Variations on Cooking

Red velvet cake is a chocolate cake with either a red, bright red or red-brown color. It is traditionally prepared as a layer cake topped...

Thyme (/ˈtaɪm/) is an evergreen herb with culinary, medicinal, and ornamental uses. The most common variety is Thymus vulgaris. Thyme is...

Cherry Cheesecake Monkey Bread AUTHOR: GIRL VERSUS DOUGH PREP TIME: 2 HOURS 30 MINS COOK TIME: 40 MINS TOTAL TIME: 3 HOURS 10 MINS...

I received a request for this sandwich I served a few summers ago at the cabin. It is really simple. Ingredients 4 catfish fillets 1...

Ingredients 2 ¼ cups (12.375 ounces) flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter ¾ cup (150 grams) brown sugar ¾ cup (150...

A chocolate chip cookie is a drop cookie that originated in the United States and features chocolate chips as its distinguishing...

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a...

This a great summer dessert and it can be used with any fresh fruit that you have. I like using blueberries, or peaches, or Raspberries,...

This one of my go-to desserts and is quite simple to make, and I have a few variations on this. Ingredients 2 1/2 cup of half & half 1/4...

The first mention of the cupcake can be traced as far back as 1796 when a recipe notation of "a cake to be baked in small cups" was...

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or simply ginger, is widely used as a spice or a folk...

Continuing with the sauce recipes here is my take on the classic Bearnaise sauce. Now this is not as easy as the Bechamel sauce, it often...

I recently received a message asking about how to make a Bechamel sauce and what can it be used in. Well, it is a really simple sauce to...

I found this recipe in my Grandmother cookbook, it took me a while to translate her handwriting and to figure out the ingredients and...

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This recipe is in fact a variation on traditional Jambalaya, its a bit, well a bit - well it's just easier and takes less time than a...

Dill (Anethum graveolens) is an annual herb in the celery family Apiaceae. It is the sole species of the genus Anethum. Fresh and dried...

Cardamom (/ˈkɑːrdəməm/), sometimes Cardamon or Cardamum, is a spice made from the seeds of several plants in the genera Elettaria and...

Keeping with the Louisiana theme here is my version of red beans and rice. It took a while to get it down. Ingredients 2 tablespoons...

The hardest part of the recipe was figuring out the spices for the boil, there are all these prepackaged spice mixes but they usually...