Summer’s Best – Zucchini!
As you may know if you have read some of my blog, I have a vegetable garden. All the planting has been done for a few weeks now. We have been watering (and weeding) faithfully. Seeds have sprouted and with Spring well under way, I am now impatiently looking forward to [...]
Do your bananas ever look like this? Surprisingly, it happens in our house quite often. I have a hard time understanding it, though. My daughter likes them almost totally green. The little ones like them just barely yellow and I like them just before they turn brown. How is it that some of them get [...]
My family like most other families – loves pizza. For years now Friday night has been pizza night at our house. Pizza Night is one of our favorite family traditions. Sometimes we pizza for take-out, but lately more often than not, we make our own pizza. We love pizza. Any pizza will due. Tonight is [...]
Could anyone say it any better? Chocolate is a wonderful thing! Of course Betty Crocker would know. But, what do we know about chocolate?
Today, research has shown that chocolate has some health benefits. Over 300 naturally occurring chemicals are found in chocolate. In a study conducted by Andrew Waterhouse, chocolate was found to have potent [...]
I sure wouldn’t know it was National Pancake Day if I hadn’t watched the morning news. I “googled” National Pancake Day and sure enough, today is National Pancake Day! So, in honor of National Pancake Day, here is my favorite pancake recipe:
The Best Pancake Recipe (makes about 16 small pancakes)
Ingredients:
1/2 – 3/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons [...]
When it is cold and cloudy, and it is, I just turn into a great big old grumpy bear. The only thing I want to do is hibernate. Luckily, it’s the weekend and I have a little flexibility in my schedule, so I may try to sneak in a nap, but I can’t [...]
I love Fettuccini Alfredo, but I don’t love the calories in it. I came up with my own lighter version of this tasty sauce and I serve it with baked, boneless, skinless chicken breast and California mix vegetables for a much healthier, but still delicious Fettuccini Alfredo dinner.
I am making it tonight specifically for one [...]
I love meals when the whole family sits down together. Dinner in our house is always everyone at the table. We talk, eat, laugh and just have a great time being together. I really enjoy it when we have breakfast or brunch together. No one is tired or grumpy that early in the day and [...]
I have started my holiday baking. Mmmm, mmmm, do I love cookies? Yes, I do. We’ve been baking off and on for several days in between Christmas concert performances and Christmas parties with our family and friends. Here are a few more great Christmas cookies recipes with pictures.
CRANBERRY ALMOND BISCOTTI yield 24 cookies
Ingredients:
1-1/2 toasted almonds [...]
