A Review

Most of you don't know that I am a member of the Cooking Club of America. From time to time they ask members to review products. So when they asked me to review Rhodes Cinnamon rolls, I accepted the challange.

While I love something that is easy and delicious, I also care about presentation. These rolls were simple to make, only took a few minutes and had my house smelling devine. However once out of the oven the weren't much to look at.

Still if you are looking for a quick and easy freshley baked cinnamon roll I do recomend them. But if you are looking to impress your guests I think that I would recomend taking a little more time and offering them the real deal.

Chili Sauce.....

This is Chili sauce, a must for my Navaho taco's. I'll post the recipe later.

Valentines Supper

Oh my we had great plans for our Valentines supper. Beef tenderloin steaks, crab and baked potatoes. I started the baked potatoes early because I have learned that cooking them in the crock pot makes fantastice baked potatoes. I just wash the potatoes roll them in butter and then in Kosher salt, wrap them in foil, place them in the crock pot and cook on low most of the day. The tenderlion was rubbed in Kosher salt and left to merinade for a couple of hours. Then it was cooked on the grill. I cooked the crab in the oven on a broiler pan, the pan had water, lemon juice, butter and a splash of hot sauce. Then cooked at 375 for about 10 minutes or so. We got the crab out of the oven and started with it. Turns out that the crab was so good that we ended up not eating the rest of the supper. We will have great leftover steak and potatoes for lunch today. I wish I had a picture of our crab legs but stock photography will have to do. Let me tell you the were huge, 2 legs filled up both me and Mike. This was the best crab I have ever had and cannot wait to make it again.

Megan Fishers Chocolate Trifle

Megan sent me this recipe. It looks fantastic. I will have to give it a try.

Chocolate Trifle Ingredients:

1 box devils food cake

1 or 2 boxes chocolate pudding

1 Large container cool whip (thawed)

1 bag of heath candy bar pieces

Cook the cake as directed on the box. While the cake is cooking make the pudding. let the cake completely cool and make sure the pudding is set. Layer the ingredients- cake,pudding,whip cream and repeat the very top layer should be whip cream and then you sprinkle the heath candy bar pieces on the top. Put in the fridge for at least 1 hour. Eat cold.

Thanks Megan!

My new cook book

Visist Pioneer Women at the following link.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/

I will be posting some of her recipes. Now you don't have to look at pulled pork Megan. :-)

Pulled Pork

I can't take credit for this receipe, I got it from here. But I do love good pulled pork.

http://myhusbandcooks.wordpress.com/

7 lbs. pork shoulder (bone in)

1 cup dark brown sugar

¾ cup salt2 tbsp. chili powder

2 tbsp. cumin

1 tbsp. red pepper flakes

½ tsp. cayenne

Directions:1. To make the rub, thoroughly mix together the brown sugar, salt, chili powder, cumin, red pepper flakes and cayenne.
2. Pat dry the pork shoulder and then liberally apply the rub to all sides. Place in a leak-proof container. Cover and refrigerate for as long as 24 hours, or as little as overnight. It will give up a cup or more of liquid so make sure your container is big enough to prevent spillage.
3. Remove the shoulder from refrigerator, brush off any excess or caked on rub. Move to a clean roasting pan with the fat side up.
4. Heat the oven to 275F. Place in the oven and let roast for 9 to 10 hours. Yes, I’m serious about it taking that long. After about 3 hours, there will be enough fat rendered to allow you to baste the shoulder every 1 to 2 hours. With a large spoon simply pour the rendered fat over the shoulder.
5. You will know it’s ready because the outside of the shoulder is extremely dark, nearly burned looking. The pork should pull easily from the bone and the fat/skin on the top should be nearly crispy.
6. Remove from the oven and let rest for at least 30 min. Using a pair of forks or very clean hands pull the pork away from the bone. This should be very easy to do.

Oh So Pretty!

This my friends was made by my daughter Amanda. She sent it to me because she knew I would be oh so proud. Gotta love it! Presentation is everything.