Pin itI’m always on the lookout for quick, delicious recipes to add to my holiday lineup…even at this late date! This past weekend I spent time with three of my oldest, dearest friends, laughing, talking, and eating great food. Loretta treated us to her delicious Orange Pecan Rolls for breakfast and sent us all into [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Easy chocolate pumpkin pie
15 Nov posted by
Pin itToday I invited my son, Nate, who is currently living and working down in Haiti, to write up his latest cooking adventure. Nate has always been a resourceful kid who just sort of KNOWS his way around the kitchen. Greetings from the Caribbean! This is Barb’s son, Nate, writing from Haiti. I’m down here doing relief work [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Pumpkin Fudge
8 Nov posted by
Pin itI know, I know I OUGHT to be searching for fabulous, delicious recipes for our Thanksgiving Dinner, but I’ve been totally side-tracked by this amazing Pumpkin Fudge. The original recipe makes up a lovely white chocolate pumpkin fudge. Of course I couldn’t resist tweaking the recipe (the chocoholic in me gets me into trouble [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Pot Roast Potpie
25 Oct posted by
Pin itMy kids will tell you that I’m pretty hardcore about using leftovers…I grew up hearing about all those starving children in China, you know. The ethic of not wasting food runs really deep. The best part of not wasting food is the creativity I get to exercise in inventing new recipes. My latest yummy [...]
Healthy Cooking Oils and Fats
19 Oct posted by
Pin itMany of the polyunsaturated vegetable oils typically found on the shelves in the grocery store are already rancid in the bottle before you even take them home. But, you can not even tell because these oils are heavily refined and deodorized. These rancid cooking oils contain free radicals that are ready to attack once consumed. In many [...]
Tasty Tuesday: All Things Pumpkin
18 Oct posted by
Tasty Tuesday: Pumpkin Pie Caramel Sauce
10 Oct posted by
Pin itI’m always looking for new recipes and yesterday my friend Kris passed along a link to a tasty-looking one from King Arthur Flour for Apple Upside Down Cake. My plan for this column was originally to make the cake and recommend the link to you….and I DO recommend this recipe to you. But I [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Oregano Tea
4 Oct posted by
Pin itThis weekend I learned the coolest new trick! It’s finally soup weather and I spent the weekend making fabulous vegetable venison soup, infused with Oregano tea. This is an easy way to intensify the delicious flavors of the dried herbs flavoring soups, stews, and chilis. Making oregano tea couldn’t be easier. Not only does [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Homemade Applesauce
27 Sep posted by
Pin itThis week I’m making applesauce…a LOT of applesauce…AGAIN. This batch, and probably most of the batches I make in the next three or four weeks are NOT going to get canned. Oh, I’ve canned some too but right now, applesauce is my secret snacking weapon! I’m always looking for healthy snacks to appease the [...]
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