Summer is full of ripe fruits and vegetables. Yellow bell peppers are as bright as the sun. Orange peppers are brilliant in color, and sweet red peppers are deep in color while bursting with flavor. An abundance of sweet bell peppers are combined with juicy ripe pineapple for a light satisfying [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Traditional Hummus
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
My version of hummus has a bit more texture than a traditional hummus. Making your own will allow you to puree your hummus till you get it just the way you like it. I don’t like creamy pureed foods, unless it is a pureed soup, and even then, I have to have some type of [...]
Sun-dried Tomato and Spinach Pasta
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
This is one of those busy weekday recipes that I again came up with on the fly. I had first decided we didn’t have a thing to make, but I so did not want to make a grocery run, I looked really hard in the pantry and fridge and came up with this. [...]
Best Ever Meatloaf
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
This is my turkey meatloaf, You can also do this recipe with beef, but since ground turkey is less expensive for me at my store, we are eating lots of ground turkey right now. This meatloaf is full of vegetables to add extra moisture to the lean turkey. It also makes it healthier. My husband [...]
Perfect Pancakes
Monday, August 24th, 2009
My sister-in-law told me that she tried to make pancakes for the first time a few days ago. She told me she tried, yet they ended up undercooked and mushy. Pancake mix is expensive, and I told her it is so easy and cheap to make your own batter. And best of all, its fast! [...]
Farmer's Frittata
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
This is a fast and easy breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner. Frittatas are easy, cheap, and delicious. You can make them with any leftovers you have on hand. This one has country sausage, green peppers, onions, pepper jack cheese, and fresh tomatoes. I love to make these on the weekends, or as a quick weekday [...]
Easy Spinach Manicotti
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
This is a super easy manicotti dish that is fast and simple. I sliced a piece out of the baking dish so that you could easily see the filling. The filling is a spinach, ricotta, and Italian cheese blend. The sauce is a delicious vegetable marinara sauce. This is a great hearty vegetarian dish. This dish [...]
Southern Fried Chicken
Sunday, August 16th, 2009
This is my recipe for fried chicken. My family loves fried chicken, and we have it quite often. Everyone has their favorite way of doing fried chicken. I like to use my southern spice blend in the egg, and in the flour for a more flavorful chicken. I also prefer to use bone-in chicken breasts. [...]
Southern Spice Blend
Sunday, August 16th, 2009
This is my recipe for my everything spice blend. It is very similar to Emeril’s essence. That is where I got the idea. I changed the recipe just a little to suit my own tastes. I use this spice always with my fried chicken, some other fried dishes, and roasts. I use it when I [...]
Chicken Marsala
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
This is a very simply chicken marsala with portobello mushrooms. When you make chicken marsala, make sure to spend a little more on the wine, it will make a world of difference. Do not buy the marsala cooking wine in the part of the grocery store where the generic cooking wines are located. Make sure [...]
Broccoli Salad
Friday, August 14th, 2009
This is the broccoli salad I made for my husband’s potluck this week. It is a roasted broccoli salad with bacon, American cheese, onions, peppers, and radishes for spice. It turned out really well, and was a great addition to a summer potluck to accompany other cold salads and fried chicken.
Zucchini Bread
Friday, August 14th, 2009
This is a delicious quick bread. It is so fast and easy. I remember the first time I had zucchini in a dessert, it was in brownies. I was working a t a dental office, and one of the patients brought in a batch of wonderful homemade brownies. Her brownies were delicious and nutritious, and [...]
Chicken Marengo
Monday, August 10th, 2009
This chicken recipe is very easy. It is a great recipe when you don’t have many ingredients on hand. The star of this recipe, the black olives are a pantry staple for most people, and the cherry tomatoes and white wine can be picked up for this dish on the way home from work or [...]
Stuffed Portobellos and Peppers
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
This recipes started out as stuffed peppers. Then I looked and realized I did not have as many peppers as I thought I did. And there in the bottom of the fridge, I spotted some gorgeous portobello mushroom caps that looked like they also needed to be stuffed. After they were done, we actually liked [...]
