Vegetable Pizza

I love Vegetable pizzas.  Mark turned up his nose at this, until he tried it. It’s easy to make, semi healthy (Vegetables are great, the crust and sauce, not so much). But it does taste good and makes a Great appetizer! Vegetable Pizza 2 Rolls of Crescent Rolls 1 8 oz. pkg. Cream Cheese, softened 1 Tbsp. [...]

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Cheater Chili

It’s rare that I open cans and make something. But, somethings and sometimes it works.  This is really good chili and I will definitely make this again. This is when you want dinner quick and it’s even better when it tastes this good! No need to feel guilty, get the can opener out and have [...]

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The Vegetarian Option Book Review

Recently I was sent “The Vegetarian Option by Simon Hopkinson to review and try some recipes out of. I must say that this is another book that absolutely delights me!  I am a Meat and potatoes gal, but try hard to incorporate lots of veggies into our diets.  This book has made that endeavor so [...]

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Daring Cooks May 2010 Challenge – Stacked Green Chile & Grilled Chicken Enchilada

Our hosts this month, Barbara of Barbara Bakes and Bunnee of Anna+Food have chosen a delicious Stacked Green Chile & Grilled Chicken Enchilada recipe in celebration of Cinco de Mayo! The recipe, featuring a homemade enchilada sauce was found on www.finecooking.com and written by Robb Walsh. When I seen this challenge, I was excited to [...]

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Pea Salad

My Grand kids, Father absolutely loves this salad!  He would eat the bowl all his self without sharing with anyone else.  It really is a good tasting salad and is very easy to make.  I made this recipe for him the other day thinking that nobody would eat that much of it and he would [...]

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Green Bean Salad

I came across this delightful recipe in a hospital  magazine.  It looked like it might be a great recipe.  The original recipe calls for Chinese Style Long Green Beans, but I didn’t have that on hand so I used regular green beans.  It turned out great and I got rave reviews by all of those [...]

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Spaghetti Sauce

My Grand Kids LOVE spaghetti and ask for it quite often. Generally, I think all kids usually like spaghetti.  This recipe is so easy and fast you can have dinner on the table in a pretty short time. It uses a jarred Spaghetti sauce, BUT it really is good. Spaghetti Sauce 1 1/2 – 2 [...]

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Chicken Chop Suey

Chicken Chop Suey 2 Large Chicken Breasts, cut in thin strips 1 large Onion, cut in half and slice in rings Green Pepper, Red Pepper and Orange Pepper,  Julienne 3 Ribs Celery, sliced diagonally Snow Peas, Julienne Broccoli Slaw Broccoli Tops, broken up 8 oz. Mushrooms, sliced Large Handful Fresh Green beans, sliced in half [...]

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Grilled Steak & Trio of Veggies

For an EXCELLENT marinated Steak, go here. I love grilling and I love a steak with the above veggies. Grilled Asparagus, Portabella Mushrooms and Grilled Onion Slices. Nothing else is needed! Grilled Portabella Mushrooms 1 Each Portabella Mushroom per steak, washed, cleaned and patted dry Olive Oil Salt & Pepper, to taste Wash mushrooms and [...]

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Tostada’s!

My Grand kids love taco’s, nacho’s and tostada’s.  I am pretty much guaranteed that they will eat these. I like buying the round tostada shells. They will even eat these plain. I used an adapted ground beef mixture from the pastry queen’s Beef  Gordita’s Recipe.  My husband (Mark) loved the beef from this recipe.  I [...]

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