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!

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Monday, January 24, 2011

Flaky Baking Powder Biscuits

I decided to make my family some baking powder biscuits for breakfast this morning. I did a quick internet search and looked over several d...

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Trout - Fish Boil

I'm feeling a little frustrated with my photo software right now - I apologize for the really little picture...not quite sure what is go...

Monday, January 3, 2011

7 Minute frosting without the double boiler

As a kid, I LOVED it when my mom frosted her cakes with 7 minute frosting...full of sweet marshmallowy goodness. Most recipes for this fr...

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Microwave Hard Candy

I found this recipe several years ago when I purchased some oil flavoring for candy making. This is SUCH an easy recipe. Three ingredients...

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Easy Fudge

As a kid, I was involved with a summer home economics entrepreneurial program. We made foods, and then tried to sell them. As we tried t...

Monday, December 20, 2010

Butter Spritz Cookies

Many years ago, someone gave us a spritz cookie press. We tried it out, but it was a dismal failure, and got stored away in the cupboard fo...

Friday, December 3, 2010

Trinidadian "Doubles"

My husband had the opportunity to work as a missionary for our church on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago several years ago. There, he fe...

Friday, October 29, 2010

Halloween Class Treats - Little Lemony monsters

I love these little guys...they are so DANG cute. By far - our favorite Halloween tradition! In the past, I've made these blue, using ...

Friday, October 15, 2010

Today's cooking

Here's what I did today: Yep - canned tomatoes...our winter staple, and basis for all good soups, chilies, stews etc. Yum Here...

Butternut Squash Pancakes

I know - it sounds pretty yucky doesn't it? I promise it isn't. I made these for breakfast yesterday and my husband commented on h...

Butternut Bisque

Looking for a new way to get your family to enjoy squash? I tried out this Butternut Bisque (a smooth creamy soup) earlier this week and am...

Cheesy Bacon Pull Aparts

I recently ran across this recipe in a "Good Things Utah" cookbook. As one of my kids loves bacon, this recipe caught my eye. I ...

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Barbara's Brazilian Salmon

This recipe comes from my friend Barbara, and it is our family's favorite. Seeing as my husband doesn't like fish, but asks for t...

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Breakfast Crepes with Country Gravy

Earlier this summer we spent a week cooking for the leaders at our church's girls camp. One morning, we started to prepare breakfast ...

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Award Winning Canned Peaches

Here's my recipe for canned peaches. They won class champion at the county fair last year. Use whatever quantity you have. B...

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Rocky Road or Mississippi Mud Brownies

I found this recipe in a cookbook my mother-in-law gave me with recipes from the state of Utah. The original title for these brownies was ...

Chicken and Basil Alfredo

One of my kids has recently developed a fascination with basil. She also loves chicken alfredo, so when I saw this recipe, it was a must tr...

Tomato Salad / Mediterranean Tomato Platter

Here's a very simple and quick way to enjoy some fresh tomatoes. Lay out serving platter and crush fresh salt, (or sprinkle) kosher sa...

Friday, September 3, 2010

Chocolate dipped pretzels

Looking for a quick chocolate fix? I made this treat for my family this evening. It took all of five minutes and my kids were thrilled ...

Peach Pie with lattice top crust

I was looking through the camera roll on my husband's phone this evening and realized that I forgot to post this recent recipe. This ...

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Molé

Molé is a meat sauce generally eaten with rice made with many spices, even including chocolate. Yeah - I know, chocolate covered chicken ju...

Chile Pasado

Elva gave me the recipe for Chile Pasado. While technically this means old (past its prime) chiles, these chiles are very expensive but ver...

Friday, August 27, 2010

Elva's Cheese Enchiladas

My friend Elva also makes a very mean cheese enchilada. She made these for my family the other day and gave me the recipe as well. Very ...

Elva's Chile Relleños

My friend Elva makes the BEST chile relleños in the world period. Over the years, I've had a lot of chiles relleños, and hands down, ...

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