Carrots and onions may sound like strange bedfellows…but combining those two vegetables with just a few simple ingredients will create a side dish your whole family will love. And the color combination is a great start on my quest to serve a Rainbow On My Plate at every meal! I first discovered this recipe in […]
Cabbage Can Be A Smelly Side Dish – Unless It’s Roasted
The smell of boiled cabbage can be enough to make anyone swear they hate that vegetable. I understand that feeling. But don’t blame the cabbage. Blame your cooking method! The BEST way to cook this veggie is to ROAST it. And I guarantee you will change your outlook about that much maligned side dish. I […]
Healthy But Still Crunchy Baked Fish Tacos
Fish tacos are delicious, but they can also be filled with calories when that fish is fried in loads of oil. So I have created a healthy version. I’ll show you how I make them. Since this healthy fish dish bakes very quickly in the oven you’ll want to have all of your taco toppings […]
Homemade Corn Tortillas – Easy As…Tortillas!
My cooking inspirations sometimes come in very strange places…like thrift stores! Like the time I found a tortilla press in The Crowded Closet in Iowa City. I dragged that tortilla press all the way to Fort Lauderdale this year, and I FINALLY got around to making my very first batch of homemade corn tortillas…just in […]
Montgomery Pie – I Need ADVICE From My Amish and Mennonite Friends!
This winter I dragged some of my Mom’s old recipe books along with me to Fort Lauderdale, and today I began to thumb through her old Mennonite Community Cookbook . (That 15th Edition copy was printed in 1971, the year Peepaw and I were married.) I came across a recipe for Montgomery Pie. I had […]
Shepherd’s Pie – It Will Warm You Up From The Inside Out!
My inspiration for dinner for tonight came in a very unusual way. Today we had our HUGE mirrored living room wall replaced. (But THAT Dear Readers, is ANOTHER story!) And when I told one of the great installers I had a pie baking he asked if it was a Shepherd’s pie. I told him no…it […]
A Vegetarian BLT – Turning Eggplant Into “Bacon”
I love my Foodie Friends! So when my Florida pal Kathy sent me a recipe for “bacon” made from eggplant I just HAD to give it a try. After all…this is Lent. And I’m always looking for meatless ways to serve up lunch on Fridays during this season. And this recipe looked like a great […]
Meemaw’s HEALTHY “Kitchen Sink” Muffins
The word HEALTHY sometimes gets a bad rap…especially when it comes to food. Most people think of things like alfalfa sprouts or slimey green mystery drinks…but that’s not my version. I set out to create a healthy muffin using ingredients I already had in my pantry and in my refrigerator. Check out my healthy NO-FAT […]
Valentines Day Meets Fat Tuesday – Mixing Cookies and Cajun This Year!
This is a first for me. A combination Valentine’s Day Cookie and Fat Tuesday Cajun Jambalaya post! If you’ve been reading my blog for years, you know I always bake LOTS of Valentine cookies to send up North to our precious grandkids. And this year was no exception! These are the cookies we boxed and […]
Fried Chicken For Christmas Dinner? Yes Please!!!
Who ever heard of serving fried chicken for Christmas dinner? Our son Nick likes to “think outside the box” when he plans their annual Christmas dinner for a crowd. One year he and wife Sarah had a lasagna cook-off. (They each made a big pan of their favorite lasagna. Then they collected votes from all […]