The day after I made the Chicken Basil Pasta Salad and the Arrugula Salad, I had the leftovers for lunch. I have inserted a picturee of my plate. I offered to share the leftovers with Gene, but he opted to go to Hog Rock Barbecue with the ROMEOs (Retired Old Men Eating Out) instead. Imagine that! I thought everything was still pretty good. The salad might have been a little wilted. I don't think arrugula holds up as well as iceberg lettuce.
I know that before Christmas I wrote about my problems with my cream cheese pound cakes. Well, with the help of my friend Helen Kress I have found the plan to bake the cake so that it is consistently good. I went to a meeting at Helen's house a couple of months ago and she served that cake. Of course it was perfect, as is everything that Helen cooks. She cooks her cake at 300 for 90 minutes. That is what my recipe says to use, but for some reason I didn't think the cake was tall enough. As it turns out, I have learned that the cake doesn't have to be as tall as I would like for it to be. I stopped using the Pampered Chef stoneware pan, and bought a smaller non-stick fluted cake pan. I have learned to be satisfied with the smaller cake that is moist and tasty. The Pampered Chef stoneware pan is now listed on if anyone one is interested. Thanks Helen.
I know that before Christmas I wrote about my problems with my cream cheese pound cakes. Well, with the help of my friend Helen Kress I have found the plan to bake the cake so that it is consistently good. I went to a meeting at Helen's house a couple of months ago and she served that cake. Of course it was perfect, as is everything that Helen cooks. She cooks her cake at 300 for 90 minutes. That is what my recipe says to use, but for some reason I didn't think the cake was tall enough. As it turns out, I have learned that the cake doesn't have to be as tall as I would like for it to be. I stopped using the Pampered Chef stoneware pan, and bought a smaller non-stick fluted cake pan. I have learned to be satisfied with the smaller cake that is moist and tasty. The Pampered Chef stoneware pan is now listed on if anyone one is interested. Thanks Helen.
I failed to give credit to Helen Kress for the use of her picture. The bottom picture was taken at her house and I included it here in order for the readers to see the cake and beautiful table. Thanks again Helen.
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