Category: Recipes

The other day my daughter asked me to make Chicken a la King.  I’ve never made it before and so went looking for some recipes.  One thing I noted no matter where I found the recipes; they either included peas, mushrooms and/or pimentos. 

If you’re in the mood for some popcorn with a bit of seasoning try sprinkling some parmesan on it.  Here’s an easy recipe that you can make in the microwave but tastes just like stove top popped.  Much tastier than store bought micro-wave popcorn.

I was so excited to be able to participate in the Black & Decker Ultimate Sandwich Campaign.  I thought I would pick my mom’s brain for ideas for tasty sandwich creations when we visited at Easter, but it was actually a ‘crisp bread’ snack that I had there that inspired my sandwich.  This small round snack was infused with raisins, almonds and rosemary.

A favorite summer time salad that has it’s roots in European cuisine serves up cucumbers and dill in a cream dressing.  I grew up on this, with both my Oma and my mom making it, and also my mother-in-law, and it’s one of my favorite dishes.  You can make it with a variety of ingredients, my mom makes hers with sour cream while my mother-in-law made hers with heavy cream, but the secret ingredient is really the dill!

In the words of my teenage taste tester: “Best shake I have ever tasted!”

I’m always excited when I get to try out new recipes as part of my blog campaigns.  I’m especially partial to tropical type foods, so when I saw the Old London Hawaiian themed recipes that came with my last Mom Central campaign I was eager to try them out.

If you love peanut butter cups, you’ll ♥ this brownie recipe. 

We have sandwiches quite frequently in our home.  They aren’t usually anything fancy, a hoagie bun topped with deli meat and some cheese – sometimes an unusual mustard makes the cut, but still it’s a simple meal we all enjoy.

When I make them, I flashback to my elementary school days when the Canadian children’s singer Fred Penner,

I’ve never had potato bread before and I found a recipe on Betty Crocker’s website when I was looking for recipes for the Loaded Mashed Potatoes that I received to review.  I wanted a cheesy/bacon-y flavored bread to go along with our dinner, but it didn’t really taste that way – but it was really good.  I think it might be because I added 2 TBSP of yeast to the machine instead of 2 TSP (DOH!!).  So I’m going to try it again sometime and see if less yeast makes the flavor stand out more.