Gardening and cooking from my home to yours.
This is another new recipe and this one is a keeper. There is a bit of prep work, but it can be done in advance and so easy to put together once done. It’s light and a perfect dinner for a warm evening. I served this with Parmesan cous cous (from a box). (The photosContinue reading “Mediterranean Pork Chops”
I was tiring of my recent dinner routine, grill this…grill that. So, I took a look through recipes I had wanted to try and found this little gem. It’s easy, fast and delicious! Ingredients1 T olive oil4 boneless, center cut pork chopssalt and pepper to taste2 T butter8 ounces sliced mushrooms1 t garlic, minced1 1/2Continue reading “Mushroom Pork Chops”
Every year I make 12 different type of cookies (Twelve Days of Christmas) to share with neighbors and friends to celebrate the Christmas holiday. A few constants regarding my baking are as follows. I always use what my mother called “air bake pans”. The bottoms of cookies are less likely to burn when using these.Continue reading “2020 Christmas Cookies”
Not much is happening in my gardens these days so it’s time to start “putting them to bed” for the winter. A fellow Master Gardener friend shared one of her secrets to keeping her plantings happy – leaf mulch. Leaf much is preferable to hardwood mulch because it decomposes faster, thereby adding a slow releaseContinue reading “Fall leaf clean-up”
I have a few different recipes for lasagna, but this is the recipe I come back to time and time again. It is the one my mother made when I was growing up. Lasagna tends to freeze very well. I simply portion it out, wrap in or Saran Wrap then aluminum foil and place inContinue reading “Lasagna”
During these times when travel abroad is not an option due to health concerns, familiar senses can conjure up wonderful memories of holidays. French Onion Soup is a dish so classically French, that thoughts of dining at a quaint Paris bistrot come flooding back by its comforting aromas and taste. This recipe adds a bitContinue reading “Ribeye French Onion Soup and Green Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing”
I used to always make “Sloppy Joes” from the packet one buys in the grocery store aisle alongside the other mixes for sides and main courses. I came upon this recipe and with a little personalized tweaking, we find it scrumptious. It also freezes well, so go ahead and make a full batch and putContinue reading “Sloppy Joes”
My mother made this for dinner when I was growing up and it was always a hit. Also, it is super easy to make! The title states “Italian Sausage”, but my mother, nor I, ever use Italian Sausage for it. We use Beef Kielbasa. We tend to eat these open faced to save calories. ItalianContinue reading “Italian Sausage Sandwich”
On my home page, I promised to share the good and the bad on my site. Well…here’s the “bad”, but not too bad. With the coolness of Fall upon us, I wanted an apple dessert, but not a pie. Apple cake, I thought, would be just perfect. The cake I meant to make, had aContinue reading “Apple Cake”
Who doesn’t like a chocolate cake? It is one of our favorites. Over the years, I have found that cake recipes that call for vegetable/canola oil or sour cream tend to be more moist and last longer than those without either of those ingredients. This cake recipe tends to be a bit messy during preparationContinue reading “Three layer Chocolate Cake with White Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting”
Daisies to Desserts