Pulled Brisket
Step one for my Barbecued Brisket Soup … crock pot cooking the brisket for 6-8 hours. This is a great way to cook brisket even if you don’t move-on to step two. Don’t have barbecue sauce but have the ingredients? Try my recipe here.
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Stuffed Bell Pepper Soup
This was my own idea but if you check it’s been done before. I’m into soups especially these last days since my heater pooped out. I was going to make stuffed bells in my crock pot and opted for this soup instead. The recipes are very similar actually. While you can cook this recipe in a slow cooker there really isn’t a reason. It’s so fast right on the stove top. And oh my goodness, I was on it with this! It’s totally delicious!
Here’s another recipe too! Made with turkey, brown rice and a little Italian spice.
Slow Cooker Soups
For A Month
If you’re like me and your soup recipes grow as you go you may want to start with a seven quart slow cooker instead of a four. I was definitely my grandmother’s sous chef … learning very quickly that measuring soup ingredients was overrated. Today’s soup recipe is no exception. Yep, it started overflowing. Just had to put in those extra veggies! No excuse … I need a new slow cooker! Mine is a bit dated (still calling it a crock pot), not pretty like the new ones … And has only two functions, low & high heat.
If this looks like Minestrone it is! It’s the first of my month long slow cooker soup recipes. I love the homey feel of a soup simmering all day … And a fireplace with a crackling fire to scoot up by. I’ll be adding a few bread recipes along the way too. My Portuguese Rolls are perfect for tonight’s soup!
Holiday Hot Drink Bar
Make it easy on yourself and fun for family and guests. Make it simple and beautiful like my daughter’s, bottom right. Or make it old fashioned like me. Add a few cookies, small cakes, sweet pastries and dessert or continental breakfast preparation is done that fast. It is so cozy.
Great Ideas
Peppermint sticks for coffee, tea & hot chocolate stirrers
Crushed peppermint shaker
Cinnamon shaker
Caramel drizzler
Chocolate dipped spoons
Flavored chantilly cream
Espresso with liquor (Anisette, Kahlúa, Baileys, Frangelico)
For a complete Hot Chocolate Bar, here
Holiday Cookie Favorites
Kolacky
Almondina
Gingerbread
Cookie Cakes
Linguica, Fava and Onions
Many of you have followed my brother’s recipes. They’re amazing! He can make a Whole Wheat Bread to die for! His Pit Beef can’t be surpassed. His duck, now there is one amazing Wild Duck. But his passion is making linguica. So, a few weeks ago after spending 4 1/2 hours hand cutting 75 pounds of pork butt, putting everything together for marinating, and claiming this will be the best batch of Homemade Linguica yet! … And his very last go-at-it! HE FORGOT THE CUMIN! This ex-Arkansas Razorback isn’t into tears and he wasn’t when he broke the news but there was definitely disappointment in his voice. He is sending me some for Christmas and I’m sure it won’t need too much dressing up. He’s let me know he now has to make another batch … one last perfect batch.
If you’re into this recipe you might also like Peas Linguica & Eggs
Caramel Cake
An oldie with a mild caramel flavor. This 50’s Betty Crocker recipe has been revised just a bit. The natural flavor is wonderful. While not a special occasion cake exactly it’s great for a weekend dinner. The icing is creamy and the secret here is to beat until it reaches the correct consistency. This pretty much requires an electric mixer for best results.
When you’re not into chocolate and want something with a little flavor beyond a yellow cake this is the recipe for you.
Chicken Chili Soup
Melissa has been kind enough to share recipes in the past and here’s another. Melissa is my colorist, friend, and a perfectionist. So anything she shares with me I know will be delicious. We share common ethnicity and our love of Portuguese food. She loves linguica as much as I and gave me a quick pea soup recipe with linguica I’ll be posting soon too.
Forgive me Melissa if I tweak this a bit. If you are a true Portuguese cook you use your hands as measuring utensils and taste for correction. It’s perfect!
Try this too!
Cheeseburger Soup
This is an incredibly simple soup recipe. You may have all the ingredients to make it right now. I say step it up a bit and serve with a brioche hamburger bun on the side. The next time you are craving a cheesy cheeseburger give this a try.
If you’re into hamburger soups here is another delicious one!
National Cake Day 2017
Fabulous Cakes to give a try! And if you don’t see what you’re looking for in the list below click here for all cakes.
- Prune (or Date) Cake
- Banana Nut Cake with Caramel Glaze
- Banana Spice Cake
- Carrot Cake
- German Chocolate Cake
- Chocolate Cake Recipe
- Cream Cake with White Chocolate Frosting
- Best Coffee Cake
- Devil’s Food Cake
- Italian Cream Cake
- Chai Cake with Pecan Topping
- Coconut Cake with Caramel Rum Sauce
- Coconut Pound Cake
- Pound Cake
- Aunt Alice’s Portuguese Butter Sponge Cake
- Fav Spice Cake
- Lazy Daisy Cake
- Cinnamon Cocoa Sheet Cake
- Chardonnay Cake with Buttercream or Citrus Drizzle
- S’more Cake
- No Cheese No Bake Cheesecake
- More Please Pound Cake
- Gingerbread
- Spicy Pumpkin Cupcakes
- Pumpkin Pound Cake
