers and scrumptious tomatoes, as well as, everyone's favorite - fried bread! Capers and basil run throughout the crunchy bites, as the vinaigrette excites the tongue.

This is a great salad for the lake, picnic or even just a barbecue. It doesn't have any mayonnaise so you don't have to worry about spoilage and its pretty good whether its cold or room temperature.

For presentation reasons, I cut my components smaller than Ina's recommendations.

Here's a link to the recipe.