Martha A. Cheves's Blog, page 132

Clothes Dryer Info

No, this has nothing to do with food but it's something that I've found to be very important.  After reading this story I did exactly as the repairman did in the story below and he was right.  The most of the little holes in my lint filter were closed up.
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the...

Grilling Tips from Kingsford

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I love grilling and the even though gas grills are so easy to use, I would much rather have a burger, steak, chicken, just anything cooked over charcoal. Here are some tips for cooking perfectly over a charcoal grill.

Basic Grilling
1. Keep food from sticking by rubbing grill with vegetable oil or non-stick cooking spray.
2. Leaving space around each food item on the grill allows for even cooking and smoke penetration.
3. Turn meat just once on the grill—for steaks, turn them when the juices sta...

Toffee Bars - Pulled

This is one of the really great ones! It's so good that believe it or not, I had no ingredient change suggestions for these perfect bars! But, they have been pulled and placed in the Think With Your Taste Buds - Desserts manuscript file.

Crab Toast

This dish is made with crabmeat, garlic, cheddar cheese, mayo and English muffins.  What could be better?  Well....

Think With Your Taste Buds - Use 1( 3 oz.) block of cream cheese, softened and ¼ cup of room temperature shredded cheddar cheese or cheese of your choice instead of Old English.  Use 1 container of soft serve cream cheese flavored with chives or add your own seasonings to soft serve cream cheese.  Change the bread to rye or use bagel thins.  This makes a great appetizer or brunch...

Book Bank

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My dear friend Lillian's husband Bill send me a beautiful surprise last week.  He made a bank shaped like my cookbook Stir, Laugh, Repeat.  This was one of the sweetest things anyone has done for me and it's something that I'll cherish forever.  Thank you Bill.  Oh yeah, I've already started filling it up.

Cake Repair

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No matter what you do, there are times when
your cake still sticks to the pan.  With this
cake, about 1/3 of the cake stayed in the pan.
So what do you do?  Throw the cake away
and start over?  Nope!









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You simply "Think with your taste buds" and
get creative.  In my case I put the portion that
stuck to the pan into my pretty pedestal bowl
and then put the rest on top.  To repair my
cake I mixed up vanilla pudding, poked holes in
my cake and let it drain into ...

Chicken Pretzel Casserole

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Pretzels
butter
cream of chicken soup
cheddar cheese
chicken
onions (optional)
water

As you can see from the ingredient list, you probably have most, if not all, already in your kitchen.  This recipe was originally sent to me making it without the chicken and water.  I made those changes and used a different kind of pretzel and not as many (original used 2 lbs.).  With these changes, this dish came out wonderfully delicious!

See the full recipe at Martha's Kitchen Korner.

Think With Your Taste Buds - ...

Easy Deviled Eggs

 Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal; mash till they are all broken up Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy; squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done - easy clean up. 

Getting Rid of Ants

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Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it 'home,' can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!

A Book and A Dish Book Review #100

I've just posted my 100th book review on A Book and A Dish.  Number 100 is called Stop Me by Richard Jay Parker.  This book is one that will really keep you guessing.  Go to A Book and A Dish, read my review and check out the Author's favorite recipe.