Those of you who are “regulars” know that during the holidays I share a recipe for peppermint bark. It makes the best gift from the kitchen!Looking at the ones we’ve swapped over the years, there’s some common threads that run through. It’s about quality and technique. Here are answers to both. To replicate famous, super expensive candy like Wms Sonoma’s bark, use quality bar chocolate … Continue reading Best Peppermint Bark!
Today, as I do every Thursday morning, the chat with Matt Swaim, Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart Radio, centered around food and its Biblical roots. We talked about Thanksgiving and our favorite foods. Matt shared his roasted Brussels sprouts recipe (check out the Sacred Heart site for that) and Annie is sharing her family’s stuffing (that’s below). For Thanksgiving, now even though fowl/chickens were part of … Continue reading Thanksgiving Family Favorites
FAST, REPENT, THEN EAT! That was the theme for my chat with Matt Swaim today on the Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart Radio. It’s all about Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is coming up Oct 1. It means “Day of Atonement” and it’s a holiday just a few days after the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah. It’s the most solemn religious fast of the Jewish new year … Continue reading Overnight Simple Coffee Cake for Yom Kippur
It’s always an adventure chatting with Matt Swaim on the Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart Radio. Today we chatted about eggs and yes, they were considered a Biblical delicacy. Eggs are not so much a delicacy these days but do show up in one of my latest pound cakes. Made in a food processor! So easy and the texture is fine grained. This recipe makes one … Continue reading Food Processor Pound Cake
Now that we’ve finally gotten a bit of cooler weather here in Southwestern Ohio, I find myself wanting to make pie, in particular coconut cream pie. I’ve got 2 recipes for you to try. One is completely from scratch. I call this the “restaurant” version. The other recipe starts out with a cook & serve box of vanilla pudding mix. Augmented with a whole egg … Continue reading Coconut Cream Pie: One from Scratch and One from a box with a secret ingredient added!
Today Matt Swaim/Sonrise Morning Show/ chatted about Memorial Day and its meaning. (Also mentioned St. Rita, my patron saint….). Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Memorial Day 2023 will occur on Monday, May 26. Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following … Continue reading Memorial Day Memories and Church Cookbook Strawberry Pie
Today Annie Mitchell and I chatted about Pope Francis and his legacy. Here’s a Q&A of our talk, along with a fun recipe for a pastry that the Pope loved as a child. It has an interesting analogy! We continue to honor the life and legacy of Pope Francis here on the Morning Show, and we’ve been doing our best to remember that since we … Continue reading Pope Francis Remembrances and Pastry “Lies”
As we get ready for Easter week, the last week in Lent, I chatted with Matt Swaim this morning and the subject was hot cross buns, which we make every Lent for Good Friday. I’ve shared recipes in the past for this special treat. Here’s the latest – this time I added a bit of baking powder for extra “oomph”. Here’s some fun facts: Matthew … Continue reading Hot Cross Buns!
Full disclosure. We don’t have a Netflix account, so when I got a couple requests to clone Meghan Markle’s trendy jam thumbprint cookies which she made on her Netflix cooking show, my first thought was to turn to the grandkids. Grandson Will and girlfriend Kenna were visiting, so Kenna pulled up the recipe on her Netflix account. I wasn’t surprised that Meghan’s recipe is similar … Continue reading RITA AND MEGHAN’S THUMBPRINT COOKIES
A good spiritual discipline, fasting on bread and water is a way to connect with the meaning of Lent. What makes fasting bread different than ordinary bread? First, it’s not a light textured or fancy bread. Dense with high quality Biblical ingredients – and the ingredients all have Biblical significance. INGREDIENTS AND THEIR SYMBOLIC REFERENCES: Flour – a reminder of the manna given by God … Continue reading Fasting on bread and water has a long tradition in Catholic spirituality. It’s a personal devotion and goes back to Biblical times.
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