Yesterday I made the oh-so lovely Cottage Pan Cakes and still have plenty of cottage cheese in the fridge.  I thought it would make the most sense to use the blender again since it's clean but still on the counter.  Much like yesterday, this Cottage Cheese Dressing came together in a snap.  You simply place the ingredients in the blender and you have dressing 10 seconds later.   I should note that I slightly changed the recipe to allow for ingredients I already had in the kitchen (this is a common thing I do when cooking).  I swapped a shallot for the garlic, and omitted the radishes as I didn't have any on hand.  I considered adding jarred horse radish (leftover from Passover) but wasn't sure what my family would think.  I also don't have any Hungarian Paprika on hand, but do have a jar of  Penzey's Smoked Spanish Paprika .  Andy (that's my husband, he has a name) thought the dressing tasted like it had bacon bits in it, and I think th...

As I've mentioned before, my family is known for their generations-old buttermilk pancake recipe.  This is NOT that recipe.  The batter for Cottage Pancakes is smooth, rich, and thick.  It comes together in no time at all, and makes for very light pancakes. When Lala would make me pancakes, and I really don't remember her making them for me beyond the age of 6, she would start out making drop size pancakes and they would gradually get larger from there.  As a young girl, this was one of my favorite moments with Lala, I would be at the kitchen table, we'd chat while she was at the stove.   To make this recipe, you'll first want to gather all your ingredients.  While your butter melts (stove top or microwave, your choice), add all the other ingredients to your blender.  Once the butter is melted, place the cap on your blender, and slowly pour the butter through the opening of the lid while the blender mixes everything together.  Once bl...

Thanks to my KitchenAid stand mixer, the cookie dough for these light and fluffy treats came together easily.  I added the ingredients to the mixing bowl in the same order as they were written on the original recipe.   These cookies have a great structure as seen in the photo above.  Mary Berry would be very proud. The backside of this paper features a Corn Bread recipe that I can't wait to try. For the sake of time, and because I REALLY want you to have your hands on this recipe, I'm going to leave you with a friendly reminder to visit  Caught Red Threaded , leave a comment in the thread below to let me know how this turned out when you made it (and photos are always welcome!), and follow Caught Red Threaded on   Facebook  and  Instagram  for exclusive offers and ideas.  If you want to receive this and other blog entries, be sure to click Subscribe in the top right corner of this page.

My apologies go out to anyone who has been chomping at the bit for me to post a new blog.  I realize it's been a long time since my last entry.  Life sometimes has a way of getting ahead of me.  I'm sure you've been there as well, where there are only 24 hours in the day but if there were 30... One of the projects I was involved with in the last five months was helping my parents clean out their long-time home to ready it for the real estate market.  When I say help, I mean in a very limited capacity as I live in another state, and that THEY did the bulk of the work.  Considering that my Dad was in hospice less than two years ago and my Mom has knee troubles, cleaning out the family home of 48 years was nothing short of a miracle, some may say "miracles" is their legacy.  And speaking of legacies, my Paternal Grandmother has left her recipes for us in a box that is 12"x8"x8".  It's filled with hand-written recipes spanning much of the 20th ...