Yes, It’s Italian. No, It’s NOT Pasta! With all of our carb-counting craziness and obsession with having waif-thin bodies, the humble potato has fallen out of favor. People feel somewhat guilty if they are caught out eating potatoes, collecting potato recipes or extolling the virtues of potatoes in public forums. Balderdash! Potatoes, like anything else [...]
Give Me An “H,” Give Me An “I,” Give Me An “S-S-Y!” If you have been reading and collecting recipes for as long as I have, after a while, you start to wonder: just how do some of these dishes get their outlandish names? Supposedly, this dip was once served at a tailgate party during [...]
Garlic, Lemon & Parmesan – Who Wouldn’t Love This? What do you get hungry for when the temperatures start climbing? Okay, I know, visions of luscious desserts probably popped into your head, didn’t they? Stop thinking like that! In the scorching heat, your body needs to maintain a good level of hydration or you can [...]
You Won’t Know There’s A Secret Ingredient Hiding In Here Until You Try It! I love bread, I love secrets and I love surprises! Alli’s clever bread recipe delivers all three. You have, no doubt, seen bread like this before. It looks like your typical pull-apart or monkey bread that is made by rolling dough [...]
You’ve Heard Of “Smashed Potatoes?” These Really ARE! When I first encountered Karina’s fun-sounding recipe, I couldn’t believe you actually would be smashing these potatoes. I thought it was just another instance of the play on words young children make when referring to “mashed potatoes” as “smashed potatoes.” I was wrong. You really do smash [...]
Pretty, Tasty Party Cups Has your muffin pan been getting much of a workout lately? Or has it been languishing in the dim recesses of one of your bottom cupboards, alone and forlorn, all but forgotten for its intended purpose of filling your life with the joy of muffins and cupcakes? Fear not little muffin [...]
Wonder Veggie Makes A Strong Comeback! Mary has really gone and done it now, with her recipe for irresistible potatoes, redolent of the good old days, when people ate bacon and potatoes with gusto and wild abandon. Remember those days? Back before you were expected to live a totally austere and healthy lifestyle, and are [...]
No Cheese In Sight, But That Doesn’t Make It Health Food! My, oh my! This has got to be one of the most sumptuous main dish casseroles you will ever taste. But you can also serve it as a snack! Isn’t that an interesting combination of roles for one dish? Nobody in their right mind [...]
Calling All Asparagus-Lovers To The Table! Either you like asparagus, or you don’t. That is the way it is with a lot of veggies, such as cooked carrots, beets and Brussels sprouts. But even if you are a die-hard “I’ll NEVER eat THAT!” kind of person, you need to know that your entire body changes [...]
Scrumptious Pasta Salad Everyone Will Love While discovering a new pasta salad may not be exactly a life-changing event, it could be just what you need to conquer the summer doldrums that hit you when you are tasked with bringing a dish to your next picnic, potluck or BBQ. This fresh new pasta salad that [...]