Pumpkin Souffle

     After 34 years of cooking pretty much EVERYDAY, I get pretty bored with cooking the same dishes day in and day out... So this recipe kind of changes it up a bit!  It's a remake of the Piccadilly Restaurant's Carrot Souffle recipe. I looked in the pantry and found a can of pumpkin (ran out of carrots) and decided to make a souffle. We don't like it too sweet, so I cut the sugar quite a bit from the original recipe.  This one is so good!  It's almost like dessert instead of just a side dish...

Pumpkin Souffle

1 can pumpkin

1/4 cup sugar

1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1  teaspoon vanilla

2 Tablespoons flour

3 eggs

2 Tablespoons melted butter

Powdered sugar to sprinkle on top

In mixing bowl, add pumpkin, sugar, baking powder and vanilla.  Whip until smooth.  Add flour and mix well.  Whip eggs in separate bowl, then add them and the butter to the mix.  Blend well.  Spray baking dish with cooking spray.  Pour mix into dish - should be about half full- the souffle will rise.  Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.  

Sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar and serve!

     If you want to change the recipe and use carrots, that is delicious too!  I tried using 1-3/4 cups whole, peeled carrots.  You need to boil them first, then mash them up.  I decided that was too much work, so the next time I tried it, I used a can of carrots.  Made it go much quicker!!!  You decide how you want to do it, depending on how much time you have.

Enjoy!

Tabasco Sauce

     This is an interesting article and video on CBS News -60 Minutes Overtime, about Tabasco Sauce made at Avery Island,  Louisiana!

Tabasco goes in many dishes here... You can buy it almost everywhere, so give it a try to add some spice to your food!  (See links at bottom of page.)

 Link for the article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-journey-to-the-island-where-tabasco-is-made/?fb_action_ids=10202935010077371&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B275133162654831%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D


   Where is Avery Island?  If ever you are in the area, it is a MUST see- Just beautiful!  Here's the link to Avery Island:  http://www.tabasco.com/avery-island/



Links if you'd like to order some:

http://www.tabasco.com/avery-island/

http://www.amazon.com/Tabasco-Original-Sauce-Pepper-Ounce/dp/B0004LZSYS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395161083&sr=8-1&keywords=tabasco

Try some today!

No Mess Bacon

    I don't know about you, but I love bacon!  Although, I don't like the mess that COOKING it makes... My son told me how he cooks his. (We are never too old to learn from our children!)

After trying this, I will never cook bacon the old way again!

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with Pam Cooking Spray.  I used a 12 oz. package of thick sliced bacon.  Lay out the strips of bacon on the sheet.  Bake 10 minutes, then flip the strips over. Bake another 7-8 minutes.

That's it! There was no grease flying everywhere, and no stove top to clean! It doesn't get any easier than that!!!

Enjoy!

Homemade Dish Washing Detergent

    Now that I made laundry detergent, I thought I'd try dishwasher detergent.  This is even easier than the laundry detergent!  So there is no excuse not to try.  Each load only cost about a nickel.... No sale or coupon, that I know of,  will get you dishwasher soap that cheap!

Ingredients:

1 cup Borax

1 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda

1/2 cup Kosher Salt

3/4 cups Lemi Shine

All of these ingredients are at Walmart- check the laundry section and the dish detergent sections.

Mix all ingredients together and put in container.  Leave container open (stir occasionally).  Be sure not to skip this step, otherwise you will end up with a large BRICK!  The next day, stir again and close container.  Use 1 Tablespoon per load.    Makes enough for about 50 loads.

*You could double recipe, but try it this way first.  If you don't like it, you won't waste much! 

Let me know how these are working for you or if you have better recipes- I am open to all new ideas!