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.

Papas a La Mexicana (Ranchera)

It is a crying shame that there are six hens and not a egg in sight. What am I supposed to do with homemade ranchero sauce? Thankfully with a few quick searches of the internet a recipe from my hometown newspaper was discovered: Papas Ranchera . Not once in the thirty years I lived in my hometown did I ever eat at a local food joint serving papas rancheras. No time like the present to remedy this cultural dish. Because this recipe is hidden behind a paywall (grrr...) I have included it here for you: Servings: 4-6 Ingredients: 1 pound potatoes, diced 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/2 large onion 1 1/2 medium tomatoes 3 jalapenos 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup juice from canned tomatoes Instructions: Fry potatoes in vegetable oil until lightly browned (about 4-6 minutes). Saute onions, tomatoes, jalapenos until soft. Add garlic powder and salt. Add tomato juice until vegetables are covered (may need to add water). Bring to a boil and then add po...

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 omitted, frozen carrots instead of canned, green beans and corn undrained, peas omitted (gross, nasty little pods), one cup celery, three cups diced potatoes, one can tomato sauce, two beef and two pollo de tomate bouillon cubes, six cups water. Once onions were softened, carrots/celery/potatoes/juice of green beans and corn, sauce, bouillon cubes, water were added and allowed to simmer until carrots almos...

Sour Cream & Chive Scalloped Potatoes

Can't believe the Month of the Potato is over. There are so many more potato recipes saved. Guess I will have to work them into another month. Last week's scalloped potatoes were one of the best new recipes during the month of potatoes. With today being the last day in the Month of Potatoes, I decided to go out with a bang by cooking another batch of scalloped potatoes but this time sour cream and chive. The Best Scalloped Potatoes , or so they said. Modifications Made: Recipe was reduced by half. Mayo was omitted and one entire package of chives were chopped and added to sauce before pouring onto layers. Scaled for Likability: Good Betty Crocker Sour Cream and Chive Box Scalloped Potatoes were the standard for this recipe. These were a family favorite for years but have long since been discounted. Bummer. Trying to replicate this seemed easy enough. Alas, it was not. These had a nice texture but were too oily from the cheese ...

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