Recipes, food, travel, and family
Old Fashioned Tuna Casserole Recipe: My Old Fashioned Tuna Casserole Recipe was created from my childhood memories. I grew up eating lots of tuna casserole, mom worked nights and dad didn’t know how to cook much back then. The childhood version I ate was from a box and had a big glove on the […]
Grilled Pineapple Trifle Recipe Pineapple season is finally here. Do you love Pineapple? Then you should try my Grilled Pineapple Trifle recipe. I love grilling pineapple. I think it enhances the flavor. I also love to make a trifle dessert because its simple and I don’t have to get fancy with decorating.Summer time and pineapple go […]
Taco Salad #Recipe Taco salad in our house is a go to meal when we are running late on making dinner. My taco salad recipe only takes a few minutes to make and its a filling tasty meal. Using Doritos tricks the kids into thinking they are just having junk instead of a salad. You […]
Italian Wedding Soup Recipe My daughter Margaret and really like Italian Wedding Soup. We will sometimes open a can of it for lunch. Well I decided that I would make it homemade. Its got to be better right? Well it was. Even my none soup eaters quickly gobbled this up! Italian Wedding Soup Recipe: Ingredients: […]
Italian Stuffed Caprese Chicken #Recipe My Italian stuffed chicken tastes as fabulous as it looks. Do you like the flavor of Caprese? (appetizer of tomato, basil, & mozzarella) I love the combination and that is what inspired this dish. Its actually a perfect dish to serve for Mothers Day! Its simple and easy which is what […]
Crockpot Cabbage Rolls #SundaySupper Somehow I always end up with extra cabbage whenever I am making something. This time I was making egg rolls and had almost an entire head leftover. My county grows a lot of cabbage and we tend to eat it often certain times of the year. We also have grown cabbage […]
Easy Coffee Frosting #SundaySupper I made this easy coffee frosting or (coffee icing if you prefer) to go on a mayonnaise cake (chocolate). It whips up quick and easy. The coffee flavor is perfect and its hardly sweet at all. I was eating the frosting all by itself and I normally scrap off the icing. Great […]
Fried Pudding and Oregon State Fair If you are one of my regular followers you probably already know that I am headed to the Oregon State Fair to do a cooking demonstration (August 2016). My cooking demo is still a secret 😉 but I will give a hint. Its a one pot family meal! There may […]
Italian Rice Balls I had never had these before making them. I heard of them mentioned by Robert De Niro in the movie “Last Vegas”. I wanted to try them. So I searched the internet for a recipe and didn’t find one that I really liked to well. So I went ahead and created my […]
Painless Eggplant Parmesan Eggplant is wonderful! I love when it’s in season at farmers market! I tend to make my own red meat sauce and when I do I have lots of extra. Painless Eggplant Parmesan is an easy way to use up some of that sauce and not have so much meat or […]
Apple Betty #Recipe Apple Betty is like a dutch apple pie without the crust. Its perfect for a crustless pie or those who cannot make a crust. My husband loved it warmed up for breakfast. My kids loved it for dessert with ice-cream on top. It is so fabulous either way. Don’t be fooled by […]
Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients: 1 package of cream cheese softened 1 stick of butter 4 cups powdered sugar 2 tablespoons or so of milk Directions: Using a mixer, Mix together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and mix until its crumbly. Slowly add small amounts of milk (teaspoonful at a time) […]
