Author Archives: Susan
Pontchartrain Mile-High Ice Cream Pie
An ice cream pie with a huge meringue topping, served with a carmel sauce. Originally a featured desert of the Pontchartrain Hotel in New Orleans. Continue reading
Braised Fennel
Fennel is fresh tasting and great to eat raw or cooked. It pairs really well with any meat, but is particularly good with pork. This is fennel braised with panko breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese. Continue reading
Posted in Vegetables
Tagged braised fennel, fennel, fennel with breadcrumbs, fennel with cheese
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Spiced Sweet Potato Cake
A cake based on sweet potatoes, spiced and frosted with a caramel tasting brown sugar icing. A flavor as beautiful as it looks. Continue reading
Posted in Dessert
Tagged brown sugar, cake, holiday cake, sweet potato cake, sweet potatoes
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King Ranch Chicken Casserole
My neighbor recently asked me for this recipe. I had brought it one night for a “Mexican Night” party at her house and she liked it. Her family is originally from India—and I have enjoyed some wonderful Indian dishes at … Continue reading
Posted in Casseroles, Chicken, Main Course
Tagged casserole, Chicken, chicken casserole, texas casserole
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Sherried Chicken
Chicken braised in a sherry sauce, giving it a lemony, salty, gingery, buttery flavor. Continue reading
Posted in Chicken, Main Course
Tagged braised chicken, Chicken, lemon and ginger, sherry, sherry sauce
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Wild Rice Salad
A salad based on rice, with garbanzo beans, ham, cranberries, olives, and onions. Continue reading
Posted in Salad
Tagged cranberries, garbanzo beans, olives, rice, rice salad, wild rice
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