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Make Carmel Popcorn
Make this carmel popcorn, and watch your family’s faces when they take their first bite. I promise, they won’t be able to stop with just one bite. As soon as the weather turns a bit chilly, my family starts begging for carmel corn. I try and hold off cooking up a batch until around Halloween……
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White Trash Cooking: Yellow Squash and Zucchini Recipe
The phrase: White Trash Cooking is used lightly here… because my Grandma and Momma were far from being “white trash.” My Momma was more of a “Southern Belle.” My kin are from Georgia. I use to think I was raised on “soul food” but after I found a cook book in Arkansas called White Trash…
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Canning Dill Pickles – Grandma Ella’s Recipe
Canning Dill pickles, using my Grandma Ella’s recipe, was just one of the many items I canned during the summer months, many years ago. I don’t do much canning anymore… due to time and expense. However, it’s September, the canning feeling is in the air and I was at Farmer Grant’s produce stand day- before-yesterday……
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White Trash Cooking: Green Beans & New Red Potatoes Recipe
Snap Beans, String Beans or just plain old Green beans… they’re all the same when it come to White Trash Cooking. My grandma called them Snap Beans. I guess ’cause the green beans make a little snap when you take off the ends or break the green bean in half. I don’t know why I…
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Fresh Mex Salsa Recipe
A fresh mex salsa recipe is just what you need now that the tomatoes are reaching their peak. My homemade salsa recipe, “Fresh Mex Fiesta Salsa” will be a home run hit with your family. A sure thing for pot-luck-suppers, as well . It’s so good and hardy that we often make it a lite…
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New Potato Recipe: Fresh Parsley Potatoes
This parsley potato recipe, using new potatoes, is easy and delicious. Using fresh parsley from your garden is so much better than the dried parsley we’re forced to use in the winter time. The ingredients are simple: new potatoes, seasoning salt, butter, and parsley. Easy does it! Harvest your parsley. Wash.. and place the parsley…
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Cooking With Herbs – Dill Dip
Cooking with herbs adds a wonderful subtle flavor to foods. This dill dip uses the airy fern like leaves of the dill weed plant and is absolutely delicious. This dill dip recipe also requires fresh parsley leaves which give it added flavor. The herbs are coming on strong right now and it’s time to begin…
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Best Strawberry Daiquiri Slush
I was introduced to the best strawberry daiquiri (virgin of course) by Gene Latta, a Chef at Brigham Young University. This is an quick easy recipe you can use to win your family’s favor… on hot summer evenings. This daiquiri recipe is so easy, your kids can prepare it and treat you… while you relax…
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A Cookings Tip For Chopping
A cooking tip for chopping or slicing came to me by accident today. I was talking to my sister Sheila on the phone complaining that I couldn’t find my cutting board. Then I remembered: My mom was cleaning up my kitchen the other day and I’m sure she tucked in a handy little spot. Love…
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Two Helpful Tips For Using Baking Soda
There are so many uses for baking soda…making your teeth white… deodorizing your fridge and your garbage disposal. And… here a two more you’ll find useful. 1. Keep a box close by your kitchen sink for when you have to peal and cut up onions. After you’ve completed your cooking task…simply use a bit of…