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Posts from the ‘Recipes’ Category

Recipes For Thanksgiving Leftovers

I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving!  Now, I bet some of you are eyeing the leftovers and wondering what to do. This is the most difficult of the holidays in that respect. Read more

Cutting Holiday Food Costs Early

Each year the fall seems to speed faster into the holidays, and this one sets a record. I was looking at my supermarket flyers this week and realized it was time to start filing my Christmas grocery list. Read more

T.V. RECIPE BYTES CAN BITE

I never watched much day-time T.V. until I had a house guest who was addicted to it, particularly the talk shows. By the time she left, I had a deep respect for several of the programs and the professionalism of their staffs which allowed them to turn on a dime as news unfolded.   Read more

Maple Syrup is Both Healthy and Versatile – Maple Syrup Recipes

I send Christmas gifts to people who live at a distance, and though I like the personal touch of wrapping presents myself, I trust the guys in the catalogue business more to ship things guaranteed to arrive in one piece. Read more

Chicken Cooking Safety Tips Plus Tasty Simple Chicken Recipes

There were the recent publicized discussions about rinsing chicken, and then came a salmonella outbreak traced to a poultry processor in California.  As a result, there’s a lot of fear about buying, cooking, even eating chicken. Rumors are flying and I’d like to help clear the air, and add a couple of really good chicken recipes, guaranteed for safety, to get you all back in the groove. Read more

Quick Bruschetta Tips and Recipes

I was in a check-out line yesterday, when the man behind me ruefully surveyed his purchases and remarked that he was going to try to make bruschetta. Read more

Cleaning Chicken And Sanitary Egg Practices – Safe Eggnog Recipe

I couldn’t believe my ears the other day, when a celebrity chef, guesting on a talk show, recommended using raw egg whites in a recipe. This is in the midst of the “rinse or not to rinse” chicken debate, and that chef, I seem to recall, was on the nay side.   Read more

History of Hot Dogs and Some Good Hot Dog Recipes

The past two weeks, I’ve been talking about easy dinner solutions, yet haven’t mentioned the easiest and perhaps most economical food of all—the hot dog! Hot dogs have been a bone of contention for years. Are they just fun food, or a valid entrée ingredient? Read more