Are you ready for simple food after you finish the holiday feasting? How about a pot of well seasoned black bean soup? That’s what I made this morning and it does smell good – onions, garlic, peppers, cumin all melding together with black beans, celery, bell pepper and a pinch of thyme. With a plop of sour cream and a squeeze of citrus, I’m talking … Continue reading Simple Black Bean Soup and a Panera Taste-a-Like
During the holidays around here, we focus a good amount of time on food gifts from the kitchen. Like the limoncello, nut brittle and quick bread recipes I’ve shared with you. So why today am I excited to give you a recipe, for, of all things, ham salad? Well, ham is ubiquitous on many a holiday table, including mine, and that means leftover ham. I’ve … Continue reading Ham Salad: Plain & Fancy
As promised, today I’m sharing friend and expert baker Betty Howell’s recipe for blueberry pumpkin bread once again. It’s perfect for this “all things pumpkin” holiday season. The bread is moist, sweet and an excellent keeper. Think gifts from the kitchen… Oh, and I just knew you’d like a trendy salted honey butter Parker house roll recipe. From Half Baked Harvest, you may just learn … Continue reading Blueberry Pumpkin Bread and Salted Honey Butter Parker House Rolls
My listeners and readers are the best! It shows in the recipes they share, like the corn pudding recipes here today. At our house, corn pudding is always a special treat. How about you? Is corn pudding on your holiday table? Let me know and if you have a favorite recipe to share, I sure hope you’ll be kind enough to send it to me. … Continue reading Corn Puddings for Thanksgiving
I’ve been hungry lately for a real substantial salad. Not the ones like we’ve been eating all summer with light textured greens, tomatoes, cucumbers and the like with a simple garlic lemon dressing. What made my tummy happy was a salad with crisp dark greens, apples or pears, toasted nuts, a few pumpkin seeds, bacon, cheese and dried fruit. How does that sound to you? … Continue reading Apple Cider Vinegar Salad Dressing for Fall Salads
As I’ve mentioned before, when it comes to chili powder blend for chilies, pulled pork, etc. I use Buena Vida brand. Why? We grew up in a large Lebanese family and Mom was a health food advocate way before the term was coined. Lebanese food was the star of Sunday family dinners, but during the week she cooked a lot of one pot meals, like … Continue reading Buena Vida Chili Powder
Matt Swaim on the Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart Radio and I chat each Thursday morning about Bible foods and herbs and how to use them today in every day meals. Well, a listener shared this recipe for pulled pork (remember the passage in Leviticus about “unclean” meat?) and it’s perfect for these chilly autumn evenings and for Halloween. Just put everything in the crockpot and … Continue reading Texas Pulled Pork for Halloween
Oh gosh, we are definitely into autumn here on my little patch of heaven, which means we’re still busy outdoors getting all the potted plants and gardens transitioned to winter’s chill. Oh gosh, we are definitely into autumn here on my little patch of heaven, which means we’re still busy outdoors getting all the potted plants and gardens transitioned to winter’s chill. That’s why today’s … Continue reading Mongolian Beef in Slow Cooker
It’s a favorite in the blogging world and I have to say crescent roll apple dumplings deserve the praise. I first tasted these when my former neighbor, Sandy, brought some over. Oh my gosh, they were so good. “The dough is crescent rolls”, she said. These dumplings are not low cal but you know what? As I told Matt Swaim today on the Sonrise Morning … Continue reading Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings
Well, I should go into the PR business. At least that’s what I feel like I’m doing for my friend, neighbor and professional baker, Betty Howell. Now Betty has not asked me to promote her baking business, but whenever I mention something yummy of hers, like this week in my newspaper column when I showed a photo of her chicken salad with a slice of … Continue reading Betty’s Blueberry Pumpkin Bread
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