Saturday, June 27, 2015

Salad - Tropical Salad With Pineapple Vinaigrette

An easy salad to make with a bag of salad greens, pineapple, bacon bits, nuts and toasted coconut. Use fresh pineapple, if you can, and substitute toasted almonds for the macadamia nuts, if desired.

Friday, June 26, 2015

Appetizers And Snacks - Ants On A Log

This is a fun snack that kids can make. It consists of artfully arranged celery, peanut butter and raisins.

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Friday, June 19, 2015

Side Dish - Maureens Baked Beans

Wonderful mixture of beans and sausage in a tomato sauce, slowly cooked and really tasty. Maureen had a Labor Day picnic for our block every year and always made these beans. Everyone always looked forward to having this sidedish with dinner.

Sack Of Potatoes

Sack of potatoes recently harvested field

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Pasta - Balsamic Tortellini

This is a recipe that my friends love and ask for again and again! I serve it with a crusty loaf of bread and salad. All ingredients are approximate and you should vary according to your own individual tastes!

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Tourists In Milan Bar

MILAN, ITALY - DECEMBER 27, 2013: Tourists drinking a tea in a bar

Meat And Poultry - Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

Using root beer to season slow cooked pork tenderloin makes a novel, yet tasty preparation method guaranteed to win applause.

Sunday, June 14, 2015

High Angle Of A Small Boy Baking A Cake

High angle view of a small boy in an apron baking a cake adding flour to the egg mixture in the mixing bowl

Cheese - Crab Crusted Grouper

A crispy baked fish topped with a cheesy crab and pepper mixture. Easy to make, and nice to look at. This topping can also be used to stuff mushrooms. You may use any type of cheese that you like in this recipe - Italian cheeses work especially well.

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Cheese - Mexican Lasagna No Lasagna Noodles

Assemble a Mexican-inspired lasagna with tortillas, ground beef, Colby-Jack cheese, and taco sauce for a filling weeknight dinner.

Ribollita Tuscan Soup

Ribollita meaning reboiled is a Tuscan soup made with bread and vegetables including leftover bread, cannellini beans, carrot, cabbage, beans, silverbeet, kale, and onion

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Monday, June 1, 2015

Side Dish - Roasted Beets N Sweets

Beets baked with sweet potatoes and onion make for a colorful, delicious fall or winter side dish.