This is a good weeknight meal that I like to make when time is short, and children are cranky. My neighbor kindly brought over a big bag of squash from her garden. Ingredients: 1/4 cup Cooking oil Tsp butter Chicken breasts 1 each seasonal vegetables – summer squash, zucchini 2 Carrots Box of spiced rice [...]
I’m not a huge fan of turkey. I appreciate the skill of a good cook, who can make one just right. But I don’t love the turkey taste. I like it well enough at Thanksgiving. But I’ve never understood people who will buy the biggest bird they can find and eat the leftovers for days [...]
This a very easy recipe. And it doesn’t crumble, or need frosting. How to make sour cream pudding cake: Get a box of cake mix and a box of pudding mix, any flavor. Sift together. Follow the instructions for the cake. Fold in one cup of sour cream. The batter will be thick and glue-like. [...]
Grandma was a practical person. So I felt good cooking dinner, while trying to use up as many ingredients as possible from what she left behind. I know she would approve. Waste was so distasteful to her. I can hear her in my head all the time, saying what she would have said. Today, it [...]
This is my very favorite potato salad. Modified from a lovely Land O Lakes recipe. I’ve been adjusting it for some time. Posted here by popular request. Preparation time: 25 min Cooking time: 15 min Chilling time: 1 hour minimum – overnight is betterYield: 8 servings Salad Ingredients: 2 pounds (about 12) small new red [...]

