Many 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 grocery [...]
Tasty Tuesday: All Things Pumpkin
18 Oct posted by
Tasty Tuesday: Pumpkin Pie Caramel Sauce
10 Oct posted by
I’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 have [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Oregano Tea
4 Oct posted by
This 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 the [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Homemade Applesauce
27 Sep posted by
This 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 ravening [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Homemade Crab Cakes
20 Sep posted by
My dear friend Catherine (who shared her Ratatouille recipe with me a few weeks ago) recently gave me the inside scoop on how to make fabulous homemade crab cakes. These delicious crab cakes are the Real Deal–more crab than crumbs and packed full of flavor. I never understood why restaurants could charge so much for [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Hearty Fall Breakfasts
13 Sep posted by
Whether you have a kindergartner who needs a good breakfast, an athlete who needs fuel, a homeschooled student who needs some solid protein to do her math, or a college student who heads out the door to a 14-hour day, most of our students need a good hearty breakfast once school starts back up in [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Miniature Souffles
6 Sep posted by
I’ve written before about our favorite Panera Bread knockoff, Breakfast Souffles, but this week I found another, EASY Breakfast Souffle recipe that I can’t resist. I had the privilege of spending a couple of days getting pampered by my Auntie Shirl this past week. Over the years, Auntie Shirl has shared some of the most [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Easy, oven-roasted Ratatouille
30 Aug posted by
Yes, I’m still going on about Ratatouille. I can’t tell you how many meals have been graced by delicious ratatouille…. Okay, I’ll admit that my family is getting a little tired of it, but that often happens when I discover some new culinary delight. I make it so often that everyone but me gets just [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Ratatouille!
16 Aug posted by
I have a confession to make. I’ve never liked eggplant. Ugh. Not even a little. Until I tasted this Ratatouille recipe from my dear friend, Catherine Evans. I’m a humble convert now. To my great surprise, I LOVE Ratatouille! I even think that, gulp, I actually like eggplant! Here’s Catherine’s recipe. Ratatouille 2 T. olive [...]
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