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Leftover Mashed Potato Pancakes

leftover mashed potato pancakes

Leftover Mashed Potato Pancakes
Ingredients
1 c. Mashed potatoes
2 eggs
Preparation
Heat up a skillet on medium heat
Mixed mashed potatoes and eggs
If the batter is looking really runny add a little flour to get to desired thickness
Add a little butter or oil to the skillet
Spoon ~1/8 …

Honey Butter

honey butter

Honey Butter
Ingredients
1 stick (1/2 c.) Butter at room temp
1/3 c. Honey
Preparation
Mix with a hand mixer until the butter and honey are blended together
Serve on toast, bread or sopapillas

Put the butter onto a sheet of plastic wrap and roll into a log
Store in the fridge…

Fist Full of Basil

Fist Full of Basil

If you don’t get the title then please go and watch this.

I have two huge basil plants in my back yard. As the first frost creeps closer, the time line for using it all up gets shorter, so I needed a recipe …

Butternut Squash Soup

Butternut Squash Soup

I had the best intentions to make butternut squash ravioli today, but as dinner crept closer I just wasn’t going to get it done. I had a pot of stock that I started earlier in the day so I figured I could turn the …

Pawpaws

Pawpaws

Pawpaws are native to the eastern US and in my opinion almost completely unknown. I guess this is due the fact that the pawpaw “does not store or ship well” [1]. I have lived in Maryland all my life and I am fortunate enough …

Mini Baum Kuchen

baum kuchen

I have fond memories of baum kuchen from a trip to Germany my family took when I was a kid. It translates to “tree cake” in english. It’s cooked in a special machine with a spit where layer upon layer of batter is cooked …

Deep Fried Spaceballs

deep fried spaceballs aka doughnut holes

They’re really just doughnut holes covered in tang icing and dipped in astronaut ice cream, but I think that warrants a weird name. I used this …

Waffle Sandwiches

Waffle Sandwich - Nutella and Bananas

waffles

Toasted sandwiches are awesome. Also known as toasties or jaffles depending on where you are from. …

Rosemary Garlic Salt

lemon zest, rosemary, and garlic

Rosemary Garlic Salt

The Brewers Art in Baltimore has some great beer. They also have some moderately priced french fries that are covered in garlic salt. It’s really hard to beat garlic salt covered fries and great beer. I …

Fried Squirrel

Last year I did a bike tour with some friends through State College, Pennsylvania. Shaun Deller was along for the ride taking time off from his recycled bike hat business in Portland, Oregon. Shaun is a “wilderness living” expert and a wealth of information.

On a previous ride he …