All - American Cheeseburger Soup by Lorraine Wallace

This was so good on a cold rainy afternoon. It is from a book Mike told me about titled "mr. sunday's soups". Mr Sunday being Chris Wallace,  the Fox News anchor and Mike Wallace's son. His wife, Lorraine, cooked these on Sunday afternoons waiting for Chris to come home from the studio. They live in Middleburg, VA where I went to school and she rides horses so she must be nice.

The soups have all been excellent and creative but this was not something I would have looked at twice except it was really icky outside and it sounded very comforting. Everyone LOVED it.  I'm going to cheat since I never took typing and it's kind of long. Thank you for your support:)

Yummy Passover Brownies

Okay, this took about an hour  to get started because I haven't been back since I first posted months ago and I couldn't remember the account information to log on. I really don't like having all the different e-mails and passwords necessary for all the different accounts to access online. I know the Internet is an amazing tool but it can also be one of the most frustrating. 


I'm hoping to be able to blog from our trip in a couple of weeks like I did from Ireland. It won't be as humorous, of course, but informative all the same. Or maybe it will. So stay tuned :)


The whole reason for today's blog is to share my Passover Brownie recipe. I haven't made them in a while but Brent's Deli would be jealous they are so good. I got it originally from a friend in Phoenix. I haven't seen her in a while. Maria, I hope you are well.

Passover Brownies

2 eggs well beaten

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup cocoa

1/2 cup oil

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup cake meal

1 cup chocolate chips

1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

(does any one know how to make a "degree" sign on the computer? I'm sure there's a way if I knew how to type)

Beat eggs and sugar until light and lemon colored. Add Vanilla. Blend in cocoa, oil, and salt. Gradually mix in cake meal, chocolate chips, and nuts. Pour into greased  9x9  pan and bake 20-25 minutes. Now here's the tricky part. Don't over- bake them. The top should look like regular brownies, kind of cracked. This recipe can be doubled and should be because they will go quickly!

ENJOY! 

And have a wonderful, not too long Seder! 

p.s. 1/2 cup chopped nuts are optional but it wouldn't let me add them  to the end of the recipe for some reason.

The perfect Christmas Roast Beef

Merry Christmas and other holidays to everyone. I decided at the last minute to cook a roast for my family today because someone mentioned that Costco had great looking ones. My parents got this recipe from the man who cleaned their house in Sedona in the 70's and it is always perfect and so easy. Some of you may know this trick. The secret is Do NOT under any circumstances OPEN THE OVEN DOOR during cooking!!!!! So here goes, I haven't cooked it in a while.

Have a wonderful day to all of you and have some fun in the kitchen yourselves.

Perfect Roast Beef or " Beef ala Warren"
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Put roast in oven, cook for 1 hour and turn oven off- DO NOT OPEN DOOR
May sit 3-5 hours in oven then 45 minutes before you want to eat turn oven back to 375.