Chocolate Peanut Butter Bundt Cake

Let's start the week out with something extra delectable, shall we? A real diet breaker. A get your mind out of the Monday-gutter type of recipe. I love bund...

CakesDesserts & Sweets26 Comments

Banana Macadamia Nut Muffins

Although I believe this basic banana bread recipe cannot be improved upon, I was aching to do something a little new with my overripe fruit this time. Banana B...

Breads & Breakfast13 Comments

Enid’s Grilled Tandoori Chicken & Valuable Help Column Advice

This recipe comes from a yellowed newspaper clipping in my recipe binder that must be at least 10 years old. I don't make it that often, but when I do, I feel p...

Main Dish4 Comments

Roasted Kale with Olive Oil and Sea Salt

Kale is a x-men like, shape-shifting, healthy-as-popeye's-spinach vegetable. I have spoken a bit about my inability to cook greens well. There was of course my ...

Sides20 Comments

Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookies – Urban Legend?

Chocolate Chip Cookies are sort of like Thanksgiving Turkeys. Everyone wants to be famous for them and cooks often keep their secrets close to the chest. I was ...

CookiesDesserts & SweetsFood Gifts55 Comments

Chicken Sausage Hash

Have you ever read Rachael Ray Magazine. My grandmother gave me a subscription and I must admit, it usually ends up on the bottom of my tall stack of cooking ma...

Main Dish6 Comments

Basic French Toast

Finally! I have this one figured out. I am not much for following recipes exactly (except for with baked goods). In the case of french toast, I always saw my mo...

Breads & Breakfast19 Comments

Honey Mustard Chicken Salad with Mango and Red Onion

Well, if you made the Honey Mustard Chicken when I posted it, planned for leftovers at my urging and then wondered where my next promised, leftover recipe was.....

Salads4 Comments

Honey Mustard Chicken for Busy People

You will see a theme in my next few posts. They will all be recipes that can be made quickly and easily. Something about the crisp Fall air and the back-to-scho...

Main Dish7 Comments

Bougatsa – Heavenly Greek Custard Pie

You are looking at a photo of what just might be my all time favorite food. I hate to make extreme statements and my tastes often change. But, right now, if I h...

Desserts & SweetsGreek Favorites23 Comments

Chicken Souvlaki and Tzatziki

As I mentioned, I spent 10 days abroad at the beginning of this month. We visited relatives and friends in the Netherlands and then continued on to Corfu, Greec...

Greek FavoritesMain Dish15 Comments

Easy, Creamy, Lemon Dream Popsicles

Heading into the holiday weekend that often marks the end of summer, it seemed appropriate to milk the last days with a frozen treat. Before you know it, kids w...

Buttermilk LoveDesserts & SweetsKid-Friendly Food28 Comments