Another Recipe Review - Gingerbread Cake

I am not turning this blog into a recipe review site, but my wife has been on a roll lately with several delicacies that warrant your attention. Heather is a great cook, she's put fifteen pounds on me and that ain't easy to do, but sometimes she whips up something that stands out just a little bit more than everything else.

Yesterday we took a look at something I wasn't so sure about until I tasted it, Leftover Makeover for Turkey. But it was real good. Give it a look-see and I'll wait for you right here. <waiting> Back? Good, let's move on then.

A couple of weeks a go, Heather made a gingerbread cake for Issy's second grade class, in which I was the Guest Reader for that week. After I read the story, it was time for a snack of homemade gingerbread cake!. Long story short, it was a smash hit with not only the students, but with the teacher as well. After such a ringing endorsement from a group of second graders and the teacher, there's not really a helluva lot I can add to the review. I will tell you that Bailey the 3 Year Old was on that gingerbread cake like a duck on a June bug. I showed her how to put a little butter on it and she was in 3 year old hog heaven.

There's your review. I got nothin' after that. I will say for the record, that I wasn't shy about eating up a Jethro Bodine-size piece of that gingerbread cake. It was that good.

You can find Heather's recipe here . It's easy to make and it's Mama slappin' good. Make some, then eat some, because Toby said so.

My First Ever Recipe Review!

Used for More Than Just Sandwiches

Today I am taking a little different route in doing a post. I am actually going to review a recipe for my wife. She has the directions for the recipe on her site, MishMawsh and Other things. I will be as brutally honest with you as I am with her when she tries out something new in the kitchen. That's right, I'll forget for a few moments that Heather is my partner for life til Death do us part. And I'll forget that she is the Mother of my two youngest children. I'll also forget the fact that I share the same bed with this woman. I won't forget that she has my gazebos in a lock box and that she's very handy with a filet knife. In other words, I am about to lie through my teeth in regards to this recipe that I am reviewing. Just kiddin'. I told Heather that I would not hold back as to what I say about her recipes, so she is prepared for whatever I have to say about it. Hell, if it sucks, I'll say so. If not, I'll say so then, too.

Last night she made what she calls "Leftover Makeover for Turkey". I have to admit that when she told me what she was gonna make for supper, I was a little apprehensive, to say the least. I was feeling a little under the weather yesterday, so I wasn't sure if I could give an accurate recipe review. I mean if you can't taste it, you can't rate it. I was feeling better by he time supper was ready, so I decided to give her dish a try. But, before I did, I wanted to see the reactions of my 8 and 3 year olds. Issy the 8year old was reluctant at first, but when she tasted the first bite, it was Katie bar the door! The real test, though, would lie with Bailey the 3 year old, because she's s finicky eater, not always open to trying new dishes. Slap me down and call me Shorty! She loved it!

Encouraged by the early reviews, it was now my turn to play Guinea pig. I took my first bite without any rice, and I was pleasantly surprised. Then I took a second bite, then a third, then etc, etc, etc. I finally tried it with the rice and damn, if it wasn't even better! I ended up "nibbling" my way to at least one full serving of this "Leftover Makeover for Turkey". It was really very good. Plus, it's a welcomed break from eating leftover turkey as a sandwich. That alone is reason enough to give this particular meal a try.

A quick recap: both kids loved it, as did I. I'd like to see it on the menu more often than just at Thanksgiving. It was that good. Give it a try, you'll love it, too. Because Toby said so.