Potato Soup

I LOVE Potato Soup. This is mom's recipe.


2 C. water
2 bouillon cubes (I use the chicken flavor)
3 C. potatoes (4-5 potatoes) peeled & cut
Boil the potatoes about 20-30 minutes, or until soft

I like lots of potatoes & I usually put enough water to cover the potatoes.

In another pan:
melt 1/4 C. margarine
add 1/4 C. flour. stir
add 1 C. Milk & 1 C. half & half
bring to a boil.
add this mixture to the potatoes.

I like to add some ham to it as well.

Add: garlic powder, onion powder, salt & pepper-to taste

lindsay's cheesecake

this is currently my picture on the background of my phone. yes, taken with my phone. but seriously... it was so delish AND the presentation was gorgeous. thanks again! and i'd love the recipe if its not a secret! :o)
EDIT: See the cheesecake recipe from April 2009!

peppermint + chocolate

okay, i don't know if any of you love peppermint + chocolate as much as i do...

but i found this list of peppermint treats after christmas. i want to try ALL of these next holiday season.

and i made granola yesterday... and enjoyed it for breakfast this morning with low-fat strawberry yogurt + bananas. seriously.. it was SO good! i need to upload pics and then type up the recipe. maybe tonight... maybe this week... maybe this month. :o)

Peanut Butter Balls and Oreo Truffles

Traci requested the recipe for the peanut butter balls I gave out on Christmas Eve...

2 lbs powdered sugar
3 cubes melted margarine
4 T vanilla
2 1/4 c peanut butter
Melted dipping chocolate

Melt margarine. In large bowl combine sugar, vanilla, and peanut butter. Roll into balls and place on wax paper on cookie sheet. Cool in refrigerator. When set, dip balls in melted chocolate. Place on wax paper and refrigerate until chocolate sets.

This makes A LOT of balls. I would only make the full recipe if planning on serving lots of people or giving away as treats. Obviously the chocolate I used (Nestle chocolate chunks) was not working with me and they didn't turn out as pretty dipped balls.

Oreo Truffles
1 package Oreo Mint Cookies
1 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
Melted dipping chocolate

Crush cookies into fine crumbs. Add cream cheese and mix until well blended. Roll mixture into one-inch balls. Refrigerate balls until firm. Dip balls in chocolate and let set.

I much prefer these to the PB balls. I gave these out to our friends for Christmas treats but wanted to do something gluten-free for the Riggs people. :) I used Baker's chocolate bark for these and it worked better (although not totally perfect).

Bread recipe

Tangerine Cranberry Poppyseed Bread

yum!

tastebook

i think i'm going to switch my recipe book from blurb (headache) to tastebook. you can use professional recipes as well as add your own to the mix. LOVE the idea.

www.tastebook.com

if you haven't heard of it - check it out. you can add in ALL professional and/or add in as many of your own as you'd like as well! so, after i get this graduate school application in, i think i'm going to jump on that. {yes, two years after i started the other one! :( }

I want MUFFINS!

I was planning on making banana bread on Saturday to use up some bananas. However, Riley insisted that we have muffins, not bread. So, I did a search for a banana muffin recipe on Tasty Kitchen. I found THIS and they turned out very yummy! They're not really a "healthy" muffin, and I'm sure they wouldn't be as yummy without the brown sugar topping...but sometimes you've got to live a little. :)