March 4, 2022
BA’s Split Pea Soup RecipeEvery cook knows; every dish is only going to be as good as the ingredients that have been used! Hey, I’ve seen Chef’s Table!!! I joke but it is a rule I live by and it has proven me a winner time and time again and this BA’s Split Pea Soup recipe is no different!
February 4, 2022
The BA’s Beet Towers Recipe starts with, my friend Jonah Jay Jenkins roasted beet recipe. It’s unbelievably easy. I use both purple and gold organic beets. I love the color and I just think organic beets taste AMAZINGLY better than everything else!
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January 31, 2022
The first words out of his mouth were
“Oh My God, Babe!!”
I will take that as five stars. Super easy to make, hearty and flavorful. I will for sure be making this again.
I cooked the brussel sprouts, sweet potatoes and carrots separately but I don’t see why you couldn’t throw them all in. I just choose not too because I’m not a fan over overcooked veggies and I like to give the dish a more complex flavor by seasoning them differently. Also,this was my first time cooking a roast like this in a crock pot. I cooked it for 8 hours on low, it could have cooked another two with no problem. So next time, I will put it in over night and let it cook.
Well, I wish I could tell you what type of meat I used but, I can’t. It was a really lean, inexpensive piece, so I might say a top round. In the end I guess it doesn’t matter and you can use whatever you like. This is what you will need to cook the beef in the crock pot;
♦◊♦ I will say, my next time I will also be adding portobello mushrooms.
March 24, 2020
Cuban Coffee Espresso Cake with
Chocolate Espresso Buttercream Frosting by B.A.
The longest name in the world is meant to slow you down while you are eating it. The texture, the moistness, it will be half gone before you are done rolling your eyes in bliss.
A side note though; of course my mind is always set to morphing something. While I was eating this with my husband, I devised what I think would be an even better frosting to go with this cake. Honestly, this cake was created out of necessity . For my husband’s birthday, I had baked his favorite double chocolate espresso cake and had a ton of frosting leftover. I decided to create this recipe and use the remainder of the frosting. While this was fabulously decadent, I think the new improved frosting would be better. I will post both and you can pick and choose what one you would like to use. So without further adieu, let’s get cooking!
January 29, 2020
B.A.’s Coconut Cream Whip
yes, folks, this is a “Whole 30” compliant recipe.
No sugar, No Dairy & Gluten free!
You can use this in your coffee as a creamer replacement. You may use this as a topping for your fruit, sweet potatoes, beets or anything else you can think of, the sky’s the limit!
I hope in the future to create a tasty little desert with this but until that time arrives, let’s just keep it compliant.
4 chopped, pitted dates
1 can of coconut cream (not milk)
2 tablespoons of rx almond nut butter
cinnamon
a blender, hand held or counter top
medium sized bowl
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January 13, 2020
Easy Ghee Recipe from Cooking on the Fly with B.A.
Truth is, all Ghee recipes are easy! However, after making this, I am inclined to morph it a bit and add my own herbs to it and give it a bit of a B.A kick. I encourage you to do this as well.
After starting a round of “Whole 30”, I am learning so much about food. Ghee, in stores, is a little pricey and I have ventured out to make my own. It is super easy and the taste far exceeds butter. Ghee is a form of clarified butter, the difference is, it has simmered a bit longer on the stove and the milk solids have browned and sunk to the bottom of the pan.
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December 29, 2017
My Crock-Pot Chicken Recipe, Is Never Gonna Be As Good As The Recent Turkey Crock-Pot Recipe!
Well, Boo! After a couple of attempts, it is official, I can not make the Crock-Pot Chicken Recipe, taste as fabulous as the Crock-Pot Turkey. You Can check out the CROCK-POT TURKEY recipe blog.
While this is still a great dish and wonderful for winter, it is not as ground breaking as the crock-pot turkey. BOOO HOOO! I have however come upon a learning curve with the roasted sweet potatoes; this time I added some bing cherries, not bad!
November 22, 2017
It’s my mom’s birthday tomorrow, so I thought I would make a dinner celebrating in her name. Red Fish, Shrimp & Chorizo goodness seemed pretty perfect!
What we have here is; fresh caught, red fish (by Glenn ) and fresh gulf shrimp that we bought right off the boat and cleaned ourselves. It’s a very simple throw together recipe that will have everyone asking for seconds and thirds. Well, John did anyway!
This go around, I used a pumpkin sage ravioli but you can use whatever you prefer. Just remember, when choosing a pasta, pick one that holds sauce. Nobody will not want to miss a drop of this creamy goodness.
November 4, 2017
The picture isn’t all that but I need a reminder that bourbon ranch calabrese Tuna with sweated purple cabbage with garlic and a little calabrese thrown in …. Is the mother lovin bomb!!! Even John gave it five stars!!! And that purple is to die for!!!
Bourbon Ranch Calabrese Steak Recipe with mixed veggies.
People wanted an update on the eye of round experience. Couple things to note; this is my 4th time cooking with an iron skillet, my first time cooking eye of round, my first time cooking beef inside and not out on a grill and I can read a recipe but god only knows if I am gonna follow it.
I have been hitting so many 5 stars out of the kitchen now that anything less is, well, a bummer for this competitive gal. I think we have to give this a 4. Not for my effort,of course, but just for ingredients. Had I done this with a fillet…. Shut the door!
The trick is to marinate and not over cook. I probably should have pulled it three min. sooner. The middle was good but the outsides were just ok. All in all pretty flavorful and John was full and that usually never happens! 
P.s for those not in the know, like I was, eye of round is a very tough cut of meat.
I do hate being told what to do and so…. maybe that’s my deal with recipes. I got this off line from the Paula Dean lady but some how translated Italian dressing dry packet mix, into ranch. That’s weird because I don’t really care for ranch. Anyway. I also added the Calabrese because…. I’m just trying to use it up and hey, it makes things yummy.