Ratatouille

Ratatouille

    Prep 30 min Ready 1 hr 30 min. Servings 4-6   I love France, and I love eating and making French food.  I find it fun and challenging to cook, and I enjoy trying different recipes in that style. This ratatouille was a 

 
Homemade Detroit-style Pepperoni Pizza

Homemade Detroit-style Pepperoni Pizza

    Prep 15 min Ready 2 hr 30 min. Servings 2-3   Today, February 9th is National Pizza Day. Oh Boy! Mark your calendars – another holiday. I love pizza and have been making homemade pizzas for years. I typically do a traditional style 

 
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

    Prep 15 min Ready 2 hr 30 min. Servings 3-4   It is soup season here in the midwest. I was battling a cold so I thought I’d make some good old-fashioned chicken noodle soup. I used free-range chicken and added fresh vegetables 

 
Creamy Garlic Shrimp

Creamy Garlic Shrimp

    Prep 15 min Ready 35 min. Servings 2-3   One of my favorite things to eat is shrimp. I don’t care how they are prepared. I love them. This creamy garlic shrimp was very easy to make and was delicious. The combination of 

 
Cream of Mushroom Soup

Cream of Mushroom Soup

      Now that it’s winter, I have been making many different kinds of soup. I love soup in the winter. This mushroom soup is one of my favorites and is simple to make. You can use just about any type of mushroom or 

 
Artisan No-knead Bread

Artisan No-knead Bread

    Prep 15 min Ready 13 hours. Servings 4-6   The weather here has been awful. If it’s winter, I prefer snow on the ground and cold temperatures rather than rain, gray skies, and mud. Yuck! However, on the positive side, it’s perfect weather 

 
Beef à la Mode

Beef à la Mode

    Prep 20 min Ready 6.5 hours. Servings 4-6   I have been making quite a few winter-style meals lately using our trusty old slow-cooker. I hate to say crock-pot because it sounds so dated and 70’s, but it is a great tool to 

 
Pretzel-crusted Pork Schnitzel

Pretzel-crusted Pork Schnitzel

    Prep 15 min Ready 35 min. Servings 2-4   I saw a picture of this pretzel-crusted schnitzel in a cooking magazine and thought I would try to make it. I could not remember which magazine in which I saw it, but I have 

 
Grapefruit Salad with Avocado and Cucumber

Grapefruit Salad with Avocado and Cucumber

    prep 10 min. ready 15 min. serves 2-3   It’s the day after Christmas, and here in Michigan it is over 60 degrees! I’m not complaining, but wow-crazy! I decided to make a grapefruit avocado salad with cucumbers. It was very good and 

 
White Chicken Chili

White Chicken Chili

    prep 15 min. ready 45 min. serves 4-6   I recently purchased a Griswold #9 cast iron Dutch oven at a local thrift store so I wanted to try it out after cleaning and seasoning it. It was quite a find, and it