Exceedingly Mundane

I checked this new cookbook out of my local library, and ended up renewing it, because it was such fun to look at, and had so many recipes I wanted to copy out of it. I had it six weeks and I must say that the procrastinator in me won out. I had so many recipes I wanted to enter into my Mastercook. I only entered 25 of them, but I did make copies of an additional 8 or 9 recipes, that I just need to sit down and enter later.

This seemed to be a really good all-around cookbook, although its main focus is Christmas (obviously!). The sections include: Glorious Appetizers and Holiday Cheer, The Main Event (entrees), Candy Cane Lane (candies and cookies), Holiday Breads, Joyful Desserts, Gifts to Give and Santa’s Workshop. The Gifts to Give section contained a lot of extra sweet recipes like fudge, toffee, truffles, caramels, nut brittles, caramel corn, rum balls, as well as traditional jar and mix type gifts (sauces, jams, cookie and drink mixes and a soup mix). The Santa’s Workshop section contains more fun things like snack mixes, sandwich cookies, peppermint wands, marshmallow dip, fondue, smoothies, and all kinds of cute cookies to cut out or decorate, to leave for Santa. I didn’t even copy down any of the recipes from these last two sections, but I got several appetizer, entree and dessert recipes. I’ll list the ones I saved, and if you’re interested in one, you can just email me and I’ll be glad to send it to you. Just remember, I have not tried any of these recipes yet, so I can’t vouch for them!

I hated to return it to the library, but my “double” check-out time had come to an end. They were gracious enough to renew my initial check-out, and I kept it twice as long as I should have. I’m sure other people will be glad to see it back on the “New Books” shelf at my local library 🙂

Click on the extended entry to see a listing of the recipes I copied for my own use…

Almond-Crusted Shrimp
Applesauce-Sweet Potato Bake
Caribbean Chicken Wings
Caribbean Crunch Squash
Cheesey Chicken Tortellini
Cherry-Almond Torte
Chicken Breasts with Wild Rice Alfredo
Chocolate Chip Banana Pancakes
Chocolate Crinkles
Chocolate Pistachio Bread
Creamy Chicken and Dumplings
Do-Ahead Ravioli-Sausage Lasagna
Easy Drop Danish
Hot Crab Dip
Italian Christmas Veggies
Morning Glory Oven French Toast
Quick Cranberry Punch
Seafood Bisque
Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Soup
Slow Cooker Creamy Beef Dip
Slow Cooker Nacho Bean Dip
Sour Cream-Blueberry Pancakes
Sweet & Spicy Rubbed Ham
Thumbprint Cookies
Tortellini-Broccoli Salad

The ones listed above are already entered into my Mastercook software (hence the alphabetical listing, rather than by category). The ones listed next are ones that I made photocopies of, but have not yet entered. So, if you request one of these, you’ll have to allow me some type to type it into my software. These were mostly longer recipes 🙄

Gingersnaps
Gingerbread Cookies
Cherry Swirl Coffee Cake
Easy Tiramisu Dessert
Caramel-Pecan Brownie Dessert
Gingerbread Muffins
Cherry-Streusel Muffins
Chai-Spiced Bread
Rum-Cashew Biscotti

OK, my fingers are tired from all the typing! I have so many recipes that are in email folders and my inbox, on scraps of paper that I cut out of magazines, as well as the newspaper, and recipes from other sources – all needing to be entered in my Mastercook software. Ack, it’s a huge project and one I have been purposefully procrastinating on. 😀