Recipes

    prep 20 min. ready 1 hr. serves 4   This is the third time in two weeks that I have made a Shepherd’s Pie. It’s perfect for a cold weather lunch or dinner. It is very easy to make and tastes great. It’s …

    prep 20 min. ready 1.5  hrs. serves 4   My daughter and her boyfriend came home from college last Friday evening. I decided to make them a shepherds’ pie for dinner which is one of my daughter’s favorite meals. It’s perfect for a …

      prep 20 min. ready 1 hr. serves 8   Today is Valentine’s Day, and it is my wife’s birthday. I made her heart-shaped cookies for Valentine’s Day, but I wanted to make her a special birthday cake, too. I found this recipe …

      prep 20 min. ready 40 min. serves 6   Valentine’s Day is also my wife’s birthday! I love her! So I get the double whammy. I made her heart-shaped valentine sugar cookies which I will put in a decorative Valentine’s Day box and …

    prep 10 min. ready 40 min. serves 2   We have been experiencing an ice storm, and the trees look like glass chandeliers. Occasionally you can hear branches crashing down. So, it seems like the perfect time to make a kale salad with roasted …

    prep 15 min. ready 3 hrs.  serves 8   It has been below zero now for a couple of days and it is just plain freezing. Perfect day to make a pot of hot soup. This simple soup will make a nice dinner …

    prep 15 min. ready 1 hr. serves 8     This is one of my niece, Brooke’s, favorite desserts! We made it especially for her the last time she visited from college. We also made it the day after Thanksgiving, knowing she would …

  prep 10 min. ready 15 min. serves 3   It is one of the coldest days of the year so far, and we had a craving for something besides soup for lunch. I decided to try a Thai cucumber salad which is super easy …

    prep 15 min. ready 1 hr 15 min. serves 10   I used to work in a very popular restaurant in a northern Michigan tourist town during my summers in college. One of the customer favorites at the restaurant was the banana bread. …