by TT Jr. on May 14th, 2012 | Recipes, Spreads & Sauces
I love bagels. I just love them, specifically toasted. And with cream cheese. They are so delicious when they are still hot and the cream cheese starts to melt on them. My favorite flavor is salt bagels, and they are delicious with plain cream cheese, but sometimes that gets a little boring. So, I decided to make a vegetable cream cheese to see how it tasted with my mom's yummy salt bagels. It tasted like heaven on a hot bagel. The sweet crunchy carrots with the tangy, slightly spicy chives against the salty, hot, soft, crunchy bagel is incredible.
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by TT on April 26th, 2012 | Recipes, Spreads & Sauces
In an attempt to broaden my 14 year old's seafood palate, I decided to cook tuna last week. Unfortunately, the fish counter that I visited had none available, so I went with her current favorite fish, salmon, and jumbo shrimp. Shrimp is a type of seafood that she doesn't like, but the rest of us do. I figured if I got her to try it again, it may start to be a seafood item that she likes. She adores coconut, so I thought some
coconut shrimp might do the trick.
Apparently, the lure of a coconut coating isn't enough
by TT on August 30th, 2007 | Desserts, Recipes
My best friend, in an attempt to keep me up to date with current events, sent an email to me a few weeks ago. In this email she let me know that today, August 30th, is Toasted Marshmallow Day. To me, it seems like the perfect day for this holiday. It's the end of summer, the temperature has soared into the upper 80s with lots of humidity, and a cookout with marshmallows is what is needed.
If you choose to celebrate this fine holiday and disregard your care of your
dental implants, there are many options. You could go simple
by TT on August 27th, 2007 | Breakfast Dishes, Healthy Cooking, Recipes
With the week of vacation ending, a healthy diet is required. Too many mornings of full breakfasts and too many nights of large dinners have encouraged me to return to my usual healthy eating.
Never having been a person who is able to skip meals, I always eat breakfast. Sometimes it is simply a bowl of cereal, but quite often I crave something different. It needs to be something easy to make, filling, and not calorie-laden. A favorite choice of mine is a breakfast wrap.
I find breakfast wraps to be a perfect breakfast choice. I can use an assortment of ingredients
by TT on August 24th, 2007 | Recipes, Salads
My family and I have spent the past week on vacation in the Mid-Atlantic states. We have been to the beach several times and enjoyed the usual beach fare: french fries, ice cream, Italian ice water, caramel corn. Travelling by car with four children, there also have been numerous stops at fast food restaurants for pizza, fried chicken, and more french fries.
The vacation has been a success, except for the weather. Though when you are somewhere between the ages of six and eleven, overcast skies and chilly temperatures don't stop you from jumping in the waves
by TT on August 23rd, 2007 | Desserts, Recipes
Fondue is one of my favorite dishes to make. Of course, if I make a cheese fondue, it's not very popular with the kids. That is saved for a grown-ups only night. A bottle of wine, a plate of veggies and bread, there's not much more that we need.
When it's the kids' turn for fondue, I switch to dessert. How can you go wrong with a pot full of melted chocolate? It's a favorite with all of the kids, but my nine year old, Sam, is my faithful assistant. She has always loved to cook with me, no matter what the
by TT on August 10th, 2007 | Appetizers, Recipes
Recently, there was a merging of two families, expanding my household from two to four children. At the initial meeting of the four children, I decided a little cooking might be a good ice breaker for the girls. Plus, a fun snack in the middle of the afternoon would work for all six of us.
I wanted to make something that would require very little grown-up interference. I also wanted the recipe to allow for multiple hands assisting in the process. Breadsticks seemed to be the obvious choice. Rolling out the dough is shared easily, as it takes a bit of
