Cate’s Cranberry Sauce

Just in time for Thanksgiving here in the States, I thought I’d share my easy but oh-so-delicious cranberry sauce recipe.  It’s totally stolen off the package, with a few little additions that make it a little more fun. First, the basic recipe:
1 cup Orange Juice
1 cup sugar
1 bag cranberries
Heat the juice and sugar until sugar [...]

At Last! A Winner!

It’s been an interesting week, and I almost forgot I was running a contest. However, I now have a winner! In fact, I have two!!
Since no one sent in any ghost stories, I pulled two recipe entrants out of the hat. So come on down:
Kelli Cheshire and and Kimmy Lane!
Email me at cate@catherinewade.com with what [...]

Reader Recipe – Cupcakes

Okay, this sounds way too delish for words. Thanks to Natasha! I’ll let her tell you about this:
I made these and then couldn’t stop eating them. I LOVE sweet and salty.
So, chocolate cupcakes with salted caramel frosting.
I found both recipes online and put them together.
One Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes
from Martha Stewart’s [...]

Reader Recipe #3 – Apple Cake

This recipe comes to us from Anna, who also has a very timely suggestion for what to do with the plethora of apples out there. Plus, there’s sauce! I love sauce! Thanks, Anna!
This recipe for Apple Cake tastes good with or without the sauces.

Apple Cake

1 cup oil, 2 cups sugar, 2 eggs, [...]

Contest Extended!

Thanks to a lovely case of pneumonia, I am extending this month’s contest to Friday! (Because I promised the doctor I would go straight to bed when I got home. Yeah. Whatever.)
 
So keep entering those recipes and ghost stories!

NaNo Update

So I am totally not winning NaNo this year – there’s no way. My weekend looks horrible, then there’s this whole Thanksgiving thing… Anyway, I am doing what I said I wanted to do, which was get back to the keyboard on a regular basis to do something besides play on Twitter.

Reader Recipe #2: Pumpkin Pancakes

This one comes to us from the lovely lady with whom I lived for three years of college. Yes! College roomies are totally eligible to enter my contests. Especially considering she knows things I’d rather keep quiet. hehe Kidding. Maybe.
Here is her easy recipe for pumpkin pancakes just in time for the holidays! Thanks, Karla!
Pumpkin [...]

NaNo Update – Day 6

The idea behind doing NaNo this year was not to hit 50K – I pretty much don’t have a prayer. However, I’m out of the habit of writing everyday, and I need to get back into the groove of butt-in-chair-hands-on-keyboard. I’ve done pretty well at that goal, even if my total word count is awful
I [...]

Reader Recipe – Chicken Dish

Time to start sharing some of our contest entries! This comes from Kelli, and it looks awesome! Thanks, Kelli!
Chicken Dish
oven temp: 400 degrees
bake time: 50-60 minutes
prep time: 15-20 minutes
In an oven safe dish (size will depend on how many chicken breasts you use), place one can of cream of mushroom soup to cover the [...]

NaNoing!

Finally gotten over my editing and have moved on to writing. Too bad I have no idea what to write about.  But progress should start happening soon. Maybe.