Cheddar Pepper Biscuit

Last night's Octoberfest recipe was a flop for more than one reason, the biggest being the lack of ooey gooey, cheese topping. With a half of block of white cheddar cheese and no meals planned in the foreseeable future, a quick search was needed. What to do with white cheddar cheese that is not a cream based sauce?

Originally an egg dish was given thought, then a garlic cheese bread, then the table counterpart suggested replacing regular cheddar biscuits with white cheddar. Bingo. Peppery White Cheddar Biscuits for breakfast this morning.

Modifications Made:

Recipe was scaled to half. One small ping pong sized egg was used in place of one "normal" egg.

Scaled for Likability: Great

Once a thousand years ago I was invited to Red Lobster where I watched in fascination as my entire table raved about the cheddar biscuits and their meals. What I remember was oily cheese biscuits and oily garlic shrimp. It was not a pleasant experience.

Now more than 20 years later, after some hesitance, a warm flakey, peppery, tender, and moist cheddar biscuit was enjoyed. They were everything the table counterpart was looking for in the biscuit and super easy to make. They would be great with a fried egg and a couple of pieces bacon for breakfast sandwiches.

So inspired by the success of Cheddar Pepper Biscuits, next time its gonna be Bacon Cheddar Chive Biscuits.

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 potatoes. Cover and reduc

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 almost tender. Green be

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 and did not contain enough onion, garlic,

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