Bettina’s Cookbook
Rev. Eddie McBride’s Sweet Potato Pie
copyright 2009 The Rev. Eddie McBride used with permission by The Bettina Network, inc. Bettina’s changes 4 medium size sweet potatoes organic sweet potatoes 2/3 cup brown sugar …
Read MoreCan I Have a Recipe Please?
We just returned from a wonderful trip visiting our daughter and we stayed at one of your Bettina homes. We had the best coconut cake I have ever had in life. Please either send me the recipe – if you need to keep it secret – or put it on your Bettina’s Blog – which…
Read MoreA Spectacular Breakfast
copyright 2009 Bettina Network, Inc. This dish can be the centerpiece of either breakfast or lunch. Of course, we prefer it served at breakfast. It is spectacularly beautiful. Upon presentation to your guests it looks ike an ivory rose with a yellow center. We believe this dish has its origins in Brazilian cuisine, but we…
Read MoreGuest Requested Cheese Cake Recipe
copyright The Bettina Network, inc. 2009 This recipe was requested about July 1st or 2nd. Sorry it took so long, but it was like pulling teeth to get this recipe. Not all of us want to share our most coveted secrets and apparently this recipe is very close to one of our host families. While…
Read MoreTekka Popcorn
copyright The Bettina Network, inc. 2009 A really great snack – healthy and it tastes great. To pop the ORGANIC corn, use an air popper so you don’t have to use oil. Save on oil in the popping so you won’t feel guilty about adding butter at the end. Pop the corn. While the corn…
Read MoreAjaron’s Omelette
copyright The Bettina Network, inc. 2009 to learn more about Ajaron click here A wonderful omelette which has received rave reviews. You need: 2 eggs per person onion green pepper scallions cheese (gruyère, jack cheese with jalapeño, or your preference of a melting cheese) and/or whatever you have in the refrigerator that you want to…
Read MoreNew Orleans Gumbo
copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2009 A reader asked for a recipe and a cultural comment about New Orleans Gumbo. The reader must know something about Gumbo to have asked specifically for ‘New Orleans’ Gumbo. There is cajun gumbo and creole gumbo, but top of the list is New Orleans Gumbo. Give me your family’s gumbo…
Read MoreDessert Breadsticks from a Reader
What follows was sent to us by a bed & breakfast guest in response to the recipe for “Dessert Breadsticks” “Thank you for this wonderful recipe and its story. I used to take my grandchildren to tea every Saturday afternoon and they loved it. After trying your recipe I have an alternate suggestion: with my…
Read MoreBread Sticks Dessert for Breakfast
copyright 2009 The Bettina Network, Inc. These breakfast bread sticks are a really terrific after breakfast dessert which can be ‘knoshed’ on all day. We discovered the recipe while having afternoon tea at Young Quinlan & Co., an elegant store in Minneapolis which, unfortunately, has been closed for a few decades. It was a great…
Read MoreA Reader’s Ginger Tea
Thank you for a wonderful blog! I look forward to reading your new entries. This tea is one I have made for years and enjoy immensely. I hope your readers have the same experience. Use – of course, I wouldn’t defile your blog by suggesting anything other than “organic ginger root’. A pot that holds…
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