A love for creating recipes, cooking, and sharing tasty food
I use this multi-purpose dry rub on everything – from sprinkling on ribs and chicken, to seasoning a meatloaf and a roast. Note, that I don’t add sugar to the mix as I find its not necessary for 99% of
Read more
Nothing beats a big bowl of fresh homemade roasted vegetable salsa. This has a nice fresh flavor, and can be made as hot as you want by using more or less jalapenos. The Hubby and I both prefer a less
Read more
This past weekend, Saturday was a cool summer day, full of rain. When the weather is gloomy, I always get in the mood for a roast. Besides a tender roast beef, I love cooking lamb. Lamb and beans is not
Read more
I was in a sentimental baking mood today and decided to make a dessert from my mother-in-laws’ recipes. I had the Hubby go through her squares and bars recipes and he picked out seafoam squares. My mother-in-law was a very
Read more
I made blueberry maple jam using this recipe a few years ago and when I ended up buying 5 lbs of early blueberries this week, I knew it was time to make it again. I use Bernardin’s No Sugar Needed
Read more
I finally got a free moment to post this recipe! We recently got a new pupper, everyone meet Molly May by the way, and dinners have been very quick affairs as everyone settles into a proper schedule. On one of
Read more
I don’t know why I wanted to make blueberry coffee cake, except for the fact that I wanted blueberries for dessert. It’s early blueberry season for and I have 2lbs of blueberries that are crying out to be eaten. Some
Read more
We have a few pots on our deck for herbs and pepper plants, and my oregano and sage are going a bit bananas. We had picked up a couple steaks from the butchers and I was trying to think of
Read more
Our friends recently gifted me with a couple of giant stalks of bay leaves. As there is no way for me to make enough dishes in a week to use up the leaves, I decided to dry them. As no
Read more
When we were in Hawaii (Big Island), we made a very lucky discovery of a small restaurant called the Rebel Kitchen. It was some of the best food on the Island, and we ate there a couple times. The first
Read more
White chili is a great way to use up chicken or turkey, along with a relatively quick cooking time. As with most chili’s, next day is always better. The thing I love most about white chili is being able to
Read more