Bacon, Ranch, Cheeseburger Soup

It is super irritating when something this good turns out to contain so many ingredients and have so many steps.  This was not my intention.  I did not know exactly what I was doing when I started this but I wrote everything down as I went along and the list (and the dish) just got…

Food Scenes From Our Christmas Eve

Ben’s Mother, Deanna, makes amazing arrangements of goodies every year! I just wanted it to be hassle free and easy this year, and it was.  I made Bacon, Ranch, Cheeseburger Soup and Hot Artichoke and Spinach Cheese Bread.  Everyone else brought something wonderful to go with what I made.  We played 99 (a card game)…

Double Chocolate Peppermint Kiss Cake

Ben said that this was the best dessert I have ever made.  I thought it was alright.  It probably would not have made it into a post if he would not have raved on and on about it.  So I am including it for Ben’s sake. And the ganache/frosting turned out perfectly! It was the…

Charley The Naughty Dog

The other day Ben and I were in the kitchen, probably making ourselves dinner, when all of the sudden our 56 pound German shepherd (Charley) jumped up on to the counter.  We have had her for over four years now and I have never seen her even attempt this.  But there she was perched up…

Rigatoni Stuffed With Roasted Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin

I’m not sure if you saw it but awhile back I made thisroasted pork tenderloin wrapped in bacon.  We only ate about half of it.  I could not bear to throw the rest away so I cut it up, ground it up in my food processor, spooned it into a food saver bag, sealed it…