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BakerAunt, I'm so sorry about the death of your mixer! Good luck finding a suitable replacement. I just got a new hand (aka portable) mixer last week. My old GE was about 40 years old and had reached the point I could adjust the speed by wiggling the cord. I'm trying out new mixers, have tried a Cuisinart and a Hamilton Beach so far, and do not care for either one. They are huge (don't fit in the cabinet space allotted to a hand mixer) and heavy, twice as heavy as my old GE. I haven't had a stand mixer for about 40 years, and really don't want one - IF I can find a small, lightweight portable one that does what I need it to do.
HAHAHA! My husband bought one just like that last summer, and put it up on our deck. I made him take it down because it's ugly! And in my face every time I go onto the deck! I have a cute little green frog that holds a test tube and does the same job!
My store was sold out of turkey breasts! so I got the smallest whole turkey in the freezer chest - 11 pounds. But it will be good to have couple of turkey sandwiches and soup meals in the next few weeks.
November 28, 2025 at 4:03 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of November 23, 2025? #47827Blue Bag Pepperidge Farm dressing is the star of the meal at my house -- I nibble on it all afternoon as the turkey roasts in the oven! An 11 pound turkey seems to be about the right size for the two of us, with plenty of leftovers. We also had butternut squash harvested from our garden a few months ago, sweet potato for my husband, and fresh green beans. I forgot to cook the carrots.
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of November 23, 2025? #47793We had Italian sausages and blueberry pancakes with maple syrup for dinner tonight. The snow we got this morning has all melted now.
November 23, 2025 at 7:05 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of November 23, 2025? #47789My husband says he doesn't mind running out onto the deck to grill - - even in the snow! And the burgers were great! We haven't had burgers for about 2 months.
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of November 23, 2025? #47782Dinner tonight will be burgers cooked on the grill -- and the snow is coming down in buckets out there!! I hadn't planned for that.
I made caramel chip cookies this morning. Not good. No flavor. I used the chocolate chip recipe on the Toll House bag, the one I always use for chocolate chip cookies. I guess I need to eat a handful of just the caramel chips to find out what they taste like!
Today I made scones using a KAF Apricot Sour Cream Scone mix. I had a $10 coupon so stopped at the KAF store on my way home from my volunteer job yesterday. It was cold, dark, and raining, but I raced inside to treat myself. I bought two mixes: the apricot scones and English muffins. The scones are delicious, but won't last long in this house. I've not been pleased with the English muffins I've been making, from a KAF recipe, so am curious to compare them to the muffins I will make from the mix. Does anyone here have a good English muffin recipe to share?
Home from traveling, so I made a sheet pan dinner of fridge leftovers. I started with 2" pieces of kielbasa, and added chunks of carrots, parsnips, Brussel sprouts, asparagus, onion, green pepper, and can't remember what else - Odds and ends of veggies, sprinkled with a tiny bit of sea salt.
I have Duchess soup simmering on the stove for dinner tonight and a road trip this weekend. We rarely eat in restaurants -- it's expensive and often not very healthy. We'll have an assortment of raw veggies with the soup. I didn't have time this week to make cookies as I usually do for our trips.
Dinner tonight was grilled pork chops, and I roasted veggies in the Breville countertop oven. They were delicious with only a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of sea salt: sweet potato, onion, carrots, beets, and parsnips. And now I have leftovers to heat up for another meal this week!
I made two loaves of whole wheat bread, and added 2/3 cup of mixed grains to the dough. That will be enough sandwiches for a couple of weeks (one loaf is in the freezer).
Time for a menu switch to autumn recipes! Dinner was baked haddock, roasted baby potatoes, and acorn squash.
The apple cake is excellent. I do not taste even a hint of rum. I think cognac would be better, or even Irish whiskey. I sprinkled turbinado sugar on top, and think the crunchiness adds a lot.
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