Well, I probably shouldn't do this, but I've started another Blog. Like I don't already spend too much time at the MacBook. As some of you might have guessed, I like to cook and I love to eat. So I thought I'd share my recipes, humble as they may be and a look at "What's for Dinner at Our House." The plan is to be discovered by the Food Network for my cooking show, which hubby has titled: "Cranky Franky's in the Kitchen".
Am I ready for critics? Probably not. I know my instructions are not always clear or precise. Let me know if something doesn't make sense. Anyhow, if you're interested, check out "Dinner's Ready"
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Monday, January 24, 2011

Savory Bread Pudding - or Refrigerator Dump

Here's another frugal meal from my kitchen to yours.

It's clean out the fridge day.  Lets see, a half a basket of mushrooms, some cooked zucchini, two small baked potatoes, some stale rye bread, a small butternut squash out on the porch, a few slices of crispy bacon, some muenster and cheddar, eggs, milk.
It'll be a savory bread pudding.  Dice and roast the butternut squash, saute the mushrooms with a little onion, dice up the potato, dice up the bread and soak it in 2 cups of milk with 3 eggs.  Salt and pepper to taste, a little dash of nutmeg.  Put the bread in a buttered casserole, add all the veggies on top.  Pour any egg mixture over the top. You can mix it all together, but let's not mix it all up and see how it comes out.  
Bake for 30 minutes, grate the cheeses and spread the cheese all over. Crank up the heat and give it another 30 minutes in the oven.
Dinner's Ready!   
Not a gourmet meal but it was tasty and used up a lot of odds and ends in the fridge and cupboard. Nice With slices of pear and a glass of white wine.  (Can anything with melted cheese and bacon be bad?)  There's even a bit left over for breakfast.

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