Caprese Salad Caprese Salad is a beautiful arrangement of heirloom tomatoes fresh from our garden! This salad tastes like a little bit of heaven… fresh ingredients make all the difference! If you don’t grow a garden then be sure to look at your local farmer’s market for heirloom variety tomatoes or this salad is also …
Artisan Pizza is a delicious little pizza we put together the other night! My husband was experimenting with our Artisan Bread dough recipe the other day and came up with this fabulous homemade pizza! It was a hit with whole family… we’re already getting requests to make some more 🙂 (The Artisan …
Fruit and Mint Salad mint is the perfect way to dress up a fruit salad! It’s a simple but lovely fruit salad presentation that’s quick and easy to prepare!! The mint in this Fruit and Mint Salad adds just a touch of freshness that sets the whole thing off perfectly! …
A Cherry Trio Cherry-Berry Salad A couple of weeks ago I was able to do a guest post for Skip to My Lou.org !! I met Cindy at Snap 2012! She’s such a fabulous lady… I was totally excited to be a guest on her site!! I wanted to share these dee-licious Cherry recipes with …
Pineapple Bowl Fruit Salad is just about the cutest display bowl I’ve ever seen! This Pineapple Bowl Fruit Salad was served at my daughter, Madi’s, closing banquet for her dance company! I don’t even know whose mom made it but, one of Madi’s fellow dancer girls brought it and I just had to …
Cucumber Salad tastes like summer in a bowl to me! There’s nothing quite like the crisp crunch of cucumbers and onions fresh from the garden… Our garden is just beginning to produce something other than zucchini and yellow squash 🙂 Cucumber Salad… is a fabulous recipe for fresh garden produce or …
Summer Soiree Grilled Pear and Gorgonzola Salad The next course is Salad and it’s absolutely mouth watering! Grilled Pear and Gorgonzola Salad *I place bottles of balsamic vinegar and olive oil on the table and let each person dress their salad to their liking. This recipe can be made up to an hour …
Lemon Honey Salad Dressing is SO good you’ll want to lick the plate clean! (AND maybe the plate next to you!) Seriously, it’s really that amazing!! This Lemon Honey Salad Dressing is so versatile it goes perfectly with whatever kind of salad you’ve got the fixings for… vegetables with greens or fruit …
Picnic Perfect Potato Salad is not your “run-of-the-mill” potato salad! NOPE! It’s Waaayy better than that 🙂 Let’s just say it’s a skinnier and yummier version of a Potato Salad… AND who doesn’t LOVE that?!?!? It’s got flavor you won’t believe and still has all that creamy deliciousness! Today, I’m joining up with some fellow …
Strawberry Basil Salad isn’t it just lovely! I saw this recipe at our local health food store the other day, in their free magazine and it totally intrigued me! I wasn’t quiet sure how the basil and strawberry’s would taste together?? Well, I was pleasantly surprised!! Honestly, it was SO good 🙂 * …
Easy Peazy Chili is one of my “back-up” recipes… you know, the one that gets thrown together in 5 minutes and requires no more effort than opening a few cans, dumping said cans into a pot, and applying heat!! Gotta love it! I do this recipe by 2’s… you can easily cut it in half for …
Having trouble figuring out what to do with all that leftover Ham from Easter?? Leftover Ham and Bean Soup is just what your looking for… Leftover Ham and Bean Soup is a slow cooker recipe which is a plus in my book 🙂 It’s also not your “typical” ham and bean soup, it’s got a …
Our Chicken Taco Soup Recipe is a quick and easy dinner that tastes more amazing than it is simple to make! Crockpot Chicken Taco Soup with Cream Cheese is going to become one of your family’s favorite meals! What’s the magical flavors in this chicken taco soup with ranch dressing? I think it’s three things. …
Cobb Salad Sandwich looked like a fun and yummy way to use up some of my leftover Ham from last weeks post! I saw this Cobb Salad Sandwich idea while flipping through a Taste of Home magazine when I was waiting in the check out line at the grocery store! My husband really likes …
Today’s Irish Stew Recipe is a slow cooker meal that makes a quick and tasty meal on St. Patrick’s day! We love to celebrate St. Patties Day by wearing green, cooking Irish recipes, and wishing everyone Luck o’ Irish! My Irish roots & our Irish Stew Recipe! My grandfather was Irish, his last name is …
Mint Grapefruit Salad we’ve always had a thing for those little Ruby Red Grapefruits! They’re sweet but tangy and oh so good! I must tell you it nearly killed me to BUY mint!! I have the stuff growing out of control in the yard most of the year but when grapefruit is at it’s peak… …
Southwest Chicken Quinoa Salad is a refreshing winter time salad! If you haven’t discovered Quinoa (pronounced keen-wa) then you’ve just got to : ) Here’s some info on this delicious ancient grain: ~ Quinoa contains more high quality protein than any other grain. ~ Quinoa stands alone as a complete protein grain, it provides all …
Want to see ME in all my cooking action? I teach a free demonstration class at the Macey’s Little Theater in Pleasant Grove, Utah. I’ll be there at 7pm Tuesday the 21st of February!! THAT’S TODAY!! It’s a lot of fun… I’ll be teaching this BBQ Chicken Pita Pizza recipe and a couple of …
One of my FAVORITE food as a kid (besides cereal) was Mac and Cheese so when I ran across this Mac and Cheese Soup in the Food Network Magazine at the orthodontists office the other day, I totally had to giver a try!! My son just got braces so I’m going to have a lot …
Black Bean Hummus Wrap is a spin off of a super yummy dish I “DEVOURED” on our recent vacation to Mexico! (several times, actually… I really loved it!!) Arrrr-IBA!! Holy Cow… we had such a FUN, relaxing, warm, AdVeNtUrOuS trip!!! (I could have stayed at LEAST another 3-4 months!!) We met our friends Rob …
Apple Feta Tossed Salad is another fabulous recipe from Penzey’s Spice Co… the one I ran into in Boulder, CO : ) The fabulous-ness is all in the dressing! It’s super good… I always love apples and feta on salads but this dressing it’s just amazing!! *I adapted this recipe from Penzy’s Spice …
I was at the orthodontist the other day and while my son was getting his braces put on, I found this Turkey Bean Chili as I was reading the Good Housekeeping magazine! I don’t know about you but I ALWAYS read most magazines from the back to the front! I’d hate to miss out on …
I really enjoy Thai food so when my trainer friend, Nicole, told me about this Thai Pumpkin Soup I just had to get the recipe! I CAN NOT tell you how much I love that coconut milk, or coconut water, or coconut spread so I’m game to try anything with it in it!! …I made …
Gram’s Clam Chowder is about the most comforting food in the world to me, I love it … A LOT! It reminds me of home and of Gram and when I’m in need of a little comfort food, it’s what I’m in the kitchen a fixin’… Life is precious and I’m reminded time and …