CUORE FELICE

Well, shame on me. I thought this recipe was on the blog since I've been making it for so long. Turns out, it's not. When making sugar bacon for my advisees years and years ago, I would make this copycat Cracker Barrel hashbrown casserole to go with it. Another teacher once tried both the sugar bacon and the casserole and told me to start sprinkling the sugar bacon OVER the hashbrown casserole . . . To each his own. I recently entertained a debate on salted vs. unsalted butt

So, my breakfast strata is a go to. Just like the strata, you can use whatever ingredients you want. For the book binders, I did one with caramelized onions, spinach, and boursin cheese. So easy to use up leftovers: meats, veggies, whatever. But this Christmas, I wanted to make a heartier option for a day of book binding with family. This fall, the Pioneer Woman shared recipes for her college-aged son. One of them was a breakfast bake that she froze, so he could bake them o

When I started gardening, I found myself with a plethora of eggplant. Unlike cucumbers, peppers, and tomatoes, my purple vegetables are harder to give away. People don't like it or don't know what to do with it. (If you THINK you don't like it, please try Aunt Peggy's Eggplant Parmesan .) Dan also brought me five pound of ground lamb from his processor, so I found this recipe for my eggplant surplus. It's a Greek grandmother's lasagna, and if you're going to do it right, it's

There's a scene in Steel Magnolias where Truvy and Clairee share a recipe. "What's that other one you were talkin' 'bout? A cup, a cup, a cup. . . " ~ Clairee It's a recipe for a fruit cocktail cake, and it's DIS - gusting. (Of course, I tried it.) Last year, I watched them feature it and try it on the Today Show. As they tasted it, I watched, peering at Jenna and Hoda. "NO WAY, do they like that. I tried it!" And sure enough, I watched both of them LIE as they reached for wa