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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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Bûche de Noël (Yuletide log) with Meringue Mushrooms

Happy New Years! I sat down this morning - ready to get working in the kitchen on my annual Yuletide Log, and almost felt betrayed that I...

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Left over Holiday Turkey - Hawaiian Haystacks

What do rice, chicken/turkey, celery, raisins and Chinese noodles have in common? I know - they seriously don't sound like they go toge...

Monday, December 26, 2011

Leftover Holiday Ham, Rice & Beans

Wondering what to do with that left over holiday ham? I recently served a spiral ham, and after a few meals, my family was wanting some var...

Friday, December 23, 2011

Microwave Peanut Brittle

I made this several years ago, and then had to go in search of this recipe as I'm putting together treats for our neighbors. Photos to ...

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Quick Christmas Treats

We headed to a cookie exchange last week, and my daughter and I came up with these cute babies. They were so fun to make with kids, and hon...

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Hawaiian Sweet Bread

This is one of those recipes that has been tried over and over, and passed along. You are getting it from me, I got it from Janet, Janet go...

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes

As I sat down to figure out my menu for our Thanksgiving day meal, I realized that the recipes I will use, are all over the place. Here, fo...

Monday, October 31, 2011

Halloween Graveyard Cake

Here's this year's Halloween cake I used two cake mixes - one yellow and one chocolate, and I marbled them. I used a spring form...

Jack-O-lantern Pumpkin Seeds

Every year we sit down together and carve pumpkins with our kids. As we scoop out the slimy pumpkin guts, we try to save all of the seeds so...

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Halloween Dinner - Ghosts or Mummies

We made these tonight to pair with our ' Feet of Meat' aka 'Bloody Stump ' annual Halloween Dinner. Simply mashed potatoes...

Individual Chicken Taco Salads

I was stumped one afternoon as to what I should prepare for dinner and went to the web - seeking ideas. My family enjoyed this new twist (e...

Fresh Pineapple Juice - Guatemalan style

I lived in Guatemala for 17 months while I worked as a missionary for my church. I loved spending time with the people there, as they opene...

Halloween SPIDERS, Black and White

Quick and easy -the easier the better! We had these at a friend's house & loved the novelty Donut holes Chow mein noodles choc...

Halloween BONES

We had these at our mom & me teen book club last week. They turned out so cute, and they were (unfortunately), pretty addictive. Simple,...

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Blueberry Pie - award winning!

I went shopping a couple of weeks ago, and was trying to figure out a dessert for company. As I mentally scrolled through my list of possi...

Monday, October 17, 2011

Easy Halloween Spider Cookies

Yep, it is that time of year again. Tonight we made our first foray into our annual spider cookie drop offs around the neighborhood. Anony...

Friday, August 5, 2011

Alligator or Crocodile Cake

We made THE CUTEST alligator cake for my husband's birthday. Since moving to Florida, this is the first 'baking' that we've...

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Sapodillas or Sapotes

So I've only sort of been cooking. Still trying to get things out of boxes and find myself. I don't love my new kitchen. I'm...

Friday, July 22, 2011

Beehive cupcakes - 24th of July recipes

Well - so much for a great photo. I stole this one - the yellow pan on the left is the cool cupcake pan used for this recipe. I've bee...

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Shepherd Pie

SO...the food pantry challenge hasn't worked very well since we were out of town for a week, and since we packed our food storage, and t...

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Strawberry Pie

I received this recipe many years ago from a mom of one of the missionaries who was serving in our area. My family literally fought over wh...

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Boston Baked Beans

Pantry challenge #4. Yesterday was a cheat day. We had a garage sale, and then tuna fish sandwiches (from the pantry) for lunch. Dinner w...

Friday, June 17, 2011

Food Pantry Challenge

We are moving in about a month. So - I'm starting a food pantry/storage challenge. We have a BIG (enormous, gigantic - you get the pic...

Friday, June 3, 2011

Big Top - Giant Cupcake Cake & Tips

It all started with a cupcake pinata. It was all they had. Well, other than sponge bob - which wasn't an option. I bought the pinat...

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Barbecue cookies, Memorial Day treats

I'm a stealer. Yep, found these on a close acquaintance's blog (that would be one of my sisters). I really love novel foods. Thi...

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