Tasty Tuesday!

“Doubtless God could have made a better berry (than the strawberry), but doubtless God never did”
-William Allen Butler


Hello! I have a great dessert recipe for you today! It is SIMPLE to make and sure to delight!! You can substitute blackberries or even add them in if you would like - be creative! Why not try it for Mother's Day? Enjoy!

“The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice”
-Proverb



Rice Pudding Brulee with Fresh Berries

Serves: 6

Ingredients:

* 1 cup fresh blueberries
* 1 cup fresh raspberries
* 22 oz Rice Pudding (found in most dairy sections)
* 1/4 cup turbinado sugar (aka: sugar in the raw)
* 6 strawberries, sliced

Equipment needed: 6 ramekins (3 1/2" wide & 2" deep)

Directions:

1.) Preheat oven to broil.
2.) Spoon blueberries and raspberries evenly between ramekins.
3.) Cover berries with rice pudding.
4.) Sprinkle rice pudding with 2 tsp sugar.
5.) Broil just to melt sugar, 3-4 min.
6.) Garnish with sliced strawberries.

(If you have a culinary torch, brown the sugar with it instead of using the broiler)


“What will come from the briar but the berry.”
-Irish Proverb


Silly Joke of the Day:

What did the strawberry say to the watermelon when they were introduced?
.........Berry nice to meet you


Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Temptation Thursday!

Hello and Welcome - here is a poem to get us started!


Blueberries

Blueberries as big as the end of your thumb,

Real sky-blue, and heavy, and ready to drum

In the cavernous pail of the first one to come!

And all ripe together, not some of them green

And some of them ripe! You ought to have seen!

-Robert Frost


I was having a hard time thinking of what I wanted to tempt you with today - I mean there are so many recipes to choose from. No fear, I finally decided on something!

I am going to share two recipes today. Both are easy to make and use readily available ingredients! Enjoy!

“If the people have no bread, let them eat cake.”
-Marie Antoinette



Banana Pecan Stackers

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

* 4 Dessert plates
* 1 Frozen pound cake, defrosted and sliced into 12 pieces
* 2 Cups rice pudding (use the pre-made kind found in your dairy section)
* 4 Small bananas, peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch thick pieces
* 4 tsp. real maple syrup, warmed
* 4 tsp. chopped pecans
* Powdered sugar

Directions:

1.) Have all your ingredients set up, like a buffet, in the order listed above.
2.) You will use 3 slices of pound cake, 1/2 cup rice pudding, 1 banana, 1 tsp. maple syrup and 1 tsp. of pecans per plate.
3.) Take a dessert plate and layer the ingredients in following order: one slice pound cake, 1/4 cup rice pudding, 1/2 of the slices from 1 banana; repeat layers.
4.) Top off with the remaining slice of pound cake.
5.) Drizzle with maple syrup and sprinkle with nuts.
6.) Sift powdered sugar over the top just before serving.


"Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made."
-Otto von Bismarck



Turkey Sausage & Pear Breakfast Sandwiches

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

* 4 Light english muffins, toasted
* 4 Ounces (approx 4 thin slices) extra sharp cheddar cheese
* 4 Turkey sausage patties, cooked thoroughly
* 2 Medium pears, cored and cut into thin slices

Directions:

1.) Preheat oven to 350°.
2.) Place toasted english muffin halves, crust-side down, on a baking sheet.
3.) Top bottoms of the english muffins with 1 cheddar cheese slice per muffin.
4.) Evenly distribute and place pear slices on top of cheddar cheese.
5.) Place cooked turkey sausage on top of pear slices.
6.) Cover with top halves of the english muffins.
7.) Bake 2-3 min, until cheese begins to melt.
8.) Serve warm.


Joke of the day:
Did you hear about the M&M inspector that got fired for tossing out all the W's?

Enjoy your day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!