French Toast

6 large eggs 1 cup half and half 1 cup whole milk 1 loaf challah bread, cut in 1 inch slices 14 oz loaf 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup sugar Heat oven to 275 Place bread on cookie sheets and bake for 20 minutes, let cool In a 9 x 13 pan…

Turkey dressing (lower sodium)

The bag stuffing has 25% of your sodium per day. The sausage has 32%. Turkey brined 18%. Just bread has 10%, what is that, 95% and we haven’t gotten to the potatoes and gravy yet.  So cut the sodium here and have seconds of your favorite things. So I have cut down on sodium so…

I’m cheating pinwheels

Making these from scratch takes a couple of days and a lot more effort. These take less time and taste great. 2 package Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix 2 sticks butter softened not melted 2 eggs 2 tablespoon flour 1/4 cup dark Dutch processed Cocoa 1/4 teaspoon vanilla 2 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder Take…

Poppa Art’s Bourbon Bread Pudding

My Dad loved bread pudding and bourbon.  So I updated his recipe and made it more in line with my taste.  Hope you like it. 1 loaf old bread (challah bread works best) 2 cups whole milk 2 cups half and half 5 large eggs 1 cup sugar 1 pinch salt 1/2 cup golden raisins…

Potato Chip coated Scrod

Scrod (Special catch received on deck) it can be any white fish that is smaller than 2 pounds)  the term was made popular at the Parker House in Boston.  Here is my spin on it. 1 1/2 pounds cod haddock or other white fish fillets the fresher the better 1 Lemmon 4 oz white wine…