Vanilla Waffle Sauce - Gluten Free or Not

For my family, Waffles-with-Waffle-Sauce is the only way to eat waffles. We eat this sauce on pancakes, german pancakes, waffles and french ...

9 Savory Appetizer Recipes

While many of us are thinking about snacks and appetizers for this coming weekend, I am sharing some of my favorite appetizer recipes today....

Espresso Chocolate Chip Shortbread Bites

Flaky bites of shortbread that are barely crisp on the outside, then melt in your mouth with chocolate and just a hint of coffee flavor. ...

Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Leeks and Thyme

Creamy, slightly sweet, cauliflower and leek soup is a soup that tastes much richer than it actually is. This soup is creamy even before yo...

Apricot Brown Rice Pudding

I make hot rice cereal for my boys at least a couple of times a month. As much as they love oatmeal , they love rice cereal almost as much....

Kitchen Tip: How To Use Leeks

Until a few years ago, I wouldn't have been able to identify a leek at the store. Even now, as much as I like them, I still forget about...

Peanut Butter Apple Dip

Peanut butter and apples is a favorite snack around my house. My kids eat a plate of apples with a scoop of plain peanut butter almost every...

Herbed Snow Peas with Leeks

The snow peas at the Farmer's Market were irresistible this week. I love adding snow peas to my stir fry dinners and they can be a gre...

Garlic and Paprika Rubbed Steaks - Reverse Seared

Steaks marinated in plenty of garlic, a squeeze of lemon, smoked paprika and marjoram were a great match for Garlic and Paprika Roasted Caul...

Melt In Your Mouth Almond Butter Cookies

Almond flavored, buttery cookies that melt in your mouth are the perfect afternoon treat with a hot cup of coffee or tea. After I made Home...

Garlic and Thyme Potato Salad with Leeks

Despite the fact that it is mid-January, I was craving potato salad late last night. Luckily, I had roasted breakfast potatoes sitting in t...

Homemade Chai Tea

Fragrant, spicy, sweet chai is one of my favorite teas. I've been hearing about my brother-in-law's homemade chai for a couple of y...

Bacon, Green Chile and Mushroom Omelet

Fluffy omelets stuffed with salty bacon, tender mushrooms, roasted green chile and cheese are the best possible way to start the weekend. L...

Sweet and Sour Chili Chicken with Rice

While I was still coasting on my happy buzz after finally mastering the chili sauce of my dreams, I couldn't resist serving the sauce w...

Egg Drop Soup

Egg Drop Soup with a flavorful chicken broth base and light wisps of egg throughout is a perfectly light and simple soup. The first time I ...

Roasted Sweet Potato and Spice Cornbread

This past week, I had an overabundance of sweet potatoes in the kitchen. I typically buy them 5-10 pound s at a time. This time, not only ...

Sriracha Honey Roasted Broccoli

Crisp, hot broccoli with sriracha, honey, soy and sesame is a combination that you simply have to taste to believe. This was a recipe that ...

Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites with Sweet Chili Sauce

Tender bites of chicken wrapped in salty bacon was something I simply had to try. My husband and I went out a few weeks ago and enjoyed a gr...

Sweet Chili Dipping Sauce

I've searched and searched for the perfect sweet, sour and spicy dipping sauce. I've been buying three different bottled varieties a...

Kitchen Tip: How To Use Fresh Ginger

Spicy, sweet and fragrant ginger is a funny looking knobby root. I'll admit to ignoring fresh ginger in recipes in the past, because I ...

Mexican Spice Rubbed Pork Roast

One of the most frequently printed recipes on this site is the Herb Rubbed Pork Roast that I posted over a year ago. I love the cooking met...