Lemon Blueberry Loaf

I was in the mood for a slightly

sweet and tangy treat, the 

other day. So I thought well heck 

I havent made a quick bread for awhile.

Looked in the cupboards to see

what I could come up with.

Well Y'all I have to say I

 "hit the nail on the head"!

It looks like a bread, yet light

like a cake. (Not overly sweet either)

This would be great to serve for

an after school treat for the kids.

Or along side a cup of tea.

Lemon Blueberry Loaf

*makes (4) mini loaves*

1 White Boxed Cake Mix

1 (3.4 oz.) Instant Lemon Pudding 

4 Eggs

1/2 C. Oil

3/4 C. Water

1/4 C. Lemon Juice

2 C. Frozen Blueberries~Chopped

1 tsp. Lemon Zest

Glaze

2 C. Powdered Sugar

1/4 C. Lemon Juice

Preheat oven to 350

Start by tossing blueberries in dry cake mix.

Separate berries and set aside for now.

Mix together all other ingredients

until smooth. Fold in the blueberries.

Pour batter evenly into 4 mini loaf pans 

that have been lightly greased.

Bake for 40 minutes.

Cool in foil pans for 15 minutes.

While loaves are cooling whisk together

powdered sugar, lemon juice for the glaze.

Remove from pans, place onto a wire

rack and drizzle glaze onto on all side's

of each loaf with a pastry brush. 

Homemade Old Fashion Cake Donuts

My oh My.....

I have a HUGE "down fall" 

for DONUTS!!

Now I usually go for the yeast donuts,

however I get a craving for those

Old Fashion Donuts that Hostess makes.

Of course that meant I HAD to 

figure out how to make them myself! (lol)

Guess what?..I DID IT!

Homemade Old Fashioned Cake Donuts

4 C. Cake Flour

3/4 C. All Purpose Flour

3 tsp. Baking Powder

2 tsp. Salt

1 1/2 tsp. Nutmeg

1 1/2 C. Sugar

5 TBSP Lard or Plain Shortening

4 Eggland's Best Egg Yolks

1 1/2 C Sour Cream

1 tsp. Almond Extract

Oil ~ for frying

GLAZE

3 C. Powdered Sugar

4-6 TBSP. Milk

*1 tsp. Vanilla or Maple flavoring~ optional

Sift together the flour's, baking powder,

 salt, and nutmeg set aside.

In a mixing bowl beat together the

lard, sugar. Add in Egg yolks one

at a time beating together in between each.

Fold in sour cream.

Mix half the dry ingredients in

to the wet, mix well.

Add  remaining dry ingredients

in to the wet, blend well.

Knead dough on a floured

surface, roll out and cut into 

donuts. Fry in hot oil.

~* these type of donuts DO NOT

need to be turned over. They are very "soft"

and will break apart. Donuts are done when

they turn a golden brown and the 

top's "crack". Remove each donut

with a slotted spoon, let drain

on paper towel's.

Glaze and "drip dry" on a

cooling rack.

Homemade is better!,

Lark

Potato Chip Casserole

This is a family pleasing casserole

you can fix quick!  Plus use up any 

left over meat you might have on hand.

I've made this using ham,

chicken as well as turkey.

I cant decide which is my favorite.

Potato Chip Casserole

2 C. Cooked Meat~ Chicken, ham....

3/4 C. White Onion ~Chopped

1 (10.5oz.) Can of Cream of Mushroom Soup

3/4 C. Milk

1 C. Cheddar Cheese~shredded

1 C. Mozzarella Cheese~ shredded

2 C. Crushed Potato Chips*

* you can also use crushed crackers*

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In a 9x13 pan spread

half the onion and meat on the bottom.

Mix together the soup and milk.

Pour half of the soup mixture

over that, then top with 

one cup shredded cheese

along with 1 cup crushed chips.

Repeat using all the remaining

ingredients. Bake for 25-30 minutes.

Left overs can be good!

Lark

Fresh Homemade Salsa

I LOVE Fresh Salsa!

Nothing better than making it yourself.

AND SO,SO EASY too!

What makes this Salsa amazing

is the use of Fresh Home Grown

Garden Tomato's!

However in the "off" season, you can use 

the tomato's in the store...that way you will be 

THRILLED to start your garden come Spring.

Fresh Homemade Salsa

6 Fresh Tomato's~ chopped

2 Cloves of Garlic

1/2 C. Chopped Cilantro

1 Lg. Jalapeno~diced

1 Med. White Onion~diced 

1(4oz.) Diced Green Chili's

1/2 tsp. Garlic salt

1/2 tsp. Pepper

3-4 TBSP. Lemon Juice

Place all ingredients into a 

food processor, pulse to your

desired consistency.

*I like to add one more fresh chopped

tomato to the salsa just before serving*

Make some tonight!

Lark

Picco Potato's

This is MY way of spicing up

mashed potato's!

I love me some mashed potato's

and I love Mexican food.

So....I thought WHY NOT?

And YUP, I went there!

So glad I did!

Give it a try on your own taste buds~

you wont be sorry!

PICCO POTATO'S

6 Baker Potato's~ Peeled, diced

3 Ripe Roma tomatoes~diced

1 Small Jalapeno~diced

1/4 C. White Onion~diced

2 TBSP. Fresh Cilantro~chopped

Juice of 1 Lime

Dash of Garlic Salt

1 Clove Garlic~diced

1/2 C. Heavy Cream

6 TBSP. Margarine

Boil potato's until tender, drain and place into a mixing bowl.

Add in cream, margarine, salt & pepper. Beat until smooth. If it is to thick

add a little bit of milk. Set aside.

Place tomato, jalapeno,onion,cilantro,lime juice, garlic

and garlic salt into a food processor. Pulse a few time.

DO NOT puree. Fold this into the potato's.

Serve with Steak. 

Spice up your Meal,

Lark