From the Midwest
From The Midwest
- Location
- North Carolina,
- Birthday
- September 29
- Title
- CEO
- Company
- Never Give Up! Never Doubt Goodness and that Includes YOU!
- Bio
- Former English teacher-artist from the Midwest and just another statistic of "The Great Recession." Life goes on . . .
MY RECENT POSTS
- Orange, Almond, White
Chocolate Muffins--Foodie
Tuesday
May 22, 2012 08:03AM - I Won!--Foodie Tuesday
May 08, 2012 07:59AM - Peach Jell-O Mold -- Foodie
Tuesday
May 01, 2012 12:58PM - Stewed Tomatoes with Fluffy
Dumplings--Foodie Tuesday
April 24, 2012 09:00AM - Shrimp Pizza
April 17, 2012 09:13AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Great poem! (even tho
bridges scare me . . .) LOL .
.”
May 25, 2012 08:50AM - “Wow! Congrats on an EP.
Can you tell Emily is gone ...
lol .
..”
May 23, 2012 05:31PM - “Jack: NO . . . I am an
angel to reward you with a
feast of
possibilities . .
.”
May 22, 2012 09:07PM - “Sheila: I'll be right
over . . . LOL!
jmac:
Thanks....
Linda: How
goes it???
Cupcak…”
May 22, 2012 05:36PM - “Better Homes and Garden
. . .Betty Crocker. I love
these
tried-and-true icons
of…”
May 22, 2012 05:23PM
From The Midwest's Links
- My Cooking Blog
- Kitchen Bounty
- Editor's Picks
- A Not So Wonderful LIfe
- What Qualifies One as "Unemployed?"
- A Michigan Winter in Pictures
- Country Sites Along a Michigan Road
- A Family's Near Death on the Freeway
- For Sale: Michigan
- Packing, but Going Nowhere
- Planting Anne Frank's Hope
- I Lost the Only Job I Had Left
- Come to the Table
- Republicans Killed the Newspaper
- It's Apple Pie Weather
- Recipe Blogs
- Kreplach: Jewish Ravioli (EP)
- Apple and Black Walnut Cake
- Apple/Ginger Chutney
- Pork Tenderloin Stuffed with Apples
- Canned-Salmon Patties
- Peach "Cake"
- Apple Crisp
- Summer Cole Slaw
- Strawberry-Rhubarb Coffee Cake
- Fajitas
- Rhuberry Pie
- Chinese Salad
- Grilled Pork Tenderloin
- Mushrooms and Green Onions
- Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie
- Marinated Whole Tomatoes
- Baked Carrots
- Pecan Coffee Cake
- Rack of Lamb
- Custard Macaroni and Cheese (EP)
- Cabbage Soup (EP)
- Strawberry-Kiwi-Ginger Jam
- Irish Soda Bread
- Refrigerator Fudge (EP)
- Apple Casseroles
- Mashed Potatoes with Onion and Garlic
- Ham and Hominy Soup (EP)
- Smoked Ham Shanks and Sauerkraut
- Hot Dogs and Pasta
Orange, Almond, White Chocolate Muffins--Foodie Tuesday
My comrades at work are still talking about these muffins that I brought in last week. I'm always a bit nervous when I make up a new recipe, so I certainly appreciated nods of approval as they gobbled them up
Earlier, I had
… Read full post »I Won!--Foodie Tuesday
Peach Jell-O Mold -- Foodie Tuesday
Oh, we're all "acquainted" with Jell-O. Notice I didn't say we're all on friendly terms. Or even best friends. Jell-O is something that has quite literally "slipped" into our lives and down our childhood mouths. And memory.
Mot… Read full post »
Stewed Tomatoes with Fluffy Dumplings--Foodie Tuesday
A can and a pan. It's amazing what one can create with those two items!
I had intended to make a small pork roast with this dish, but the stewed tomatoes with the fluffy dumplings turned out to be a meal in itself. This could easily
… Read full post »Shrimp Pizza
One of the advantages of working in a grocery store is that I have the entire shift to figure out what I want for dinner. I roam the aisles viewing what's on sale, what's fresh, and putting it all together in a menu.
Lately, I’ve been
… Read full post »Basic Pizza--Foodie Tuesday
Each time I make pizza, I'm reminded of its total beauty. It's a food we devour with our eyes! I mean, just focus on that photograph. Bubbly, browned cheese with fresh mushrooms peeking up. Pepperoni tinged crisp. And, oh, the peppers. Not the diced, masticated kind from
… Read full post »Spring Lasagna with Asparagus--Foodie Tuesday
Asparagus lasagna is a joyous welcome to celebrate spring and the end of winter. Tender new spears of asparagus and earthy mushrooms sing the praises of a long-anticipated thaw. I could certainly see it on an Easter menu, especially as an appetizer.
