This delicious, light summer side-salad combines fresh, hot, tiny potatoes with a rich date chutney for a tangy, exotic flavor combination. Chutney Ingredients: 1 cup tamarind 3/4 cup dates, stoned and chopped 1 1/4 cup jaggery or (light muscovado sugar (can substitute light brown sugar) 1 tsp ground ginger 1/4 tsp garam masala (a pre-mixed [...]
Tags: chutney, favorite family recipes, favorite summer salad, fresh summer salad, potato salad, salad, summer salad
This delectable cookie is a standard on our Christmas table, but it goes so well with everything from a hot cup of coffee, to iced tea, and lemonade, that I decided to share it for your summer enjoyment. Ingredients: 2 cups butter (real butter) 1 cup sugar few grains salt 4 cups sifted flour 1/4 [...]
Tags: Christmas cookies, cookies, easy shortbread cookies, scottish shortbread, shortbread, shortbread cookies
Tortiere While sorting through my stash of magazines the other day, I came across this really great recipe. You know the stash I mean…the growing pile of I’m-going to-read-these-as-soon-as-I-get-a-moment magazines that called out to you from among the offerings next to the check-out. I was surprised to find a recipe section in the magazine, as [...]
Tags: ground beef, pastry, port shoulder, roast lamb, Seasonal Favorites, shepherd's pie, tortiere, veal
This wonderful, grown-up version of the milkshake is not for the faint of heart. The original version uses a clear grain alcohol that used to be available only on Alaska. If you were to pour some in a teaspoon and light it, it would burn with a blue flame, leaving no residue. This liquor is [...]
Tags: adult beverages, beverages, drinks, liquor, milkshakes