Category: Simple Cooking

  • Green Rice | An Authentic Mexican Food Recipe

    Oh my gosh… this Green Rice recipe is to die for if you like authentic Mexican Food.  I snagged this Green rice recipe from a wonderful Mexican Food restaurant in Mesa, Arizona.  (I won’t mention the name because I kind of took the back door approach in getting it.) To say the least… if you…

  • Fresh Asparagus – Easy Asparagus Recipe

    Fresh asparagus is a favorite at our house.  I remember the days when my son, Brad, went asparagus hunting in the fields behind our home.  As soon as the spring warm weather hit…he was on the lookout for asparagus.  He would roam the fields, among the tall grasses and look for asparagus spears that were…

  • Easter Treat Recipe – Kids Easter Activities

    Kids Easter activities can include easy Easter recipes such as making our Bird Nest Treats. They are so simple to make, your three year old can help. The ingredients are simple too…. you’ll use only 4 items. 1.  One  5 oz can of Chow Mein noodles. One  12 oz package of chips.  You can use…

  • Waste Not Want Not – Cooking Tip For Cookies

    “Waste not want not,” as my Grandma Ella use to say.  Well, here’s a clever cooking tip for reviving stale cookies so you don’t fall into the “wasteful” category. I did a bit of early Christmas baking in December and placed my special Oatmeal Christmas cookies in a Tupperware container and forgot about them.  When…

  • Best New Years Party – New Years Party Food

    Of course, the best new years party includes food and lots of it.  And, with all the hustle and bustle of the Christmas holiday you’re probably not interested in cooking. Yet, you want to serve or take to your New Year parties food that is easy to prepare, scrumptious and looks great. Well, I have…

  • Chocolate Dessert Recipe – Chocolate Brownie Triffle

    This Chocolate Dessert Recipe will curl your toes because it’s so rich. This Chocolate Brownie Triffle is a hit with guests and friends and is so easy to make.

  • Easy Apple Crisp Recipe – Oatmeal And Brown Sugar Crunch

    This easy apple crisp recipe with it’s oatmeal and brown sugar topping is a favorite of our family.  Fall is in the air and the apples are ripe and crisp… so it’s a natural dessert for a chilly evening.  I add a bit of lemon zest to the apple crunch, which is a tasty enhancement…

  • Ranch Potato Salad – Made With Ranch Dressing

    Ranch Potato salad is a big hit with my family.  Making potato salad with ranch dressing is a refreshing change from the mayonnaise potato salad…. or salad made with Miracle Whip.  Also,  you might call this a loaded potato salad because it has celery, red onion, eggs, fresh parsley  and …. best of all… bacon. …

  • Fire Fire Fire – Kitchen Grease Fire

    “Fire!”  “Fire!”  “Fire!”  Those are words I never thought I would be screaming.  But, due to grease fire in my kitchen, those words came from my mouth.  Even though the kitchen fire occurred in my home a couple of years ago, my fire experience has been recently recalled because of the number of fires in…

  • Imitation Crab Salad Recipe Made With Cottage Cheese

    This imitation crab salad recipe made with cottage cheese was introduce to me by my friend and co-designer, Kristen Cook.  In the summer, she brought this incredible crab salad to work.  She would actually double this recipe… which is already a large one… and feed the gang.  I don’t think she ever went home with…