When it comes to backyard gardening, cucumbers are one of the easiest things to grow, at least for me. Every year I plant just a few plants and always end up with an over-abundance of fresh cucumbers which I happily enjoy! We like using fresh cucumbers to make cucumber salad, tuna salad boats, … [Read more...] about Home Canning – Bread and Butter Pickles Recipe
Food and Recipes
150 Best Waffle Maker Recipes by Marilyn Haugen & Jennifer Mackenzie
The Waffle House sells 145 waffles per minute - 877 million waffles and counting since they opened and almost 10% of North Americans eat waffles at least once a week. But the really hot trend in waffles is taking the experience beyond breakfast to create savory sandwich-style meals. * … [Read more...] about 150 Best Waffle Maker Recipes by Marilyn Haugen & Jennifer Mackenzie
Homemade M&M Tie-Dye Cookies Recipe
I'm fortunate that I get to see my grandchildren at least once every week. When they come over to my house I always try to send them home with some treats, usually a batch of homemade cookies. When it comes to cookies, they love chocolate chip or M&M cookies which are always at the top of their … [Read more...] about Homemade M&M Tie-Dye Cookies Recipe
Lemon Tahini Salad Dressing Recipe
During the spring and summer seasons we eat a lot of salads, thanks to my daughter's backyard gardening skills. Every year she plants a garden that offers up a bounty of lettuce, tomatoes, bell peppers, carrots, cucumbers, onions and other goodies. Salads are an easy way to introduce greens into … [Read more...] about Lemon Tahini Salad Dressing Recipe
Passion Fruit and Rum Cocktail Drink Recipe
How many of you enjoy the sweet taste of passion fruit? I do! For me, nothing says warm weather and the tropics more than a delicious passion fruit cocktail beverage! Now that we're well into spring and summer is just around the corner, it's time to start thinking about all of those yummy summer … [Read more...] about Passion Fruit and Rum Cocktail Drink Recipe
Homemade Spicy Barbecue Sauce Recipe
From late March through late October we use our barbecue grill at least twice a week. I will sometimes use it to make Shelly and I a quick lunch, but most of the time I use it when it comes to preparing our dinner. One of the things I enjoy preparing on the grill is chicken. It cooks up pretty fast … [Read more...] about Homemade Spicy Barbecue Sauce Recipe
Apple, Walnut and Stilton Cheese Salad Recipe
Apple, Walnut and Stilton Cheese Salad Recipe Excerpted from Fresh Tastes from a Well-Seasoned Kitchen. Recently, I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing a beautiful cookbook, Fresh Tastes from a Well-Seasoned Kitchen by Lee Clayton Roper. You can find my review here. Unfortunately, at … [Read more...] about Apple, Walnut and Stilton Cheese Salad Recipe
The Complete Trail Food Cookbook
Enjoy camping or just spending time outdoors? If so, you need The Complete Trail Food Cookbook by authors: Don Mercer, Jay Nutt, and Jennifer MacKenzie which contains over 300 recipes for campers, canoeists and backpackers. The cookbook is by one of my favorite publishers: Robert Rose and is a … [Read more...] about The Complete Trail Food Cookbook