Blueberry Cake

Here is a simple and delicious recipe you can try to use up some of the blueberries that you picked this summer.  Great for weekend brunches, when you have overnight guests!


Blueberry Cake

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup milk
1/4 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour  

Topping

3 tablespoons white sugar 

1 teaspoon cinnamon 

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 

 Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
Cream butter or margarine and 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy. Add salt and vanilla. 

Add egg to the sugar mixture; beat until creamy.
Combine 1 1/2 cups flour and baking powder; add other ingredients.

Coat berries with 1 tablespoon flour and add to batter.

Pour into prepared pan. 

 Sprinkle top with remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar and cinnamon.
Bake for 50 minutes, or until cake tests done. 

 

Here's how mine looked, step-by-step......................

 

Flour-coated berries

 

 

Ready for sugar-cinnamon topping

sugar-cinnamon topping forms a crusty golden top when baked

the smell of this right out of the oven is divine

Yummy--melt in your mouth!!

 

Let me know if you try this recipe, especially if you add a new variation!!

 

Cheers

;o) 

Chicken in Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Well-I made a supper yesterday that I want to share.   It was so easy and is simply delicious!!!

Here's my recipe:

Chicken in Creamy Mushroom Sauce

2 lb           chicken pieces(skinned)

1 tin       low-sodium chicken broth

2 tins      cream of mushroom soup

Preheat oven to 350*

Place skinned, washed chicken in a roaster with a little water, lightly season of desired.  

Roast in preheated oven until chicken is well done and lightly browned.

In a large bowl, whisk chicken broth and cream of mushroom soup until well blended.  

Pour over roasted chicken and place back into oven and cook until sauce 

mixture bubbles (about 20-25 minutes).

Serve with your choice of veggies, rice or pasta.

Delicious!!!

Here's how mine looked, step-by-step........

Baked and ready for sauce

Sauce is poured over cooked chicken pieces and returned to oven

This is how mine looked after baked in sauce---Ready to eat!

Yummy-this is a simple meal that tastes like you were cooking it all day!!

 

 

If you have any quick and easy supper recipes I'd love to hear about them.  I do love to cook but I don't want to be stuck at the stove for hours!

Cheers

;o)

 

Birds at the feeder

Hey everyone, hope you all had a great weekend.  We had a nice relaxing weekend...did lots of yard work, but it's that time of the year.  We had friends over on Friday night and had a great fire in the fire pit and enjoyed a few drinks, great food, and lots of good laughs.

I managed to get a few shots of some birds around our backyard on the weekend. 

What do you think??...........

Cheers

;o)

Bird Watching after "The Storm"

Well-we survived Tropical Storm Leslie!!

Folks in this area were bracing for a repeat of Hurricane Igor of September of 2010, but thank goodness, it was not to be this time around.  Not to say that many parts of the province weren't hit hard.  In fact there was massive flooding on our west coast and the winds really took a toll on the eastern and Avalon portions of the island, especially in the capital city of St. John's.


Last evening. between my bike ride and my regular nightly visit with Mom, it was so beautiful outside I decided to take my camera and go for a little drive.  I was drawn out around the shore of the bay.  The light was so beautiful  and the water was literally like a mirror---quite a contrast to the day before.  I wished it could stay like it for another few hours---I was really in the mood to take some snaps!!  On nights like this, it is not hard to be reminded how lucky I am to live in a place like this.  Sometimes the beauty around me almost takes my breath away.  What do you think??

 

I also got a few shots of some seabirds.  These are called Greater Yellowlegs.  There are lots of 

different birds on this shore.  Here's a few shots of the yellowlegs.......

Hope you like these photos.

Have a great weekend!

This Little Piggy went to Market!!

Well, there is nothing like the fresh fall air to make you want to go for long walks and visit the farmer's market.  And visit the farmer's market, I did!!!!!  Take a look...

Look at all the goodies I brought home......

 I see making a batch of apple sauce in my future.......

 Perhaps a big pot of stew..............

Definitely a big batch of brushetta....and yes, some cabbage rolls....YUMMMY!!!!

...................................................

I stopped by Cal's garden for a peek as well...... Look who I met today!!!

This little guy told me to go check out Cal's pumpkin patch.....

I suspect that some of these guys will be sporting some pretty awesome carvings in another month  or so.

It is so amazing how this stuff grows from a seed....of course, you need a green thumb to help it along too ;o)

Cheers everyone.