Have you ever walked around the produce section of your local store and located the display of recipe cards? The purpose of this is to make their customers purchase more, and it works well if customers pick them up and buy the ingredients used to complete the recipes. Well, last fall I was at Meijers and noticed [...]
This is so easy you can fix as a side dish with any dinner, it’s especially good with our “candy” onions. You can prep this and throw in the oven while you get the remainder of your meal ready. This is all you need: 2 small to medium yellow summer squash per person 1/2 small onion [...]
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This is a great tasting salad I like to make when raspberries are in season, but I do purchase raspberries out of season to make this when we have fresh spinach available. I use my homemade raspberry vinegar when available, but often use Marzetti’s Raspberry vinaigrette in place of making it fresh. This picture is [...]
This is an absolutely wonderful fresh tomato soup, however it’s kind of hard to make this soup fresh in the winter when the tomatoes and peppers are gone for the season. This is one of my Mom’s favorite soups and she asked me to post it for her and her friends. So here is a quick way [...]
This comforting stew makes a hearty meal when served with a salad and crusty bread. This is much like my Rustic Cabbage Soup; both are delicious and well worth trying. 2 cans white beans (rinsed & drained) 32 oz of vegetable broth or (low sodium chicken broth for you non-vegetarians) 1 bay leaf 1 generous [...]
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This is the classic “French Onion” soup we know and love. With it’s cheesy, toasty top it’s decadent and delicious on a cold winter’s night. It’s much simpler to make than you might think, yet will be a special treat by all who consume it. I used our wonderful “Candy” onions for this and what [...]
We seem to have an abundance of cabbage right now so I started thinking about how I could use some. I made cabbage casserole for Thanksgiving dinner with the family, made veggie soup with some then decided to try and come up with something a little different. Well, this is different alright but oh so delicious, Kenny said it [...]
My niece, Amanda, from Seattle sent me this recipe earlier this week, so since we have plenty of spaghetti squash I decided to try this recipe for myself. Delicious! I made as a vegetarian style side dish, but she often adds chicken which makes it a main course. INGREDIENTS: 1 spaghetti squash, halved lengthwise and seeded 2 tablespoons vegetable [...]
While on vacation at Lake Barkley a couple of weeks ago, my sister and I cooked the entire trip. This was one of the soups that we fixed, it was fairly easy to prepare and you could really taste the apples and onions. This is a really delicious creamy soup and diffidently worth trying for yourself on [...]
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We are blessed with tons of tomatoes and many, many peppers so what better way to make use of this bounty… SALSA I though I would share some of my favorite recipes for quick and simple salsa. If anyone need tomatoes give us a call… we have bushels for sale. We have both Roma tomatoes [...]
