Busier'n a One-Armed Paper Hanger in a Wind Storm - Book Recipe Updates

Hello, and HAPPY MONDAY, good people of the blogosphere! I bet you all thought I forgot about today's post, huh? I didn't. I've just been busy coming up with new recipes for the next books in the Recipe for Redemption series. I kinda figured, since I had all weekend (hubby was away), I'd spend my time on recipes for books two AND three. Book three is Frankie's story. :D

I managed to get several recipes nailed all the way down, but I still need to do the gluten-free corn cookie (the most important? yes). Thing is, I was out of corn jelly. Fast forward to Sunday, and my poor jelly didn't set. That's right! I had sweet corn water. *insert eye roll*

So, just to prove to myself that I knew what I was actually doing, I remade the corn jelly and made some mango preserves with a bit of crushed red pepper flake, too. Yes, it all set this time. While I now won't have time to do all the gluten-free stuff this week, I'll be back at it once I return at the beginning of next month. I have a couple of ideas I'm dying to try.

I'll still blog, but I won't be at the house with the good kitchen.

What recipes have I been working on?

I'm glad you asked! :)

We have a corn cake:

A corn muffin:

A failed attempt (okay, okay, it was TWO) at a corn nugget on a stick:

The inside didn't quite cook. And here's that jelly and preserves:

Can you tell which is which?

Please excuse the mess my kitchen is right now. That's what a crazy weekend of creation does. You should've seen it yesterday... I mean, I'm not a fan of a mess, and it took me three hours to clean everything up. My recipe notebook is a jumble of cross outs and replacements. Ha. Ugh.

I chatted with one of my children for three hours today. We went to the store, got ingredients, and had a mind meld over the mango preserves. I can't wait to crack into one of those jars and slather a bit on a piece of buttery toast. YUM.

Add to all of this, I had repairs on a couple of walls in the house, and I had to cremate one of my beautiful rattas that passed away a couple weeks ago. Like I said, I've been kinda busy.

I still have a whole afternoon though! I plan to at least get some more packing done before I turn in for the night. Big move is happening soon! I'll be back to my regularly scheduled program Wednesday.

Well, that's all for today, folks!

Until next time, WRITE ON!

Jo