Wednesday night - and it is almost over too! My how time flies when you have lots to do! Two days to count down until wedding day for Megan and I'm hoping I have everything figured out and lined up for the reception! I am counting on my friend, Sue, to help me with set-up details!
Last night we had our Annual Red Cross meeting and it turned out great -- thanks to a lot of help! Jeanie and Glenda were my right hand ladies, Art did (as he always does) a great job on the brisket, etc., Boyd ran our errands and his wife worked right along beside us! The dessert I made was very easy - by cheating a little and getting bought pound cake at Sam's. It was also very good. Here is the recipe:
CREAMY FRUIT OVER CAKE
1 carton strawberries, cleaned and sliced
1 pkg. fresh blueberries, washed and drained
1 pkg. green grapes, removed from stems
1 pkg. red grapes, removed from stems
1 Qt. size jar Mandarin oranges with juice
1 Qt. size jar Peaches with juice (may want to cut the slices up some)
1 Pkg. Vanilla Instant pudding mix
1 Pound cake or Angel food cake
Combine all of the fruit and juices. Stir in the Instant pudding mix powder and stir well! Chill. Slice cake and top slices with fruit!
It is hard to describe except to use the word "Delicious!"
Next time you need a fast and delicious dessert - try this one!!! Of course I made a huge bowl of it that took 4 pkg. of pudding mix!
If you read any of my first blogs - you know garlic is one of my favorite things to use! It is reported to be very good for the heart and I just love the flavor it imparts. Have you ever had a recipe that calls for roasted garlic? If so and wondered "how on earth do you do that" - then here is a recipe just for that!
ROASTED GARLIC
2 Plump heads garlic
extra virgin olive oil
salt
freshly ground black pepper (or better yet - Penzey's fresh ground)
Italian Seasoning (again Penzey's is best)
dots of butter
chicken broth
Preheat over to 350 degrees. Slice off 3/4 inch from the pointy end of the garlic to expose a bit of each clove. (See a head of garlic is the whole little round ball that is comprised by separate "cloves" of garlic!) Place garlic in the center of a garlic roaster or small baking pan and drizzle garlic with some olive oil, and dot with butter. Salt and pepper and sprinkle with Italian seasoning. Pour chicken broth in bottom of roaster and cover with foil. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes. Then remove foil and continue to bake and baste until garlic cloves are soft and golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Squeeze out garlic cloves and mash with olive oil and Paresan cheese!
This is great spread on toast points!
Well that is it for tonight. No preaching, no complaining, no frills - just wishing you a very good rest of the week -- and it will be if you do something good for someone else! May God bless you in that effort!
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