I found a recipe for red rice salad this past spring and never got around to making it. I’m actually glad I waited until summer to make this so I could use fresh summer peaches. Sure you could use frozen, but it just won’t taste the same. Red Rice Salad 1 Persian cucumber, washed, sliced…
Easy Curry Chicken
This easy curry chicken is created for those of you that like me, don’t always remember to plan ahead. This is for you that just need to “throw something together” for dinner. No matter how hard we try there will always be nights when it feels like you just can’t get it together. This is…
Sour Cream Peach Ice Cream
When I was little my mom used to make sour cream peach ice cream with peaches we picked from our orchard. By orchard I do mean a real one. Not just one random peach tree in the back yard. But an orchard of multiple peach trees nestled in the middle of a 50 acre working…
Pan Fried Polenta
I have a favorite lunch – I don’t’ do it very often these days, but I adore pan fried polenta. My favorite way of serving it is to get the ready made tubes of polenta, slice it up and pan fry it. Sprinkle with a little kosher salt and serve with peach-mango salsa. Now I…
Dairy Free Italian Fried Dough
Fried Dough – do I have your attention? How about now? Dairy Free Italian Fried Dough. Yes, no? NO??? Just kidding? Stop it! Yummmmmmmm. After I’d tried this out a few times I made it for my mother. She said they tasted exactly how her Grandma used to make it. Total score for me. If…
Easy Orzo & Chicken Salad
Being a busy mom makes me want to hit the easy button – a lot. True confession, but really – a lot. So when I came up with this recipe for this easy orzo & chicken salad I just had to share. I know you want easy, kid approved, family friendly recipes just like I…
Favorite Kitchen Tool
Do you have a favorite kitchen tool? What is it? And why do you like it? My all time favorites – the ones I cannot live without, are blue painters tape & sharpie markers. Really? You’ve never heard me mention this before? I can see the gears turning. Blue painters tape & sharpie markers? In…
Pineapple-Coconut Muffins
When we had our café I purchased a book 1 Mix 100 Muffins – you know the series. They have 1 Mix books for everything – pizzas, muffins, cupcakes, etc. Well I decided to play around with one from that book and came up with these Pineapple-Coconut Muffins. These muffins are yummy and so easy…
Easy Homemade Slice & Bake Cookies
I got a wild hair the other day and decided to try my hand at homemade slice & bake cookies. Brilliant, right? Totally – and a HUGE mom win. Not to mention this is EASY! So, to do this, I took the basic Toll House Cookie recipe (on the back of the chip package) and…