http://michaelheaton.com/journal.cfm Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:36:18 GMT http://bandzoogle.com http://michaelheaton.com/journal.cfm?feature=1016247&postid=227961  Here ya go! -Michael Bacon Horseradish Dip 1 Cup of your favorite REAL mayo 1 Cup Sour Cream 1/4 cup of bacon bits... (in a jar is fine but make sure they're real!) 1/4 cup of prepared horseradish Mix well Cover; Chill. makes 2 cups Great on veggies. Mike's Favorite Lemon Jellyroll Wet 4 eggs separated 1/4 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla Dry 1 Cup cake flour 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 c. sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1 jar of lemon curd (or your favorite jam) Garnish a couple sprinkles of Powdered sugar and fresh fruit (I like to use Strawberries and Kiwis sliced up) Heat oven to 400F With a mixer, in a large bowl, beat the four egg whites and add 1/4 cup sugar (a TBLS at a time) until foamy and stiff peaks form In a separate bowl beat the 4 egg yolks until thick then stir in 1 tsp vanilla. Fold yolks into the whites in the large bowl until blended. Sift together Cake flour, salt, 1/2 cup sugar, and baking powder Slowly fold the dry ingredients into the eggs Sprinkling about half of the dry mix and folding until saturated then add the second half of the dry ingredients. Just mix until blended you want to keep some fluffiness! Grease a 10x15 jelly roll pan (A cookie sheet with sides) or line with parchment paper or a baking mat) pour batter into pan and bake for approx. 13 min Do a toothpick test in the middle. if it comes out clean or with a couple crumbs it's done. Allow to cool for a couple minutes then invert the cake onto a dishtowel sprinkled with powdered sugar. If the cake doesn't come out right away let it cool a couple more minutes and tap the bottom of the pan. Not too long though.. you still want the cake a little warm to roll. Remove parchment paper if you used it. Spread lemon curd (Or your favorite jam) Leave about 2 inches of one end without jam.. Then gently roll the cake up towards the naked end. Cover with the towel to cool. Decorate by dusting with powdered sugar. I also cut up strawberries and Kiwis just to make it look pretty!
-Michael

Bacon Horseradish Dip

1 Cup of your favorite REAL mayo
1 Cup Sour Cream
1/4 cup of bacon bits... (in a jar is fine but make sure they're real!)
1/4 cup of prepared horseradish

Mix well Cover; Chill. makes 2 cups
Great on veggies.



Mike's Favorite Lemon Jellyroll

Wet
4 eggs separated
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Dry
1 Cup cake flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 jar of lemon curd (or your favorite jam)

Garnish
a couple sprinkles of Powdered sugar
and fresh fruit
(I like to use Strawberries and Kiwis sliced up)


Heat oven to 400F
With a mixer, in a large bowl, beat the four egg whites and add
1/4 cup sugar (a TBLS at a time) until foamy
and stiff peaks form

In a separate bowl beat the 4 egg yolks until thick
then stir in 1 tsp vanilla.

Fold yolks into the whites in the large bowl until blended.

Sift together
Cake flour, salt, 1/2 cup sugar, and baking powder

Slowly fold the dry ingredients into the eggs
Sprinkling about half of the dry mix and folding until
saturated then add the second half of the dry ingredients.
Just mix until blended you want to keep some fluffiness!

Grease a 10x15 jelly roll pan (A cookie sheet with sides)
or line with parchment paper or a baking mat)

pour batter into pan and bake for approx. 13 min

Do a toothpick test in the middle. if it comes out clean
or with a couple crumbs it's done.

Allow to cool for a couple minutes
then invert the cake onto a dishtowel sprinkled with
powdered sugar.

If the cake doesn't come out right away let it cool
a couple more minutes and tap the bottom of the pan.
Not too long though.. you still want the cake a little warm to roll.

Remove parchment paper if you used it.

Spread lemon curd (Or your favorite jam)
Leave about 2 inches of one end without jam..
Then gently roll the cake up towards the
naked end.

Cover with the towel to cool.

Decorate by dusting with powdered sugar.
I also cut up strawberries and Kiwis
just to make it look pretty!
]]> Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:36:18 GMT 732DD8C85830BA97E4478620C66BFA86 http://michaelheaton.com/journal.cfm?feature=1016247&postid=189626 I don't really know where to start. Most days that is a truth with me. Usually I've managed to not only start but get a lot of things done. One little step at a time. Today I'm taking another little step. My blog. It's 2010 and I've decided to undertake a few new adventures. I find myself in 2010 hitting some milestones and feeling pretty darn good. I counted up shows in the past decade and realized I've done somewhere in the neighborhood of  1300 of them. The funny thing about that is I never seem to feel like I'm beyond just starting out if you can believe that. No matter how many times I've pulled out that guitar and put it away and all the miles. It always seems to feel new to me.  I'm just going to post a few things here and there as they hit me. Mostly what's happening and my goals right now. I looked at the calendar today and realized we're halfway through February 2010 and thought. It's 2010? Holy smokes! I've got to get going... I'll never win a Grammy watching Judge Judy.   I don't really know where to start. Most days that is a truth
with me. Usually I've managed to not only start but get a
lot of things done. One little step at a time.

Today I'm taking another little step. My blog.
It's 2010 and I've decided to undertake a few new adventures.

I find myself in 2010 hitting some milestones and feeling pretty
darn good.

I counted up shows in the past decade and realized I've done
somewhere in the neighborhood of  1300 of them.
The funny thing about that is I never seem to feel like I'm
beyond just starting out if you can believe that. No matter how
many times I've pulled out that guitar and put it away and all the miles.
It always seems to feel new to me. 

I'm just going to post a few things here and there as they
hit me. Mostly what's happening and my goals right now.
I looked at the calendar today and realized we're halfway through
February 2010 and thought. It's 2010? Holy smokes!
I've got to get going... I'll never win a Grammy watching Judge Judy.



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