These recipes are the ones friends and family ask for time and
again. Now I can send everyone to the website. All recipes are family tested and approved.
If you like something you
see, feel free to print it out or cut/paste it into a word processing
document.
Dairy Free/Gluten Free Recipes - my yummiest recipes for DF/GF meals
My favorite Instant Pot Recipes - several people have asked for my list, so on to the website it goes!
Almond Anise Biscotti
- here's my secret recipe for teachers' gifts.
Almond Drops - I can get my husband to do ANYthing if I make him a batch of these. ;)
Baked Ziti - this is close to the Cook's Illustrated recipe, which is a family favorite.
(Maui) Banana Bread - my new standard NEW
Baked Goat Cheese Appetizer my new favorite appetizer to bring to parties. Never any leftovers, but I wish there were! NEW
Beer Bread - An ancient recipe... I used to make this in college /g/.
Bishop's Bread - my mom made this all the time as a coffee cake. Brings back such memories!!
Black Bean, Mango and Chicken Salad - great for a cool lunch or dinner or potluck.
Blueberry Crumble - just about the easiest, yummiest thing you can do with blueberries, fresh or frozen NEW
Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce - always a big hit wherever we take it.
Brine for a Turkey - I've done this for the last two Thanksgivings...the results are incomparable.
Caramel Apple Pie - this one won first prize at a Spring Valley Pie baking contest.
(Easy) Chicken Enchiladas - a great way to use leftover cooked chicken. NEW
Chinese Noodle Salad - great for last minute potluck ideas
Chocolate Brownie Cookies - my favorite ingredients: brownie mix and oatmeal combined
Chocolate Cake - this rich cake was baked by Stefan's sister Siri for our wedding's bachelor's cake. People still talk about it.
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies - another fast recipe that starts with a cake mix. I always keep Devil's Food cake mix in the pantry for these cookies; they make a great bake sale item.
Chocolate Macadamia
Biscotti - starts with a cake mix and goes great with cocoa
Homemade Chocolate Pudding
- once you try this
one.....(you know the drill)
Chocolate
Truffle Cookies -
next to our annual Biscotti tradition, these are our family's favorite cookies.
Cinnamon Ornaments - its a Christmas tradition around here to
spend an afternoon rolling these out, baking them and giving one to everyone at
Christmas. Makes a great gift tie-on.
Chicken Dijon - after
using this recipe to cater a meal for 250, I just HAD to scale it down for the
family. A new family favorite.
Chocolate Trifle - well actually, we call it
"Chocolate Goo" around here. It's also been called "Death
by Chocolate". Eat at your own risk.
Cold Brewed Coffee - I love
this because the coffee is never bitter since its not heated. We always
have it on hand.
Easy Key Lime Pie -
when our Persian Lime tree started producing, I began collecting great
recipes. This is one that never fails.
Enzo's Penne a la
Vodka - if you live in Central Florida, you
are familiar with Enzo's. The best Italian food around. This is their
recipe, and one of the ones I use when we have friends or family over for
dinner. Especially nice if you're cooking for a vegetarian, because no one
else misses the meat.
Favorite Granola - I've been making this one for years, super easy! NEW
Flan - too easy to be this good!
Fritatta - a basic formula for a fritatta that works every time. Lots of options to make it your own. NEW
Gingersnaps
- can't keep the cookie jar filled.
Greens and Garlic
- this is actually 2 recipes, but you'll use them together.
Guava Bars
- think 'fig newtons' but use
guava paste instead.
Homemade Chicken
Fingers - so easy and so tasty; forget the frozen stuff. A pizza
stone is especially useful for this recipe. In fact, keep one in your oven
all the time, they really work!
Hot Artichoke & Spinach Dip
- from our friends at Olive Garden, always a hit at church circle meetings.
Hot Pumpkin-Cheese in a Loaf -
a really different sort of dip for crackers and veggies. Always lots of
complements.
Ironing recipe: if you use an iron, this is a homemade version of "Best Press" that gives you a little starch and a nice smell too.
Laundry Soap - homemade with just a few ordinary ingredients. Ditch the chemicals and eye-watering perfumes of purchased laundry detergent.
Leak and Goat Cheese Quiche - a great vegetarian breakfast, lunch or dinner! NEW
Lemongrass Tea - a surprisingly light and
refreshing summertime drink. No caffeine, low sugar and lots of health
benefits!
Mandarin Orange Cake - a really nice cake for any occasion. No oil used! NEW
Meatloaf - I wasn't really a meatloaf fan till I made this for the first time. Now its in regular rotaion. NEW
Non- Recipes - great stuff, don't really
need to follow a recipe.. I'll keep adding as I think of things.
Overnight Spinach
Manicotti - the best part is... you don't have to cook the pasta first
Pastafrola - my new favorite
cake; from our Latin friends. It has a middle layer of guava paste.
Pasta e Fagioli
- just like the one from Olive Garden.
Pink Hummus - I
had a plethora of beets from the week's organic
produce delivery. This version of hummus has a very
"interesting" pink color, but if you get past that, boy is it a good
dip.
Pumpkin Bread - can be made with squash or sweet potatoes
Pumpkin Cake - easy because it starts with a cake mix
Refrigerator Gingerbread - mix it up once, and keep the
covered bowl of dough in the frig for up to a month. Or make it all at
once. I use a bit at a time, because I like it warm out of the oven.
Rum Balls - we made
these cookies again this Christmas and I had forgotten how yummy they were.
Sloppy Joes - this works at home for 4 or at church for 100 or more. The recipe is easy to scale. NEW
Southwest Pasta Salad
-a colorful cold pasta salad
with lots of veggies and protein.
Spinach Balls - these are best
right out of the oven. Don't bother traveling with them unless they are
cooked in the oven at the destination. Boy, are they tasty. I bake up a
few on my pizza stone with fish sticks or chicken fingers as one of our veggies.
Sweet Potato
Gnochi with Brown Butter & Sage - I dreamt about this divine dish the night
after I made it.
Sweet Potato Pie (Old Fashioned) - crust or no crust, this is a simple recipe made devine with a little lemon oil or zest NEW
Taco Casserole - tastes like tacos, but in a casserole kinda way. NEW
Tomato & Clam Linguini - easy
meal for 2 or 10. Always gets compliments.
Tropical Chicken Salad
- made this for lunch recently for my quilting group....lots of "yums".
Can't wait to make it again.
Zucchini Muffins -
originally from Jane Brody's Good Food Book, they are unbelievably moist and
flavorful. Could possibly be my favorite muffin of all times. Be
sure not to use more zucchini than the recipe calls for. My sister
mentioned the other day that this recipe continues to be her fave, hands down.
