Sweet Garlic Buns

Garlic bread. Who does not love garlic bread? Garlic butter bread loaf with or without cheese. Garlic butter toast with or without cheese. Garlic butter knots. Garlic butter sticks. Garlic bread rolls. Garlic bread loaf. Garlic bread pizza dough. Garlic bread cinnamon rolls, not so much.

Scaled for Likability: FAIL

Here's what happened. I wanted cheese pizza with a garlic butter crust. Cheese pizza using the simple Yeastless Pizza Dough from a last week. So simple and easy to make was the pizza crust, I figured the addition of garlic powder in the pizza dough itself would be wonderful. The oven was warmed, the dough rolled out, and the pasta sauce was bad. Not even a week old in the fridge and it was science experiment to be impressed by. Multiple shades of green and white mold covered the inside of the lid and the rim of the jar. The sauce itself was a vibrant red with not a speck of discoloring. Boo, no pizza dinner.

Being bummed by the lack of pizza for dinner and with my mind racing for a quick dinner to cook as it was now already past five and everyone was getting hangry, my mind went on autopilot and made cinnamon rolls like so many times before with leftover pizza dough. Not until the moment I took a bite long after dinner had been served and cleaned up did I remember the garlic powder.

So sad as the garlic powder in the buttery dough itself was just as good as I was hoping. So sad the garlic powder was too strong to overcome the sweet cinnamon gooeyness of the roll. They were beautiful garlic buns.

Better Than Campbell's Old Fashion Vegetable Soup

Went to the store with the hopes of gathering fresh produce for soup. With more than 45 people in line for two packages of any meat product and the produce section containing only avocado, orange, and most randomly, strawberries, I settled upon canned soup. Well not canned soup since that section was still void of food, too. Instead soup made from canned goods as the canned vegetable section had been mostly restocked. Soups like this 15 Minute Vegetable Soup are ideal in dire food situations such as current times. Modifications Made: Plain petite diced tomatoes for flavored tomatoes, frozen carrots instead of canned, green beans and corn undrained, peas omitted (gross, nasty little pods), one can tomato sauce, two low sodium chicken and two pollo de tomate bouillon cubes, six cups water. Once onions were softened, carrots, juice of green beans and corn, sauce, bouillon cubes, water were added and allowed to simmer until carrots almost tender. Green beans and corn tossed in, heat t

Way Too Rich, Extra Heavy Cheesecake

Pictures are deceptive. What this picture of this recipe does not show is how old and faded the print out paper is, how many stains are smudged across various spots, and the numerous notes written in the top right corner with the first one dating back to college days in 2001. Yikes, twenty years ago makes this paper print out old, no wait, that makes me old. Eek. Sadly, my current living quarters do not allow for cooking of this cheesecake. In fact the last time this recipe has been made have been close to six or seven years. That is just too long. Too long. Luckily, we are spending Spring Break at family with a real oven. A family who will help eat this oh so rich, very decadent, supremely yummy cheesecake. Modifications Made: There are four keys to a successful cheesecake. ONE: all ingredients must be room temperature. If your house is ice chest cold, then warm the ingredients on the stovetop. TWO: do not over mix. Excessive mixing creates air pockets resulting in split mi

The Great Freeze 2021 Vegetable Broth

Good grief, this cold snap. Every year I wish and wish for cold weather so this table can eat soups without melting. Well this year winter came and came with a vengeance. Two days below freezing with no water, no power, no internet/cell service. It's the dark ages. If you need more info just search for Texas Grid Failure 2021 . Yes, this tragic affair has its own wiki page. Good grief. Did you know that if temperatures drop below freezing for too long, refrigerators will not keep your cold stuff from freezing? Well, they don't. And with 17℉ temps, this tables fridge contents froze. What to do with a fridge full of frozen fresh veggies? Veggie stock. No recipe was used, it was just all the veggies in the fridge (white and yellow onions, garlic, jalapeno, green onions, three roma tomatoes, celery, two russet potatoes, seven carrots, and a red and green bell pepper) salt and pepper, and enough water to just touch the top layer of veggies. I did not want the veggies floa

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