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Posts from the ‘Recipes’ Category

Cool Vegetable Recipes for Summer Meals

In the past two weeks we’ve discussed alternative types of burgers for summer outdoor eating, and some really great desserts that are seasonal, but won’t be affected by the heat. Read more

Berry Dessert Recipes – It’s Cool to be Hot!

Late spring into early summer is the best time for berries and though they’re wonderful out-of-hand or fresh with a bit of cream, they shine in recipes that really feature them. Read more

The Other Burgers – Summer Burger Recipes Without Beef

Memorial Day has come and gone and outdoor grilling season is officially open setting a summer mood. However, it’s amazing how quickly Americans have embraced a wide range of food options to grill once they were offered a seemingly endless variety of grills to cook on, as has happened in the past few decades. Read more

Chicken Prices on the Rise – And Easy Chicken Breast Recipes

Last posting was about the beef industry. This one takes a look at the poultry one, specifically chicken. The crop failure due to the drought a few years ago, with the resulting scarcity and high cost of feed effected poultry much as it had cattle, causing a culling of the flocks and spiking the prices of meat and eggs. Read more

BEEF PRICES ON THE RISE – Plus Stew and Beef Recipes

I hate to be able to say “I told ya so!”when it’s a negative thing, but, hey, “I told ya …”often in the past few years that beef prices were going to go up. A week ago the government made it official. Read more

Dive Into Spring –Easy Vegetable Recipes

Spring vegetables are unique, even the vocabulary used to talk about them is different. The rest of the year we describe vegetables as “ripe, heavy for their weight, mature, and fully grown” but in springtime we use words like” fresh, young, tender, and sprouting.” In fact, in other seasons, when gathering them we say “harvest”, but in spring we say “pick” or pluck”. Read more

No Stress Mothers Day Recipes

Is the title of a book I published on Kindle last week. As a mother myself, I’m a veteran of years of vigilance concerning children and kitchens. Read more

My Thoughts and Delicious Canned Tuna Recipes

I’m old enough to remember when most schools in the U. S. regardless of their affiliation, served fish on Fridays in deference to any Catholics in the student body or on the faculty. Read more