I have never made it a secret. I love Asian food. Stir fry, dumplings, rice – pretty much any kind that is not fish or seafood, I’ll try. I like making it at home rather than buying it. It tastes better, costs less, and you can make a small, inexpensive cut of meat stretch a long […]
We are big fans of cranberry orange walnut bread here – and while perusing Pinterest during a recent outpatient procedure recover, I came across this Cranberry Bread recipe that features pecans – another fave – and had to try it. This was a pretty simple quick bread, and tasty. I kind of missed the orange […]
I wanted something yummy and fun for Easter Dinner dessert and ran across this cake on Pinterest. Its pretty simple, but I had to do some finagling to convert it from European Measures to US. I’ve NEVER heard of making a cake with boiled oranges but this worked well. The icing sugar on top of […]
I love quick and easy weeknight meals that taste like you spent a ton of time on dinner. I have made this parmesan meatballs recipe two ways – one from scratch like the recipe below – and the other using frozen store-bought meatballs. Both are tasty – and there is NOTHING wrong with using good […]
Where I’m from in Northern Minnesota – the “Hot Dish” is a tried and true dinner or potluck staple. Called a “Casserole” in other parts of the country – where I’m from the covered glass dish you put the hot dish IN is called the “casserole.” There are probably 5 million recipes like this one […]
I found a baked chicken & orzo recipe on Pinterest and adapted it for my family. The recipe I found was HUGE, so i cut it down for 4. Its simple and 1 pan. Orzo is a great alternative to rice, cooks up nice and takes on flavor just like any pasta. The original recipe called […]