Today is the 18th of February and a really beautiful day here in Nevada.  Sunny and warm with temps around 75 or 80.  Just great for a winter day!  I just got finished with my chores today and was looking through some of my recipes.  I remembered the recipe I use for making homemade hot fudge sauce... It is so good.  Here is my recipe:

2 cups sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1 5oz can evaporated milk
1/2 cup butter, cubed
1 tsp. vanilla

Combine sugar and cocoa in small saucepan.  Stir in the milk, add butter.  Bring to a boil stirring constantly.
Reduce heat and cook and stir for about 1 minute or until slightly thickened.
Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.  Serve warm.  Refrigerate the remaining sauce.
Just delightful over vanilla ice cream!!

Enjoy!

My heart and prayers go out to my family and friends in the middle of this massive winter storm....Here I am in sunshine and warm temps and feeling very blessed.  Today is a good day to cook.  So I will be having some fried cabbage.  Here is my recipe:

1 head of cabbage (sliced about 1/2 to 1 inch wide)
2 or 4 slices of bacon (chopped)
2 tbsp. butter
Salt and Pepper

Cook bacon until crisp.  Remove from skillet and add the butter and cabbage..
Cook until cabbage is tender.

So easy but oh so good!

Enjoy!

Well time is flying by so far in 2014 and before we know it Easter will be here. My absolute favorite holiday as the meaning gives us hope!  So much to be thankful for and much to thank for all our blessing.  Keeps us grounded in this out of control world we live in.

I will cook my normal Easter dinner which will definitely include pickled eggs... Here is my recipe:

1 dozen of eggs (hard boiled and peeled)

2 cans of pickled beets

1 cinnamon stick

4 cloves

1/4 cup water

1/2 vinegar

1/2 sugar

Mix together the last 6 ingredients. Taste for the perfect balance of sweet and sour, and then add the eggs... cover and refrigerator.  Always better as they sit for a day or two.

Enjoy!

What a beautiful day outside!  We are so blessed to be in the West right now as much of the country is cold and snowy.  Hope all stays safe and warm.  Today is a good day to pamper myself with some beauty tricks and skin softeners.  I have been so lax in that area lately.  Yesterday was my day for baking some cookies and I made my absolute favorite.  Pecan Sandies and here is the recipe:
 

             1 cup butter (softened)     

             1 cup sugar

              1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

            1/2 teaspoon baking soda

            1/4 teaspoon baking powder

            1/4 teaspoon salt

            1/2 cup pecans (chopped)

Directions

In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add extract; mix well.

Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Fold in pecans

Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 300° for 22-24 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 1-2 minutes before removing to wire rack.

So delicious!
Enjoy!!!

It is already the 14th of January....time is flying faster and faster as I get older.  I am ready to hit the kitchen for some good food this year and will post as I go.  I wish I had my family closer so I could make them all of their favorite dishes.  I do that for them when they come to visit me!
On Sunday I made a pork tenderloin and it was delicious.  Here is my recipe:

I pork tenderloin
salt and pepper
dijon mustard

  Just rub the tenderloin with the mustard and then salt and pepper completely.
I bake mine in a 400 degree oven for about 30 minutes.


Enjoy!

Well I am back in Nevada with the warm temps and plenty of sunshine. I spent Christmas and New Years in Naperville, IL with my daughter and her family.. Had a great time but lots of snow and very cold temps.
I was thankful for their beautiful fireplace and we used it as often as we could.
Now that I am home I started to clean out the freezer and found some beef cubes.  I decide to make beef cubes in sauce to go over noodles.  Here is my recipe:

About 10 to 20 cubes of beef (depends on the size you make them)
or 1 package of beef stew from store.
1 onion soup mix
1 can of mushroom soup
1/2 cup of red wine
Salt and Pepper

Put all ingredients in crockpot and cook on low for approximately 6 to 8 hours.
Serve over buttered noodles.

Enjoy!

Today is the 21st of December and only 4 more days to Christmas.   Sitting here in IL with my daughter and her family.  Just chilling and enjoying my Grandson Jackson.    He is so excited for Santa to come on Wednesday.   We are baking some cookies tomorrow and one of my favorites are pecan sandies.   Here is the recipe:

1cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
13/4 cups flour.  
1/2 teaspoon  baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup pecans.

Cream butter and sugar together.   Add vanilla.
Combine, flour,baking soda,baking powder,and salt.... Add nuts

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungraded cookie sheet.
Bake at 300 degrees for about 22 to 24 minutes.

Enjoy!