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Budget Recipes – Rib Eye Steak and Asparagus

Not every meal has to be for the entire family to enjoy. Do you and your spouse have a “date night”? Sometimes, expensive restaurants are just not in your budget. Instead, you could make a tasty dinner at home, using foods that are on sale at the grocery store. Next “date night”, try the Budget Recipe for Rib Eye Steak with Vegetables. There are many couples who take the time to do a regularly scheduled “date night” together. While this is a nice idea, it can sometimes be too expensive to fit into your budget. Between the cost of hiring … Continue reading →

Not Your Mama’s Thanksgiving Recipes

Back in my previous life as a TV journalist, I had the opportunity to cook with local “celebrity” chefs when they appeared on our morning show. I actually did more eating than cooking, but I learned some culinary tricks just the same. The holidays always included a steady stream of cooking segments featuring proud pro chefs whipping up unique dishes. The following is a sample of some of the recipes I saved from those segments. They’re nothing like my mom served us on Turkey Day, but boy were they popular with our studio crew. THANKSGIVING GRAVY Ingredients: 1 can cream … Continue reading →

Easy Apple Recipes

Is your home overflowing with apples? Ours is. If you read about our recent adventures at the U-Pick apple orchard you understand why. Fall is prime apple picking season and even if you don’t venture out to a farm and pluck the ripe red fruit yourself, you should seriously consider infusing your diet with the healthy fruit. Not only do apples offer a host of essential vitamins and minerals, studies show eating fresh apples before a meal aids weight loss by filling you up and reducing the absorption of calories and excess cholesterol. With that in mind I’ve compiled a … Continue reading →

Fabulously Simple Fish Recipes

In my last blog I detailed the health benefits associated with a diet that included at least a couple of servings of fish per week. I realize that there are many people who rarely if ever opt to cook fish for their families. But, as I mentioned earlier, I grew up on an island surrounded by water. Consequently, it was not at all unusual for our family (along with most families in Hawaii) to eat fish for breakfast (mahi mahi and eggs), lunch (fish tacos) and dinner (poached or grilled fish fillets). Some call Hawaii the Napa Valley of the … Continue reading →

A Dip, A Pasta Sauce and Chicken: Recipes that Use Fresh Garlic

If you’re not sure what to do with a bulb of fresh garlic, make sure that you check out my first blog on garlic written earlier today. One thing that bears repeating is that the round littly knobby thingy of fresh garlic that you are picking up at the grocery store IS NOT A CLOVE. It is called a bulb or a knob. The smaller parts that make up the bulb are cloves. Bleu Cheese Dip with Garlic and Bacon You will need: 7 slices bacon 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced 1 package cream cheese (soften cream cheese before … Continue reading →

Using Fresh Garlic in Recipes

If you’ve been following the food blog, you’ll remember that a few weeks ago my daughter brought home chard. She gets so excited about bringing home her bounty that I simply have to use it. Well this week it was garlic, complete with the muddy dirt clumps still hanging from the roots. It can’t get much more fresh than that! I use garlic all the time in my cooking. The thing is that I get it from the store. I actually tend to buy fresh garlic in a jar. I know to some the idea of jarred garlic being fresh … Continue reading →

Shopping List and Tidbits for the Food Blog: April 7 through April 13

The food blog has been busy, busy, busy this week thanks to the excellent ideas and recipes contributed by our very own frugal blogger, Mary Ann Romans. Keep reading for fabulous ideas in the kitchen, new food trends, and of course, you can always print out your shopping list full of ingredients! Tidbits March was National Pasta Month. However, as you may well know, March was also the month of the blogger hiatus. So National Pasta Month got celebrated with a quiz last week and this week I have posted the Answers to the Noodle Quiz. Are you familiar with … Continue reading →

Freezer Cooking Crock Pot Recipes

One of my favorite tools in the kitchen has always been the crock pot. Preparing meals has never been easier with one of these little gadgets. If you’ve ever used one, you recognize the smell of a cooked meal the minute you walk through the door at the end of a long day. And dinner is ready to go! But did you know that you can also make some meals using your crock pot and then freeze them to eat later? Soups, sauces, and lots more can be made fast and served quick. I’ve included some great recipes that you … Continue reading →

Avocado in Tortilla Cups: A Diabetic Recipe

Here is another diabetic recipe for you and your loved ones with diabetes to enjoy this holiday season. If you are interested in adding more of recipes like this to your recipe box please visit. DiabeticRecipes.com. Avocado in Tortilla Cups 10 6-inch corn tortillas vegetable cooking spray 3 large ripe avocados 2 cups (456 g) plain nonfat yogurt, drained 1 large plum tomato, seeded and finely minced 2 tablespoons (20 g) minced shallots or red onion 2 large cloves garlic, minced 3 tablespoons (45 ml) fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons (30 ml) fresh lime juice 1 teaspoon (5 ml) chili … Continue reading →

Winter Warm Ups

After a string of days with above normal temps, winter has returned to the Upper Midwest. Our high today is supposed to be 6 degrees with windchills bottoming out at –25 degrees. In addition, a massive winter storm is affecting millions to the south and east of us, as heavy snow, ice and flooding rains make the season even more dreadful. In my opinion, there’s nothing positive about cold weather, save for the fact that it creates great soup making conditions. If you are trapped indoors because of the wicked weather, consider using the time to make huge pots of … Continue reading →