Looking for a way to spice up your breakfast?? Stir up a batch of Apple Cider Waffles! Simply use apple cider in place of all or part of the liquid called for in your favorite waffle recipe. I also added finely diced apple and a generous sprinkle of cinnamon to the batter. […]
Pot Roast with Mushroom Sauce
I don’t know about you, but for me one of the best things about Autumn is the return to menus that include oven roasted meats and one-pot dinners. We’re enjoying another visit in Indiana, and our Indy grand daughters LOVED this pot roast dinner I made the other night. And if you’ve never […]
Garlic Herb Bread
Garlic Bread is a staple in my house…I pair it with soups, pastas, salads….you name it! And this is such a crowdpleaser….anytime I’m visiting my grands, they always ask me to make it. GARLIC HERB BREAD 1 loaf French bread, split lengthwise 1 stick butter, softened (I prefer unsalted butter so I can control the […]
Hearty Bean and Bacon Soup
OK…the calendar says it’s the beginning of Autumn, but Mother Nature apparently has OTHER ideas. It’s COLD in Iowa. TOO COLD! (Fort Lauderdale is sounding better and better to me…) So…it was a Saturday, about 11:30am, and I’m COLD and hungry for HOME MADE SOUP. So I reached in my cupboard and refrigerator to see […]
After School Smoothie
When we are in Indiana with our grandkids, the girls come directly home from school. And once they arrive, there are MANY activities to keep them busy. First comes homework…(in a perfect world!) And the best place to do it is outside, under a canopy of leaves on a beautiful autumn day. Hard at work Sometimes […]
Lemon Zucchini Cake
There is something rather sinful about eating cake for breakfast. But when the cake contains a vegetable like zucchini I guess it’s ok…especially when it tastes SO GOOD. All the yums. Thanks to my Sis In Law Lucy’s friend for sharing this recipe (and this cake) with her…and thanks to Lucy for sharing it (and the […]
Kitchen Sink Fruit Crostata
Sometimes I think outside the box. (Well…I guess that’s MOST of the time.) And today I decided to use up all the fruit sitting in the fruit bowl on the counter…by throwing them all together in a crostata! In a mixing bowl I thinly sliced two peeled apples, two really ripe peaches, and one pear. […]
Bleu Cheese Chicken Wrap
I’m always looking for ways to make left-overs NOT taste like left-overs. And since I had two pieces of left-over fried chicken in the refrigerator, I turned them into a Bleu Cheese Chicken Wrap for lunch. I chopped up the cold chicken, and mixed it with some finely minced onion and a sprinkle […]
Picnic Fried Chicken
My husband is amazing. It’s almost 90 degrees today, and the humidity is off the charts. (My glasses fogged up when I walked out of the grocery store…You get the picture…) So where is Fred? He’s across the street…painting the neighbor’s house! I’m watching him from the comfort of our air-conditioned living room. And I’m […]
Cool Down Corn Chowder
Today our local weatherman says “The Muggy Meter” is rising, and we didn’t start our air conditioner. So I decided to see if my Aunt Carol was right (fifty years ago) when she said, “On a hot day…eat hot foods and you will cool down.” So for dinner on this hot summer night I made…SOUP! […]