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…

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…

This is a traditional Polish stew called Bigos or Hunter’s Stew.  There are so many variations of this pork dish. You can go to Hog Heaven and add smoked pork shoulder, pork butt, bacon and kielbasa.  Spareribs and sauerkraut are something I’ve never had outside of my own home.  This is the way my mother…

Thanksgiving is just around the corner!   I know it’s really not good to try a new recipe when your family is craving all the traditional dishes, but this relish is worth a try.  You can cut the recipe in half, which makes about 2 cups.    Spicy Cranberry Relish 3 to 4 jalapeno pepper,…

I have been finding some amazing recipes for the slow-cooker lately, and this is one of them!  All you have to do is chop your veggies, then layer the ingredients (raw) into the crockpot. Slow-Cooker Vegetarian Lasagna 1 large egg 1 15-ounce container ricotta cheese 3 or 4 small portobello mushrooms caps, gills removed, halved…

We are going through a hummus phase here.  Have to have it at every get-together.  The store brands are great!  This is a quick, simple dip you can whip up in about 10 minutes. Ingredients: 1 can (15 ounces) chickpeas (garbanzo beans) 1/2 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves 1 clove garlic, peeled 1 Tbsp.…

If it’s raining buckets outside or you ran out of propane or charcoal, this is a delicious Asian BBQ Chicken you can make in the oven.  You can whip up the sauce in minutes, while the chicken bakes.  It’s an easy #WeekdaySupper!  Served with steamed rice or salad for a Asian-inspired weeknight meal.  Each week…

Here is another traditional Polish comfort dish – we could really call it a deconstructed Pierogi!  All the flavors without all the fuss.  These make a great side dish along with some crispy grilled kielbasi – yum!  A Little Polish Humor I walked into the 7-Eleven the other day to get an iced coffee.  There…