recipes

I absolutely love fresh vegetables in the summer. This recipe takes two crisp vegetables and mixes them together with the zest of vinegar. This recipe tastes good and is good for you.

My husband would eat steak and baked potatoes for dinner every day if I would let him. I’m fairly certain he is not alone in his thinking. I’m pretty sure every man (including my sons) feels the same way.

I ran across this recipe on Pinterest and can’t wait to try it. The combinations for this summery crunchy cake recipe are endless. This recipe can easily be manipulated to fit pretty much any one’s taste.

My mom has never had a green thumb. However, the one thing she could always manage to grow is rhubarb. I grew up hating rhubarb. How could something that was supposed to be a fruit be so sour? And it has the texture of celery. It’s definitely not my dream fruit.

During the Summer the barbecue at my house gets used every day, sometimes more than once in a day. We cook almost everything on the barbecue when the weather is hot. This is mainly because we love the taste, but it also helps to keep the house cool too, not having to turn the oven on.

Now that Spring is here it’s time for get-togethers, back yard barbecues and picnics. It seems that there’s always something that needs to be thrown together to bring for everyone to enjoy.

My husband’s favorite cookies of all time are cowboy cookies. He loves them because they are the perfect mix of oatmeal, walnuts and chocolate chips all in one delicious cookie. This recipe takes the original and makes it even better by making it a little better for you.

All of my boys (my husband included) love pie. I can never just bake one pie. I have to make at least two pies every time I bake them. If I don’t, there are never any left overs and then I’m really in trouble.

I love Italian food. It’s my favorite type of food. This recipe is layered like lasagna but has a whole different taste. The Italian sausage and the peppers really gives it a nice bite.

When the weather gets cold, there is nothing I like better than a cold pasta salad. It just always seems to hit the spot. It’s great for moms because it can be taken to picnics and potlucks as a side dish or it can be used as dinner.

I made this cake twice last week. I got the idea from the back of the cake box. It had a recipe in which you baked two cakes and put the cake together as you normally would, except you would put the can of pie filling in the middle of the cake layers and only frost the top. I tried this and it tasted great, but most of the cherries slopped over the side of the cake and made a huge mess.

When I was growing up we took in a few Japanese exchange students. Every now and then they would cook for us. This is one of the dishes that they made for us. Well, it’s at least the Americanized version of the salad that they made for us.