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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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Quinoa Granola Bars

I stumbled across this recipe this morning, and LOVE how these granola bars turn out (after a few tweaks) The perk is that these tasty g...

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Sauerkraut

Yes, I did say Sauerkraut. Who knew you could make this stuff? We've been on a bit of a pro-biotic kick lately, and honestly I w...

Kale Chips

I really love kale - I used to buy it and use it in crudites baskets, just for it's fluffy and frilly texture. What was I thinking? ...

Monkey Bread

Ooohhh la la - this stuff is crazy good. Many years ago, my friend made this for me. Wanting to make them for myself, I found the re...

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Chicken pasta carbonara over kale

I'm in love. Really. I discovered kale a few weeks ago. I made a kale smoothie, and after my normal 10 mile bike ride, I was feelin...

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Superfood summer smoothie

I love smoothies. And, while I've experimented with smoothies over the years (believe me, I've had to drink a lot of them on my o...

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Easiest Corn on the Cob - Ever!

It's summertime, which means corn on the cob time~we love that stuff! Growing up, I learned to prepare corn on the cob by shucking/hus...

Monday, June 24, 2013

School Lunch Butter Finger Bars

While I posted a variation of this recipe several years ago, the frosting just wasn't quite right. They were 98% there, and it bugged ...

Grandma Jeri's Sloppy Joe's

The quintessential sloppy Joe, or Barbeque as Grandma calls it I grew up in a really big family, with lots of uncles & aunts, cousin...

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

For the record

Every now and then (or more often than that), I try a recipe that is awful. For the record, tonight was the night. It started with a can ...

Pavlova, Red, White and Blue

My friend Judy in Colorado made this for our family several years ago. Her husband's family is from Australia, and it is a traditional...

Thursday, May 23, 2013

The crazy grocery store man's Pork Chops with Scalloped Potatoes

As I mentioned in a previous post, I ran into a stranger today at the grocery store who proceeded to verbally give me 3 of his favorite rec...

Texas Sheet Cake

Texas Sheet Cake I'm hanging my head in shame. I don't know how it is possible that I have not posted this recipe. Really -...

Pork Chops & Scalloped Potatoes, Low Country Boil, and Pig Picking Cake

I was picking up some supplies for a community bike ride, a Memorial Day church activity, and a birthday party this morning, and as I was b...

Saturday, May 18, 2013

4 Layer Checkerboard Cake

It has been forever since I blogged. I have been cooking - sort of. My friend talked me into a healthy lifestyles challenge, so for most...

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Cajun/Creole Chicken Pasta

It is Saturday afternoon. I spent an hour cruising the web looking for something new and interesting that my family might enjoy for lunc...

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