Cheesy Mashed Cauliflower

After making the Velveeta mac n cheese the other night, I still had some Velveeta cut into chunks that I didn’t use for that recipe. I also had several small heads (I mean really tiny) of cauliflower, and I decided to boil and mash it as my side with dinner while Mattie mad mashed potatoes. [...]

Velveeta Mac n Cheese

I want to make a statement before posting the recipe here. I despise Velveeta because in no way, shape, or form do I believe that its cheese. Unfortunately, I’ve been forced to concede because Mattie won’t eat mac n cheese if the cheese gets stringy when it melts- which happens with virtually every legitimate cheese [...]

Basic White Bread

I’ve tried many ties in the past to make a loaf of bread, with varying degrees of fail. Most of my loaves, even when using a bread machine, turned out like hockey pucks- super dense and flat as… well, a puck. I just have not had good luck with bread at all. But after the [...]

Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

I made these today with some changes from the recipe posted on For the Love of Cooking. Their version uses puffed rice cereal, where my version leaves it out. I also opted to mix in the chocolate chips, rather than jut press them into the tops. When you make these, make sure you really, really [...]

Basic Breadsticks

Tonight we had calzones for dinner, and I wanted to make breadsticks as well. I generally avoid all things bread-related as quite simply, bread baking terrifies me like nothing else. Bake a cheesecake? Okay! Try to make a souffle? Absolutely! But bake bread? You’re off your damned rocker!

I did some searching around, and found [...]