Quick & Easy Pizza Crust

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 8-10 minutes

2 1/4 Cups Bisquick
1/4-1/3 Cup cornmeal
2/3 Cup of milk

PREHEAT OVEN TO 450 DEGREES

In a large bowl combine Bisquick, 1/4 cup of cornmeal and milk until a soft dough forms.

Place dough onto a 13x9 baking pan and spread evenly across the entire pan, using more cornmeal as needed. Pierce dough with fork at 1 inch intervals. Bake 8-10 minutes or until just beginning to brown.

Almost Red Lobster Cheddar Biscuits
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 8-10 minutes

2 Cups Bisquick
2/3 Cup of milk
1/2 Cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 Cup butter, melted
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1-2 tsp dried parsley

PREHEAT OVEN TO 425 DEGREES

In a medium bowl, combine Bisquick and cheese together, mixing well. Add milk and continue to mix until no dry mix remains in the bowl.

Spoon onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake @ 425 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Meanwhile melt butter, combine with garlic powder and dried parsley. Brush over warm biscuits and serve.

A request has been answered

During the heat of the summer people are always trying to eat a little lighter. I have had several discussions with people about a lighter type salad dressing. Listed below is my answer to that discussion.

Citrus Vinaigrette
Prep Time: 15 minutes

1/4 Cup light corn syrup
1/4 Cup orange juice
1/4 Cup cider vinegar
1/4 tsp grated lime peel
2 TBSP lime juice
1 TBSP Dijon mustard
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 Cup corn oil

In a medium size bowl combine all ingredients except corn oil. Once these have been well mixed, slowly whisk in the corn oil until fully blended.

Cover and refrigerate until needed. Makes about 1 1/3 cups, use within 3 days.

Wine Tasting Dinner featuring local wines

 Recently a friend and I  attended a Wine Tasting Dinner featuring some local wines out of Jerome. The tasting was held in conjunction with Carrabba's Italian Grill restaurants located throughout the valley. If you enjoy good food and good wine then I highly recommend you try and get to one of these tastings. We were fortunate enough to sit next to the wine maker John McLoughlin during the dinner so we had plenty of time to ask him questions about his wines and where and when they are available. Both John and Chris the owner of the Carrabba's we went to made themselves available for questions about the wines both during and after dinner and made the entire event quite enjoyable. There are several tastings still scheduled for this month, with the locations and dates listed on my food events page. Listed below is a copy of the tasting menu, and the wines the foods will be paired with. It makes for a nice date night, but it's casual enough to go with a group and enjoy a nice evening out.  Or if you happen to be in Jerome for a weekend getaway stop by the Jerome Winery at 403 Clark Street, (928) 639-9067 and tell John you read about his wines on my page and you want to try some.

Hello everyone. I know it has been a few days since I have posted anything, but I am in the middle of completing another page for my blog all about cheese. I am hoping to have it completed and posted by this weekend so that maybe some of you can enjoy the information provided for the upcoming July 4th holiday. I am also working on some information about finishing salts, that I was just recently introduced to and find quite amazing. Last but not least with the heat finally arriving in Arizona and other parts of the country, I am going to try and post lots of BBQ recipes for the upcoming summer. And of course if you have a great recipe, or old family favorite that you would like to share please send it to me and I will be happy to post it on my blog and give you all the credit. As always thanks so much for your support.

My official 50th follower......

I would like to take this opportunity to announce the official 50th follower of my blog page. Her name is Deni Gaines. She is a first grade school teacher here on the Westside and for doing such a great job with and for her kids, as my way of saying thank you for taking the time to follow my page I will be making dinner for her and a friend sometime in the very near future. Hopefully she will enjoy it and I hope to have a few pictures to post as well. As always thank you to all of you that follow my page, it is a very humbling experience and helps keep me excited with what I do and always searching for that next great recipe.