Wondering what to do with all your summer veggies? This casserole dish is the ticket! Stumbled across this one on the internet. It was delicious. I used a little more pasta and cheese than what the recipe...
These little meatballs are worth making and freezing... When you are in a hurry... just have them thawed out and add to some pasta and sauce, sandwiches, soups and stews... the possibilities are endless!!!...
Serve this crawfish etouffee over a bed of rice and you have a perfect meal for Mardi Gras. Simple to prepare, it packs a punch of Cajun flavor. The seasonings are perfectly balanced. The crawfish are...
This is a favorite recipe of my family and friends. I like to make it for game day or family gatherings. It's really good in cold weather; warms you up. The photo shown is from the internet to show you...
I made these rolls for my guys and I was amazed how much they loved them. The jelly roll process is actually quite easy once you have gently rolled or massaged the dough to the right size - it might not...
Don't you just love beans and rice? They seem to go together like ham & eggs, salt & pepper, Ben & Jerry's--whoops, getting off the subject! This is such a simple and delicious dish and it's ready in minutes....
There are two methods of coddling eggs. The first is to cook the egg in its shell, by immersing it in near-boiling water. The second method is to use an egg coddler, porcelain cup or ramekin with a lid...
This was my first time using puff pastry. This is a simple and very easy recipe. Hot out of the oven, tasty and filling! Also, another great way to use up leftover meat and veggies. Hope you enjoy! My...
I love soup; nothing helps warm your body and soul on a cold Winter's day like a good bowl of homemade (made with love) soup. And, although, as I pen these words, we are still in the grips of Summer, I...
Slightly adapted from Madhur Jaffrey's "Quick & Easy Indian Cooking." An excellent cookbook, and this is my family's favorite out of the many beloved meals in her book. I highly recommend getting her book...
Fajitas are an easy dinner option and this slow cooker version is fabulous. The meat is tender and absorbs the flavor of the spices and jalapeno. We opted for steak, but chicken would be super tasty too....
My step daughter asked for this recipie when she had this one night, and she isn't a vegetarian, it's that tasty. I know most of us out there think yuck when they hear a recipie is vegetarian, this is...
I wanted to make a loaded, stuffed, twice baked potato for dinner, but make it a little healthier. I had made my version of Beef Tenderloin Crostini the other day for lunch. I tweaked the recipe to suit...
This is a very Italian dish, it is so good and a great stick your bones meal. Served with a side of crusty bread or Polenta. The beans in this make it creamy and hearty. This is what REAL Italian food...
The Birth of Coco Cola was born in Atlanta Georgia on May 8, 1886 by Dr. John Stith Pemberton, a local pharmacist, who produced the syrup for Coca-Cola and carried a container of the new product dwon the...
This is full of meat, so it's extra chunky and a little change from regular meat or tomato sauce for your pasta. It goes together quickly with the use of convenience items, but you can easily substitute...
My kids don't understand. It's an ole school thang, and a splurge rich, rich, rich, but give me these with the fried gizzards and a basket of onion rings, hot sauce and a Coke, mama's happy!!
Cooking from the pantry - I have 4 lovely tomatoes that I needed to use before they get to ripe. I really wanted to make a pizza, but realized I did not have ready made pizza dough. So I decided to use...
Mom's recipe. The cooking time depends on if you're using fresh or frozen lima beans. Fresh take an hour or more. Frozen take much less. (Check the package.)
Don't bother trying to find the cookbook. It is out of print. I have the 1971 edition. La Posta was a stage stop for the Butterfield Trail during the time of Judge Roy Bean, Billy the Kid and Kit Carson....
Experimenting with turnips...I have a surplus from the garden. I love pot pies and learned a little while ago that Turnips and Leeks love each other.....well turnips also love carrots. This is such an...
We try to eat salmon twice a week so I'm always trying to mix up the flavors. This one came to me after I actually had some coconut shrimp and was like "why haven't I put this on salmon before?!" enjoy...
This recipe has several of my favorite go-togethers: corn, tomatoes, onion, cheese. Oh, yum, I can taste it already! A good recipe for vegans or for Lent. Recipe & photo: tasteofhome.com
This delicious recipe for chicken wings is one of my family's favorites. They request it often, and I am always happy to oblige, since it is so very quick and easy to prepare! The sauce requires only two...
Quiche is a good dish for a main summer evening dinner with a fresh salad. Variations are plentiful if you like to be creative adding your own choice ingredients. This particular recipe I created using...
This stew turned out to be delicious. I wanted to quickly put together a meal that would be ready to eat in a short time. The meatballs were fully cooked. The vegetables were cut in chunks or larger pieces...
My daughter made a beautiful pork roast today... after dinner... we sliced the left over meat up using my electric meat slicer like the deli uses. I am posting about the meat and the machine... We save...
Want to know one of the best places to get good Aussie food? Well, Barcelona, Spain, of course. Well, at least it was in this particular instance. In Barcelona... Covering a geek conference on the Internet...
This is a wonderful and healthy chili. Sometimes I make a Mexican mole version (that's mo-lay, not the rodent!) by adding 2 to 3 tsps. cocoa powder, 1 tsp. cinnamon and 1/2 tsp. cloves to the spice mixture....
I bought the tagine, the pot used to cook this dish for my son about 10 years just so we could cook this Moroccan dish more authentically at home. If you don't have a tagine you may use a enameled cast...
I have been on the hunt for this recipe for a long time, and I recall the one I read some time ago had mayonnaise in it. The one I found on the net didn't. I made it tonight for dinner and it was very...
We lived in Zanzibar, Africa, for a few years. We live in Switzerland now, but I still make this every week. It's a firm favourite of the whole family! It is super easy to make. If you have left-over rice,...
I happen to love spam. I made this sammich around 2 am one morning. This fried yumminess hit the spot. After eating this forbidden goodness, I laid down and slept like a baby. Try spam and you might find...
This is a great way to prepare a lot of crêpes, whether for a breakfast crowd, or to store for future use. The crêpe recipe can be whipped up the night before and stored in the refrigerator. One quick...
Way back in 1975, I was invited to my newly wed sister in law's home for home made chili. She excitedly told me she was using my Chili recipe. Well, it was so much better than mine! I asked if she followed...
This is a very tasty healthy dish. It made a lot and hubby said its even better the second day. He gobbled it up. So making the sauce part a day ahead might be a good idea. I opted to serve mine over saffron...
I am of Portuguese descent. One of the ethnic foods for the Portuguese is "chourice or linguica." It is a spicy sausage that if wonderful fried, scrambled with eggs or used in the next recipe! It's hard...
The owner of a local Christian bookstore, gave me this recipe several years ago. It's SO good, and quick to make. And it tastes like you've been working on it all day! :)