Recipes

One of my family's favorite recipes happens to be this easy-to-make Baked Ziti. To save time during the week, I will brown up my lean ground beef the night before and refrigerate it for the next day. I like to use a combination of Parmesan and Italian Cheese Blend when I make it...but I will also … [Read more...] about Easy Baked Ziti 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

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

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 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