… Read full post »
Re-Post: Skillet Bread (Tibetan Flat Bread)
I approached this recipe with apprehension. Even trepidation. "Bread" from just flour and water? It was just too easy.
I had learned my lesson in 2006 from the "no-knead" bread recipe that appeared in the New York Times which "/… Read full post »
Tibetan Flat Bread -- Foodie Tuesday
Bacon-Infused Pasta, Jalapeno Cream Sauce & Chicken
Did I have you at "bacon?" Or maybe it was that word 'infused." What a lovely thought: a bacon infusion. Someone call 9-1-1! Surely a cure for anything!
As you may notice, I've been on a pasta kick lately (and I still have brandy pasta
… Read full post »My New Poem: "Destinations"
Destinations
I need a new car
So I no longer go very far.
I stick to well-know streets--
Avoid off-beaten
Paths where once I loved to go.
I'm now content to take it slow.
I'm thinking of a little scooter.
Two wheels, not… Read full post »
Citrus Olive Oil Cake with Amaretto (Foodie Tuesday)
(First of all, I want to thank the more than 17,000 visitors to my post about STANDING BROOMS. I'd love to see all 17,000 brooms standing at once!)
I really like this cake! I've had the recipe forever and don't even remember where I got it. B/
… Read full post »My New Poem: The End of the World
12-21-12
They say the world
Will end--
They even have an exact date
That's nothing short of approximate.
It makes me sad to think
EVERYONE will become extinct.
… Read full post »Pasta with Lemon--Foodie Tuesday
Buttery, slippery, garlicky, salty--that's how I like my pasta. Liberal shaves of a great Parmesan and almost always a few grates of fresh lemon zest. Sometimes a pinch of red pepper flakes. The recipe below combines all those ingredients, but ramps up the lemon for a
My New Poem: Treasure
Treasure
The dandelion
Is my friend--
Incantation
Of the sun--
That interrupts
The green--
A golden
Punctuation
That causes
Pause.
It's such a lowly weed
That forces us to see
Ambiguity--
And conformity.
An earth-bound
Constellatio
… Read full post »PLANETARY ALIGNMENT AND STANDING BROOMS
Wow . . . on my Face Book page I have been blogging about the planetary aligments of Venus, Jupiter and the moon. It is nothing short of incredible (why isn't OS on this bandwagon???? Who the hell are the editors?)
Okay . . . so I'm talking to my neighbor… Read full post »
My New Poem, "Ode to Joy"
Bacon and Potato Soup with Leeks and Cabbage
Nothing prescribes SOUP like cleaning our your fridge! I had all the following on hand: 1/2 pack of bacon, 3 sad leeks, celery that had seen better days, a cabbage head, carrots and potatoes which were starting to sprout, two almost-used tubes of tomato paste, some
My New Poem
Chicken and Dumplings--Foodie Tuesday
These dumplings are light and airy, not heavy
and glutenous--and certainly not "biscuit-like."
While chicken and dumplings is a meal I did not grow up with, it's one I plan to grow old with. I really didn't discover it until mid-age. Think of it as
Chicken Livers with Pasta
Chicken livers. Either you love 'em or you hate 'em.
"Liver" is one of those words with which we have a love/hate relationship. I had my first chicken livers when I worked in a restaurant during high school. I loved 'em. The texture was silky and… Read full post »
My New Poem
Oeufs en Concotte (Baked Eggs)--Foodie Tuesday
to take off the chill of a winter's morn.
It was chilly this morning with a thin layer of ice on the birdbath. I wanted eggs for breakfast, but not fried, scrambled or boiled. Omelet? Nay.
Baked… Read full post »
Apple Pie with Whisky--Foodie Tuesday
The whisky in this recipe is nuanced, not overt. Its smokiness blends beautifully with the apples and spices.
Inspired by the "Little House on the Prairie" books when I was in grade school, the first thing I ever attempted to bake was an apple pie. I
… Read full post »My New Breville Counter-Top Oven
This isn't your ordinary "toaster oven."
For about a year now, I've had my eye on a Breville counter-top, convention oven. With some Christmas money, I finally purchased it a week ago and finally set it up a few days ago. I couldn't be happier.
Why… Read full post »
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