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When life gives you lemons...soak 'em in booze!  I love the idea of homemade booze...who knew?  When I think about all the stuff you could soak in Vodka it makes me all woozy!   Vodka is a neutral spirit, it goes with everything! This is stuper easy (a little boozy  humor).  Steep lemon peels in your favorite vodka for about 5-7 days...add some simple syrup and you are locked and loaded (more boozy  humor)...crack myself up!  Oh yeah, fun photo shoot friends, very fun photo shoot...hicuup. Ingredients 1 fifth Vodka 2 pounds lemons (about 10) 2 cups sugar 2 cups water Sterilized container with tight fitting lid (like a large jar) Peel yellow skin off of lemons being careful not to get the white pith (it will make your Lemoncello bitter and kinda pith ya off). Mix Lemon peelings and vodka in large jar with tight fitting lid. Store for 5-7 days in a cool dark place.  Give it a shake a day if you can... Combine sugar and water in s...

If I were a Blueberry, I would want to land my big blue butt in this pan...what a way to go out...if your a Blueberry I mean.  Seriously, these are some killer bar cookies...and easy?...oh, get me started!   I found several variations of this recipe on Pinterest (cause' that's where all the groovy recipes are).   I eventually settled on Kleinworth & Co.  version.  Why?.. well they had the best picture of course so they must be the best, turns out I was right!  You can use fresh or frozen blueberries and I'll just bet you could substitute Raspberries, Apples or Peaches...oh yum, Peaches sound perfect for next time! Blueberry Pie Bars Topping 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/2  cup sugar pinch salt 1 1/2 sticks cold butter (cubed) Filling  2 eggs 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup all purpose flour 1/2 cup sour cream pinch salt 3 cups fresh blueberries Instructions Grease 9x13 glass baking dish- set aside. Preheat oven to 350...

Soup with a twist and a secret ingredient...I LOVE secret ingredients!   I've never heard of BBQ Chicken Soup until I had it at SODO Kitchen , a lovely restaurant located in the Seattle Starbucks Headquarters building. The food is fresh from local Farmers and the staff is lovely! The Catering Manager was nice enough to share this recipe with...Thank you Laura!   This has turned out to be one of my all time soup faves and I love me some soup so that says alot. So, what is that secret ingredient??  It's a cup of brewed coffee and of course I used Starbucks...I got a few pounds of it hanging around. NOTES: This soup is as good as the BBQ sauce you use...so be sure and use one you like. Perfect recipe to use grocery store purchased Rotisserie Chicken! BBQ Chicken Soup (adapted from SODO Kitchen ) with Cornbread Croutons Ingredients For Soup: 4 Tablespoon 2 medium onions, finely sliced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 Pablano Pepper, chopped 1 Red P...

  Every once in awhile you run into a recipe that makes all this blogging worth it!  And this my friends is it! It is everything I want my recipes to be.    Simple, fresh, easy to make, versatile and yummy!  I can hardly wait to make them again!  And where did I run across this piece of recipe perfection?  If you have read my blog at all, you will see my pal Rob's name throughout.  Rob is my Blog Muse.   But this recipe came from Rob's partner, David!  David is an uber talented decorator...their home is simply amazing...and apparently he is working on his culinary skills as well!   Thanks for sharing David!  Couple notes:  Roll  out as thin as possible.  They transfer to a baking sheet easily, even though they are paper thin.  After topping with salt, use a rolling pin to gently press the salt into the dough before baking. Use good salt (I used Kosh...

I've been making these for years.  The recipe is from my favorite cookbook of all time.  The Complete Cooking Light Cookbook.  They are called Raspberry Filled Cinnamon  Muffins in the book but they are so tender, like a donut, I changed the name and the filling! I am not sure, but I think this was the first edition printed.  There have been several since, but none as good as this version from 2000.  I use this book more than all my cookbooks.... combined and I got a few books!  It's my moms favorite too. These are tender, very delicate and super easy to make.  I use seedless strawberry jam to mimic the filling of a jelly donut but you could use whatever you have on hand. When my daughter was little and had a bad day...we used to make muffins...because when the going gets tough, the tough make muffins! Jelly Donut Muffins Ingredients 1 1/2 Cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup sugar 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon ground...

The first time I tried to bake this I killed it, I mean that literally ...a total disaster!   I shouldn't have been near an oven that day, let alone a European recipe that I didn't understand! After I put the cake in the oven and was cleaning up, it was not a big surprise to see the 2 cups of milk I should have added were sitting on the counter, still in the measuring cup.   Of course I took the cake out of the oven, (what else ya gonna do?) mixed in the milk and re-baked it...oh sure, that's gonna work!  I set the timer for 60 minutes but must have somehow turned off the oven when I set the timer...one hour later?  Raw uncooked cake....perhaps now is a good time to take up crochet? Lucky for me my daughter is a killer cook and she not only baked the cake perfectly, she set up the photo shoot!  That's my girl!    I've re-written the recipe and made this a 'piece of cake' for you to bake! NOTE: Eggs need to be at room ...

Spring is in the air in Seattle (well as much as Spring can ever be in the air in Seattle), so I thought I'd get soup out of my system until fall! This can be prepared stove top or slow cooker. Slow cooker works a little better because the sausage has time to marry with the rest of the ingredients. Feel free to mix up the pasta a bit, I just thought Orzo would be a nice change. I used a real rough chop on everything for a bit of a rustic soup. ...and yes, that is chopped lettuce on top, it was the only green thing I had in my fridge besides left over St Patrick day cupcakes, and those don't look good sprinkled on soup. Ingredients 4 Italian Chicken Sausage Links (about 1 lb total) 1 onion, chopped 2 large cloves garlic, chopped 1 cup carrots, chopped 1 cup sliced cremini mushrooms 2 teaspoons dried oregano 2 teaspoons dried basil 1 14 oz, can cannelli beans - drained and rinsed 1 14 oz can diced tomatoes - undrained 1 32 oz container of low sodium chicken broth 1 cup orzo Chunk...