1 ½ cups milk
1 ½ cups heavy cream
¼ cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
6 ounces chopped bittersweet chocolate
2 drops peppermint oil
Sweetened whipped cream, as garnish
Combine the milk, cream, sugar and salt in a saucepan.  Heat over medium-low heat.
When the milk and cream just begin to steam, put in the chocolate and stir until melted.
Add the peppermint oil.  […]

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The American Heart Association and the Food And Drug Administration are now telling us the benefits of Walnuts.  Most of us have known about the benefits of olive oil.  It is considered a ‘good fat’.  Of course, anything in excess is not good for our bodies.  There is another fat on the horizon – walnuts.  […]

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1 Large (29 oz.) can of Pumpkin
1 can (12 oz.) evaporated milk
2 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice
3 Eggs
½ Cup Sugar
1 Yellow Cake Mix
1 Cup Chopped Nuts
1 Cube Margarine (melted)
Mix can of Pumpkin, Evaporated Milk, Pie Spice, Eggs & Sugar real well.
Pour into a 13 x 9 inch greased pan.
Sprinkle with the Yellow Cake Mix, then 1 […]

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If you want the freshest tasting turkey this Thanksgiving,  
don’t buy a fresh turkey.  
 
That’s what the editors at Cook’s Illustrated magazine dis-  
covered when testing fresh and frozen turkeys for their November  
issue. Turns out frozen turkeys taste fresher and more moist  
than fresh.  
 
It may sound counterintuitive, but science backs them up.  
Apparently, turkeys […]

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3 Eggs
1 ½ cup Sugar
1 stick Butter, melted
1 ½ teaspoon flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup Buttermilk
Beat together the Eggs and Sugar.  Add melted Butter, Flour and Vanilla.
Slowly beat in the Buttermilk.
Pour in unbaked pie shell and bake at 350* until custard is think and set.

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½ Cup Diced Papaya (firm but ripe)
½ Cup Diced Mango (firm but ripe)
2 Jalapeno Chiles, seeded, de-veined and minced (use more or less to taste)
1 ½ Cup Finely Diced Red Onion
1 ½ Cup Minced Fresh Mint
1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar (optional)
In a glass or ceramic bowl, gently toss together the ingredients until well combined.  Be careful […]

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1 Pound Tomatillos, husks removed, cleaned
2 Jalapeno Chiles, seeded and de-veined
2 Cloves of Fresh Garlic
Sea Salt
Place the tomatillos, jalapenos and garlic in an ovenproof glass baking dish.  Place them under a heated broiler for a few minutes, until they begin to blacken.  Be careful not to allow the liquid released by the tomatillos to evaporate; […]

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Place a washcloth with a few drops of your favorite essential oil into your dryer when drying sheets and towels.

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1/4 lb. orange peel
1/8 lb. lemon peel
1/4 lb. whole star anise
1/4 lb. whole clove
1 oz. orris root fixative*
1/2 oz. orange or Christmas oil*
Break the orange and lemon peel into pieces the size of a penny. Mix together all ingredients except for the fixative as possible. Sprinkle the fixative on top and add the […]

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2 cups dried lavender leaves*
1 1/2 cups dried lavender buds*
3/4 cup junniper berries*
1 1/2 tablespoons orris root powder*
8 drops of lavender oil*
4 drops of rosemary oil*
Combine all ingredients in a tightly covered container.  Allow fragrance to blend for two weeks, shaking the container every two days.  Using 4" squares of a pretty fabric and ribbon.
The […]

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