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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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Easter Egg Cake

Looking for a festive cake for Easter? My kids needed to take a treat to a meeting today, and my youngest daughter decided she'd make a...

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Breakfast Casserole

We had a Relief Society (a religious women's organization) conference this past weekend, and I was asked to make 4 breakfast casseroles....

Cantalope Smoothie

I first had this treat living in Guatemala. Totally refreshing and cool, for a hot day. 2 c. cantaloupe chunks - (peeled and seeded). 2...

Easy Buttery Rolls

I first made these for Thanksgiving, and my family loved them. I thought I'd try them again today, and I've already eaten 2! They r...

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day! Sugar cookies Treats for our friends Breakfast Valentines Pancakes

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Crudites - Fruit and veggie garnishes,

I got to help cater for my friend's business' grand opening yesterday. Because it is a diet center, we had lots (and lots) of fruit...

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Mexican Lasagna

This is similar to a tamale pie. The crust is made from maseca torilla mix which is also used for tamales and can be found in the hispanic...

Teriyaki Chicken

I've been working on coming up with new recipes that my family enjoys. I had no idea that teriyaki sauce was so simple! 1 c. soy sauce...

Friday, January 20, 2012

Spinach Pesto Pasta with Ground Turkey Meatballs

My family really enjoyed this recipe I stumbled across. Instead of the traditional basil and pine nut pesto, this one is made from spinach ...

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Whiting - yes, that's a fish

Living in Florida now, we are having lots of new experiences. Like fishing in the ocean. Today we headed to the pier and spent some tim...

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...

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