Crab Bisque

Memorial Day weekend the whole family went to the beach for a long weekend. While we were there we made some Crab Bisque which I thought I would share for Foodie Friday.



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I used this recipe from Recipezaar: Lobster or Crab Bisque

It was so good! A great way to celebrate being at the beach with all my family!



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Foodie Friday - Fall Feast

Thank you Gollum for hosting Foodie Friday at Designs by Gollum!


I am sharing one of my favorite Fall meals. I served this menu at a dinner party last fall.

Here is the Menu:



And here are pictures of the meal:



Of course, I used my Spode Woodland Turkey Plates.

Click Here for the Menu and the Recipes.




Here the Brown Rice Salad is in a Spode Pink Tower Bowl.

Here is a not very good picture of the Pumpkin Bars.



I used a Martha Stewart recipe for a Wild Rice Salad for my recipe and changed it to Brown Rice and added the dried cranberries. In the Cornish Game Hen recipe using Apple Jelly was my own crazy idea that actually worked!

I first had the Zesty Carrots at my friend Rhonda's house, but someone else had posted the same recipe on Recipezaar.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my Fall Feast! Now visit Designs by Gollum!

Foodie Friday - Bean Dip!

For Foodie Friday I am sharing a recipe that it a Family Favorite - Nacho Bean Dip.
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I admit it doesn't sound that exciting and it doesn't photograph that well, but it is my two girl's favorite food of all times. I first had this in the early 80's when I friend brought it to a potluck. She shared the recipe, which she got out of Southern Living, with me. When we moved to the town we currently live in, I carried it to a party and was surprised that no one had ever had it before. One of the product used in the original recipe (a bean dip) was discontinued and I started substituting canned refried beans for it. If anything, it improved the recipe. I put the modified recipe in my church cookbook in the early 90's and it has become something I am locally "famous" for ever since.

It is requested by my daughters and their friends at all their gatherings. One friend calls it the "Life Changing Bean Dip." They have even tagged it on Facebook!!!!

OK, here are 2 pictures. I am warning you, that it isn't pretty.



One of my online friends photographed it and added a layer of salsa on top to make it more photogenic! Here is her picture:


The recipe is on Recipezaar. (I promise I am not a shill for them, I have just been a member for years and have my recipes there and have tried and photograped lots of recipes for events. It's fun!)

Jewel's Nacho Bean Dip

I hope you enjoy it! Be sure and stop by Designs by Gollum for more great foodie posts!:D Jewel

Foodie Friday - Coffee and Chicken

For Foodie Friday sponsored by Gollum at Designs by Gollum


I am sharing some pictures I took not too long ago for the Photo Forum at Recipezaar. It is a lot of fun to sign up to make something completely new and then photograph it. Or at least it is fun when it turns out all right! LOL! Both of these recipes were great.

This weekend is supposed to be nice and warm, but I can't forget that it started off with SNOW! Here is a mug of Cafe a la Russe (Chocolate Coffee) to warm you! Click the link for the recipe.



And here is a Light Chicken Marsala that is just as good as the regular. Also click for recipe.






Thanks Gollum for another Foodie Friday! I can't wait to see what everyone else is cooking! :D Jewel

Easy Jambalaya

For Foodie Friday hosted by Designs by Gollum http://designsbygollum.blogspot.com/


For an early Mardi Gras, I made Easy Jambalaya. The recipe is at Recipezaar at this link http://www.recipezaar.com/Easy-Jambalaya-91727

It was getting dark, so some of my pictures are a bit blurry. I know I still have some coins and beads from my last trip to New Orleans, but I couldn't find them anywhere! I could find green beads and green and gold coins in my St. Patrick's Day stuff, so don't look at the shamrocks on the coins! The "tablecloth" is an old evening gown with a satin skirt and sequined top. As you see, I did find some Mardi Gras masks!!! The recipe was good and easy!









Thanks Gollum! :D Jewel