Hello, my name is Edie and I heart vampires......
Whatever sweet darlin' has been entering those recipes onto our blog is my new BFF. I suspect it's our favorite trophy wife, Ms Pamela. Do you girls see that---at the sidebar and down at the bottom of the page. WE HAVE RECIPES! Okay, I'm easily amused and excited. Which brings me to the book I'm reading right now......which is NOT Heart of Darkness, I regret to say. I have been 'sucked' in to this adolescent vampire love story series......yeah, the one all the 14 year olds are reading called "Twilight". I read the first book in less than 48 hours and am now on the 2nd book. I may need an intervention. And I know Leigh Ann needs an intervention because she's reading them too...faster than me. Charlotte Mason would call such reading 'twaddle'.....I call it literary crack cocaine. Don't start it whatever you do. No matter how dark and boring you find Heart of Darkness.....do not under any circumstances start the Twilight Series. Step away from the teenage vampire love story. So, who HAS started Heart of Darkness?
Baked Brie
1 Whole Wheel of Brie
1 Sheet Puff Pastry or
1 Sheet Regular Pastry
3 T Orange Marmalade
1 egg for glaze
Bring the Cheese and Pastry to room temperature.
Do not remove the rind from the Cheese
Place the Marmalade on the center of the pastry.
Place the Brie in top of the Marmalade.
Wrap the Pastry around the Brie, use a small amount of a water wash to help the Pastry adhere to itself.
Invert the wrapped brie on to a baking sheet lined with foil or parchment paper and coat with the egg wash.
At this point the Baked Brie can be stored in the refridgerator for up to 4 days, when you are ready to finish the cooking of the Brie, pre-heat your oven to 350', bring the Wrapped Brie back to room temperature, place in the hot oven and cook for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown. Do not serve immedistely, but place on your serving platter and let it rest for at least 30 minutes.
Serve with Crackers or French bread
This recipe can be served as an entree or cut into bite size pieces as an Hor'sD'oeuvre
Awaiting recipe
Petite Fours and Croissant
Recipe to be submitted
Mini Pickled Okra Sandwiches
This recipe can be made up to 2 hrs in advance, due to the Cream Cheese acting as a barrier and preventing the Bread from absorbing the liquid from the Pickled Okra--simply make your sandwiches, cover them with a slightly damp piece of paper towel , then some Saran Wrap and refridgerate for up to 2 hours. The Cream Cheese mixture also works well with Cucumber Sandwiches.
1 Loaf of Bread
8 oz cream cheese
2 T Dill.Herb Spice Mix (Tastefully Simple)
1 Jar of Pickled Okra
Bring the cream cheese to room temp and add the Spice mix.
Remove the crusts from the bread and roll out with a rolling pin.
Take 2 pieces of bread apply some of the cream cheese add the Okra cut in to desired shapes and serve.
Chocolate Pecan Pie
Recipe to be submitted
5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake
This recipe is dangerous, Why? because you are only 5 minutes away from Chocolate Cake at any given time of day.
4 T Flour
4 T Sugar
2 T Cocoa
1 Egg
3 T Milk
3 T Oil
# T Chocolate Chips (otional)
a small dash of Vanilla Extract
1 Large Coffee Mug
Add all of the dry ingredients to the mug and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and again mix well. Add the chocolate chips ( if using ) and vanilla extract, after you have mixed well, place the mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1,000 watts ( high ). The cake will rise over the top of the mug, do not be alarmed! Allow the cake to cool a little and then invert on to a plate. This recipe can serve 2 ( if you want to feel slightly more virtuous ).
Recipe by Tina Faust
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3 comments:
I have started Heart of Darkness, only at page 20. I am also in the process of reading "Jane Eyre" Charlotte Bronte---the last time I read Jane Eyre it was probably
1972 BC (Before Cellphones), I am sooo enjoying it--don't want it to end.
Pam
You go girl....Ms Classical reading fool......I should be reading Jane Eyre too....but instead I'm trying to figure out how I can finish "New Moon" without being turned over to the authorities for neglecting my children!!
It's too late, I've already contacted the District Attourney.
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