The Meat and Potatoes Foodie

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Recipes that fall somewhere between basic and fancy from a Texpat living in New York.

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Aug 09

Fudge Pie - Breakfast of Champions

My mama made this pie. It's one of her signature recipes.Fudge Pie, Courtesy of Southern LivingIngredients:3/4 cup butter or margarine3 (1-ounce) unsweetened chocolate squares3 large eggs1 1/2 cups sugar3/4 cup all-purpose flour1 teaspoon v (read full article)

pie, sweets

Mar 19

In memory of a horse named Socks.

At the age of 9, most kids are obsessing over a new bike or the latest video game. I was on a mission to find a horse. To be fair, the mission had begun in infancy when I'd first laid eyes on one. I drew them, talked about them, took meticulous care (read full article)

bread, Breakfast, horses, sweets

Feb 26

Good Morning, Muffin.

I love the idea of getting up on the weekend and whipping together a fancy breakfast. But as you can see from the number of breakfast recipes on this blog, morning and I don't get along that well. I can't hold a conversation before I've had my coffee (read full article)

Alisa's All Stars, Breakfast, muffins, sweets

Feb 14

Date Night Dessert - Nigella's Chocolate Pudding Trifle with Strawberry 'Liquor'

You didn't think I was just going to give you pulled pork for Valentine's Day, did you? Here is a simplified version of Nigella's chocolate trifle. You can use any pound cake recipe you love or even a store bought one (I have great luck with Entenman (read full article)

date night, sweets

Jan 17

Blueberry Buttermilk Buckwheat Pancakes

I could write a thesis on pancakes. I feel very strongly about them, as to me they are one of the most abused, poorly made breakfast items around. When they're good, there's nothing better. When they're bad, you find yourself desperately adding more (read full article)

Breakfast, sweets

Jan 10

Snickerdoodle Cake with Citrus Glaze

Remember that scene in Erin Brockovich where she and her boss are visiting the family victimized by the evil corporation and Marg Helgenburger's character excitedly tells them she made a bundt cake? And then after they've visited and her boss is read (read full article)

Alisa's All Stars, sweets

Dec 14

Christmas-y Chocolate Chip Cookies with Cranberries and Cinnamon

I got this recipe from the McCormick site years ago and thank goodness - it's no longer there! Having tweaked it over the years, I now consider these my version of holiday biscotti. In other words - this is the ideal cookie to have in the morning wit (read full article)

Christmas, sweets

Nov 18

Pretty Pie.

I made it. It was apple. I was so proud. Until I took a bite. Unfortunately its beauty was only skin deep. But don't worry - I won't give up. I'll report back to you with a better pie. (read full article)

Failures and disappointments., sweets

Oct 31

Halloween Recipe Pairing - Eleanor's (Dough) Nuts for The Haunting

"No one lives any nearer than town. No one will come any nearer than that." - Mrs. Sanderson from The Haunting, 1963.Happy Halloween, y'all! Today's post is inspired by the 1963 version of The Haunting, and comes from The Noble Pig, a gorgeous food b (read full article)

Breakfast, Halloween, movie themed, sweets

Oct 26

Halloween Recipe Pairing - Seventh Sin Pie and Dragonwyck

In the 1946 classic movie Dragonwyck, Vincent Price plays an eccentric land owner in upstate New York who begins courting his own cousin while still married to his gluttonous wife. (SPOILER ALERT!) In fact, in an effort to speed up the process of thi (read full article)

Halloween, movie themed, pie, sweets

Sep 07

Coffee Oreo Ice Cream Pie

This is too easy to have a recipe for, but I find that when things are too easy to be written down, I forget about them altogether. And with this pie, that would be a crying shame. It just so happens the night I made this pie for company, my dear fri (read full article)

Make Ahead, pie, sweets

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