Salsa Secret

I am amazed at what a difference a little bit of fresh cilantro & fresh onion makes when added to a container of store-bought salsa.  Finely chop some fresh cilantro and a sweet onion and stir them right in with your salsa.  For those of you who like fruit in your salsa, you could also try chopping up some fresh peaches [...]

Popcorn Paradise

Kids + summer = hungry all the time. Food prices are up, and so are the appetites of my kids and their friends. How do I cope? Popcorn. It’s quick, easy, and cheap. I’m not referring to the expensive microwave wannabe rubbish that leaves that weird filmy substance in your mouth [...]

Candied Nuts

You can make delicious candied nuts right in your own kitchen! quickly make any salad extra-special with a handful of homemade candied nuts. these are also really good over yogurt w/ some fresh fruit or sprinkled on your oatmeal for breakfast. a little cellophane bag of these tied off with a pretty ribbon makes a [...]

Cookie Log Blog

Next time you make a batch of your favorite cookies, and you have some extra dough that you don’t need to bake right away, try this:  rip off a sheet of waxed paper, about 12 x 12″. scoop out enough cookie dough onto the waxed paper to make approximately 1 sheet of cookies. (a rough [...]

Wedge Salad

 
We had the most refreshing, crisp, simple, delicious salad the other night at our friends’ house. Perhaps some of you have had this before, but it was new for me! Take a head of iceberg lettuce. Cut it in half.  Cut each half into quarters. Place it on your plate curved side down. You want [...]