This is an easy recipe for delicious pickled beets and onions.  I happen to love beets.  I grew up on them.  Polish and Slovak cuisine include many beet dishes (borscht – beet soup, pickled beets and Red Beets with Horseradish Relish )  These are great on a salad or as a side dish. This recipe isn’t processed…

The Holiday Season is upon us.  Time to get together with family and friends and celebrate!  Grab your glass  and enjoy!   Let us all count our blessings at this time of year and every day for the love of family and friends. Hot Spinach Parmesan Dip This is my version of that great dip…

I love creating new recipes using what I have left in the fridge.  This Stuffed Pizza Meatloaf has a few delicious surprises inside. A while back I was looking for recipes using Ritz crackers for an article I was doing.  A neighbor gave me a recipe for Elvis’ favorite meatloaf using Ritz crackers in place…

The idea of cooking a cake upside down, is an old technique that started centuries ago when cakes were cooked in cast iron skillets.  The idea of the pineapple came soon after 1911 when one of the James Dole’s engineers had invented a machine to cut his pineapple into nice rings.  Soon the convenient and…

For 25 years, Annie’s has been nourishing families with simple, down-to-earth foods that taste great and are easy to love! I have become part of Team Annie’s, a fun social community where fans get special access to the world of Annie’s and can share their love for Annie’s delicious products (did someone say Mac &…

I must confess that this is my favorite recipe for holiday cookies.  The original recipe…just changed slightly to satisfy my craving for salty/sweet.  With a crisp, buttery, cream cheese pastry and pecans coated in cinnamon caramel – touched with a hint of sea salt – these little pies are heaven sent.   Pastry: 1 cup…

Everyone enjoys a good pasta salad during the summer months when veggies are at their peak.  During the winter, tomatoes, especially, suffer from lack of taste, texture and flavor.  This is a delicious, warm pasta salad made with chickpea pasta!  If you love pasta (and who doesn’t) but are trying to watch your carbs or…

My two-week countdown to Thanksgiving helps you get organized, so that the day of the feast is easy and  relaxed. TWO WEEKS AHEAD Browse your recipe collection to work out a menu.  What are your favorites:  Where is there room for a little experimentation? Pick up some turkey wings in preparation for making and freezing…

This is an easy recipe for delicious pickled beets and onions.  I happen to love beets.  I grew up on them.  Polish and Slovak cuisine include many beet dishes (borscht – beet soup, pickled beets and Red Beets with Horseradish Relish )  These are great on a salad or as a side dish. This recipe isn’t processed…

You have probably been making Hot Chocolate without a recipe for your entire life – for many, hot chocolate can mean dumping a few scoops of a mix into a mug, adding a few glugs of milk, and heating the whole thing in the microwave. Hot Chocolate is like pancakes.  Both aren’t hard to make…

The Holiday Season is upon us.  Time to get together with family and friends and celebrate!  Grab your glass  and enjoy!   Let us all count our blessings at this time of year and every day for the love of family and friends. Hot Spinach Parmesan Dip This is my version of that great dip…

This week #SundaySupper is taking us “back in the day” with Retro Recipes that we all grew up with. Do you remember your Mom making you English Muffin Pizzas? We had them alot growing up and it’s a great memory of mine. It was fun for us to create our own little pizzas. Does anyone…

I love creating new recipes using what I have left in the fridge.  This Stuffed Pizza Meatloaf has a few delicious surprises inside. A while back I was looking for recipes using Ritz crackers for an article I was doing.  A neighbor gave me a recipe for Elvis’ favorite meatloaf using Ritz crackers in place…

Who would not bow down to butter, cream and cheese!  Alfredo di Lelio, after whom this dish was named was a restauranteur in Rome in the early 1900’s.  Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, on honeymoon in Rome, dined on this dish every night at Alfredo’s restaurant.   Once you try this recipe, you will never…