What's Cooking Now?

I am making some Bountiful Beer Bread croutons seasoned
with olive oil and Garlic Garlic. The pan is in the oven right now and the fragrance is incredible. I am going to use them for the soup that I am making tonight. Then I will use those croutons as bread crumbs for my chicken breasts I am going to make tomorrow.



I am also making a Nana's Apple Cake mix for Pumpkin bread made with real pumpkin. Instead of an 8X8 pan, I used a bread pan, added a cup of fresh pumpkin, two eggs, and a handful or two of pecan pieces. I am really looking forward to the bread. I love pumpkin stuff. This will be wonderful.

As to the soup I am going to be making tonight, I am trying to decide between the Perfectly Potato Cheddar Soup mixand the Bountiful Beer Cheese Soup . I am going to serve up some stadium brats with the soup. I think the Beer Cheese soup will go well with the brats. I will probably simmer the brats in the left over beer from making the soup. The Bountiful Beer Bread croutons will only add to the flavor. Add a bit more cheese and it is perfect for someone who grew up in Wisconsin.

Taking care of the written word and dinner too,
Dannielyn 

Scents Filling the House

Yesterday I began browning and simmering some roast letting the bits and pieces of the meat brown on the bottom of the pan make some great flavor. I deglazed the pan with some beef broth and then added a good helping of Garlic Garlic. I let the meat simmer in the broth and spices for a good five hours then added some rustic noodles and made some mashed potatoes, buttered carrots, warmed applesauce with cinnamon to serve with the Bountiful Beer Bread. It was a wonderful meal that left the house smelling delicious the entire day and night. Unfortunately, I couldn't smell the spices coming for the Nana's Apple Cake I made because of the delicious garlic aroma circling throughout the house.

When I went outside to head to the mailbox and wandered back into the house I was thrilled to remember many other times I used Garlic Garlic and the house felt welcoming. Yesterday I said that many memories many of us have are made around food. Sometimes the memories are simply smells that brings you to another time and place, but not a specific event. Garlic is one of those scents I love because it means a meal of substance is being made. A meal that will require time to sit down and enjoy. That means there is time for conversation and laughter. Whether it is a dinner of Italian favorites, Mexican, or simple comfort food like we had last night, it is a meal to be savored with family.

What is your favorite food scent that brings all kinds of memories to mind?

Taking care of the written word,
Dannielyn