The Cheating Cook

As a wanna-be cook, I enjoy making my family into guinea pigs. Enjoy the successes and the mishaps of a cook who cheats! Cheating Tips included on every recipe.

Umm, good. Banana Foster.

Ever since watching Banana Foster being made on television, I’ve wanted to try my hand at lighting food on fire.  Toby, my husband, wasn’t that thrilled since my track record with fire isn’t the greatest.  Despite misgivings and visions of setting the house on fire,...

Homemade Vegetable Soup! UMMM GOOD!

First of all, I am not a cook. My husband frequently jokes that I think he’s God. When people question him about it he responds with “She feeds me three burnt offerings per day!” Truthfully, he’s not far off the mark, add that to the...

veggie medley

Vegetable Medley Recipe

Eating the fresh produce from our garden is hard work, but somebody has to do it.  This year we planted plenty and we are already reaping goodies.  Thus far I’ve picked strawberries, blackberries and blueberries. I’ve also gotten some squash and zucchini.  There’s not many...

Homemade Lasagna–Mother’s Day 2012

Mother’s Day 2012—I never really considered being a mother. I thought about children, saw them in my mind’s eye along with my house and picket fence but I did not think about what having them entailed. It never occurred to me that I could love...

home made buns

Homemade Hamburger Buns

There are few hamburger buns out there that we (mainly my husband) like. They are either too big, too small or fall apart. I have found a brand that seems to hold up pretty well, but they cost $2.00 for a package of 8 and...

Real Vanilla Flavor – No-bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

I love vanilla. I buy vanilla lotions, perfumes, candles. I love to cook with vanilla, putting it in my pancakes, coffee, hot chocolate and other things. Tonight, while making No-Bake Cookies, I put in my teaspoon of vanilla and decided to taste a teaspoon full....

Ripe Cantaloupe

When buying cantaloupes I always do the “scratch and sniff” test. Usually when I get home and cut the melon open I find that scratching and sniffing didn’t work for me. The melon is never ripe enough. Still, I persist in scratching and sniffing. A...