A Fun With Food Afternoon

Halloween was a cool and windy day here so I decided to have a fun with food afternoon. First off, I made myself a Manhatten. I had not had one of these in several months and the weather was perfect for enjoying one.

Then I got out some recipes and a few of my favorite things: my pure vanilla from Mexico, and the stainless steel measuring spoons and cups I got from my daughter for Mother's Day.

I have to admit there are lots of good things about living at 975 feet in elevation. I can now bake cakes from scratch and they will actually rise! I tried making this cake once when I lived in the mountains and the layers came out of the oven at the same height as when they went into the oven. Even Toll House cookies came out looking like cow pies unless you altered the recipe. I have been able to bake bread again and it actually rises,,,WOO-HOO!!

We barely finished supper before Mike was slicing into this beauty.

A carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Very tasty.

While the cake was baking I made us a pot of soup for supper. Caramelized Onion With Potato and Ham. I sort of expected it to turn out like most potato soups, on the creamy side but this was like French Onion soup made with chicken broth instead of beef broth and then with added potatoes and ham, topped with a dollop of sour cream and bacon bits. Sinful,,simply sinful.