Tried and True Favorite Recipes

I love to cook - especially ethnic dishes, and from scratch/my pantry. I love foods that combine surprising tastes and textures, and my interests are fairly eclectic. I'm excited to have a site to direct people to when they ask for my recipes!

Recipe Index

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Monday, June 8, 2009

Lauren's Tres Leches Cake - Guatemalan

While Lauren thought that her recipe might be very similar to Cristina's, the Guatemalan version definitely has some differences. Here ...

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Tres Leches Cake

I spent this morning at my friend Cristina's house learning to make a Mexican tres leches cake. Another friend, Lauren is also lending ...

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Fast n' Easy Pizza Crust and Homemade Pizza

Since some of my best recipes are here, I came looking for my pizza dough recipe. I was astonished that I haven't included it yet. This...

Marilyn's Rhubarb Coffee Cake

One of my husband's co-workers has been bringing this into the office for the past couple of years. My husband surprised me by asking f...

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Perfect Fluffy Frosting

I found this recipe while searching for fluffy frosting recipes at Our Best Bites . I wanted the HUGE whirled cupcakes to take to my daught...

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Vickie's Carrot Cake

A friend dropped this cake by for my birthday. I loved it and wanted to share her recipe. 1 c. oil (or substitute 1/2 applesauce) 1 ½ c. s...

Monday, May 25, 2009

Peach Dump Cake

Well, I've decided to share two different recipes under this heading. I've made this recipe several times using the butter. Howeve...

Perfect Potato Salad

While potato salads seems to be required for a barbecue, not every potato salad is created equally. I finally realized that the trick to gr...

Friday, April 24, 2009

Hershey's 'Perfectly Chocolate' Chocolate Cake

If I were naming this recipe, it would be called "Thursday Cake" since I craved chocolate cake on Thursdays during one of my pr...

Chicken or steak fajitas

This is a simple, quick entree. 1 T. olive oil 2-3 c. thinly sliced chicken or steak 1 1/2 c. thinly sliced bell peppers 1 1/2 c. thinly sli...

French Apple Pie - Award winning

This recipe recently won the Class Champion prize at our county fair Many years ago, a missionary who was living in our area asked me to get...

Rhubarb Pie

One of my favorite things about summer was watching the rhubarb get ripe as I anticipated the pies. Here's the recipe (with a few modifi...

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Favorite Pie Crust

5 c. flour 1 t. baking powder 1 t. white vinegar 1 egg 1 t. salt 2 1/2 c. Crisco (vegetable shortening)(not butter flavored) 1 c. water Mix ...

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Sarali's Whole Wheat Blender Pancakes

Several years ago, we had a class at church based on cooking with wheat. This recipe was one of the highlights of the class which my family ...

Hot Thai Soup

After serving this for a New Year's Eve party, one of my students shared this recipe with me. I love its simplicity, while my family lo...

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Magic Brownie Mix

I was at my friend Tina's house a couple of years ago and she decided to make brownies. It took her all of 2 minutes to make and 25 min...

Nauvoo Bread

We recently visited several historical sites in Nauvoo Illinois. While there, we learned how the early Mormon settlers there cooked (among ...

Wheat Berry cereal / mush

I grew up eating this dish for breakfast during the winter months. One of the great aspects regarding this recipe is that it is very versati...

Cracked Wheat Cereal or Mush

As a child, we knew winter was coming because my dad would start with the wheat mush. We groaned and moaned and knew that we'd be irreg...

Friday, April 3, 2009

Frank's Fluffy Cheesecake

My husband doesn't generally like cheesecake because it is usually so rich and heavy. However, when our friend made this for us, my hus...

Snickers Bars

I found this recipe in a Taste of Home cook book. While slightly time intensive, I have never seen a dessert disappear so quickly! Layer ...

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Chicken Bow-tie Pasta Salad

I attended a conference where this salad was served. I couldn't wait to get back in line for seconds. I was amazed at how quickly it d...

Caramel Corn

It took me a long time to find the right recipe for a caramel corn that I liked. I don't like it when it is too hard that it is like ca...

Cream Cheese Fruit Dip

I learned this recipe from one of my best friends growing up. It works fantastically as a fruit dip for appetizers or for a buffet style me...

English Trifle

I found this recipe in the Cook's Kitchen Bible by Norma MacMillan. I love the elegant look and taste of this dessert. We traditionall...

Choco Flan

While this can be made with any flavor of cake mix I first had it with chocolate. After first tasting this 11 years ago, I asked my friend J...

Flan

While I posted the microwave flan recipe earlier, this is a full real flan recipe. I believe it is originally from Emeril Legasse, but I ma...

Heidi's White Chili

This is another recipe that works great in the crock pot and is great for a winter day. Thanks to my friend Heidi for sharing this several ...

Monday, March 30, 2009

Winter Stew

Several years ago I decided that I wanted some stew. My mother gave me a recipe she had, and here is my evolution which has turned into a c...

My Favorite Chili

Several years ago I discovered that I could make Chili. It just sort of dawned on me. I've played with this recipe over the years, and...

Friday, March 13, 2009

Grandma H's Fudge Log

Every year, my grandma makes this fudge for all of the family parties. As a child it was one of my favorite holiday treats. 4 c. sugar 1 ca...

Almond Brittle or Bark

This too was discovered in an old neighborhood cookbook. It is titled Almond Brittle, however I think it is rightly - bark. This too, is p...

Caramels

I discovered this recipe in an old neighborhood recipe book a couple of years ago. They always turn our perfectly, and we get rave reviews....

Taquitos and Salsa

My dear friend Berta gave me the mexican cooking 101 class. This recipe is my family's favorite dinner - even the picky kids clamor for...

Thursday, March 12, 2009

French Toast to Die for (almost literally)

Every year for my friend's birthday, her husband makes this french toast. It is slightly time intensive, and richer than you can imagin...

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Cranberry Granola Power Bars

My husband is a runner and is preparing for a big race. As we've discussed different strategies for feeling good both during and after ...

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Grandma J's Zucchini Casserole

As a kid, I didn't love veggies. However, my grandparents had an awesome garden and my grandma made a zucchini casserole that I loved. ...

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Lion House Rolls

We spent some time in Denver last week and grabbed some of these rolls to take home with us - they were oh, so heavenly! Here's the...

My Clam Chowder

I have a picky eater, but this is one of her favorite meals. To cut out some of the fat you can cut out the cream or half and half and just...

Chile Verde - easiest ever

This was one of the first pork recipes I ever learned. Thanks to my sister in law for sharing it with me several years ago. Bad picture ...

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Microwave Flan

I found a book at a garage sale titled, "Simple Southwestern Cooking" by Judy Walker which I've really enjoyed. While my fami...

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Creamy Frozen Fruit Cups

My mother in law made these for Thanksgiving several years ago and I fell in love with them. They pick up a tropical taste without the coco...

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