Bread Pudding

With Mardi Gras reminding me that I have not been to New Orleans in a while, I decided that what I really needed was some serious bread pudding. Once you have made a successful bread pudding, you will realize that there are myriad bread options and combinations. Each one will give you a slightly different

Food Dude: 2.08.2024: Cookie Truffle

With all the events running together in February, Allan took up a challenge to cook a king cake candy. Of course, he did not stop there and created several types of cookie truffle style candies. The gang made quick work of his supply.

Cookie Truffle

A chocolate truffle is a candy with the exterior coated in cocoa powder (or a hard chocolate coating) with a creamy center. It gets its name from the fact it resembles a real mushroom truffle. They are rich and tasty. With Mardi Gras around the corner, a friend and I were talking about the flavors

Meatball Pie

It is snack season. There is so much going these days and I am getting a lot of requests for fast and easy game day snacks. This week, I was cooking up a batch of spaghetti and meatballs when the idea struck. Spaghetti is a bit too messy for a quick snack, but the flavor

The Chili Boat

There is a relatively new product that has me all worked up and it is the mini soft tortilla boat. If you have not seen these, they are a standard flour tortilla pressed into the shape of an oval bowl. These are rapidly becoming one of my favorite finger food ingredients. For my radio show,

Mashed Potato Pancakes

This was one of those dishes that I wish I had thought of twenty years ago. So, I am looking for something to cook for the radio show and coming up blank. Looking at the ten pound bag of potatoes, I was pretty sure I knew the main ingredient, but what was I going to do

Cookie Drops

Every so often, you just feel like making cookies. A quick check in the pantry and I did indeed have everything I needed for a batch. Now, this recipe is basically a chocolate chip style cookie, however, feel free to substitute what ever you want for the chocolate chips. I have made this with butterscotch,

Blackberry Cheesecake

I am big fan of making my own jellies, jams, and preserves. This year, I was fortunate enough to have a nice crop of blackberries. Of course, I made blackberry jelly. This week, I had to come up with something festive yet new for my radio show. Digging thru the frig, I remembered that I

Baked Custard

Since it is Summer, I was looking for a light and cool dessert. A friend had been complaining that all the desserts she had tasted lately were all of the baked variety that were too sweet with frostings or glazes and the breaking was too dry. Since I have been cooking with eggs quite a

Soufflé – Monterey Jack with Bacon

Last week on my radio show, the rest of the crew confessed that most of them had never tasted a soufflé. Well, of course, that was a challenge that had to be met. I decided to ease them in slowly and start with a basic cheese soufflé. I cheated and added some bacon. Let’s face