Tomatoes

1 Oct | 2011

Oven Roasted Salsa

This is a loose recipe. I encourage you to put your own spin on it, and make it as hot or as mild as you like it. Swap out the jalapenos for red peppers and trade the cilantro for basil and you have a perfect sauce for pasta. Fill a 9X13 glass pan with tomatoes [...]

Filed Under: Veggies Tagged With: Cilantro, Jalapenos, Mangos, Olive Oil, Onions, Pasta, Peaches, Red Pepper, Red Peppers, Salmon, Salsa, Tomatoes

2 Feb | 2011

15 Bean Soup

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I made this for dinner tonight, and it was the perfect meal for a cold and snowy Groundhogs Day. I adapted this recipe from the Joy of Cooking (my go-to cookbook). It makes a big batch, so you will have left overs for lunch for the next day or so. Heat in a large soup [...]

Filed Under: Soup Tagged With: Bean Soup, Cooking and Baking, Italian Sausage, Soup Pot, Tomatoes, Turkey Sausage

Tastey Tuna Salad

March is reading month; in case you didn’t know. Which means my son’s Kindergarten teacher asked me to come in and read to the class. I decided to bring in one of the books I used to read when I was working in an elementary school. Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Williams. Fun book, [...]

Potato Corn Chowder

On a cold and snowy day there is nothing better than a warm bowl of this delicious soup. Unlike most of my recipes, this one takes a little bit of work or I would make it a little more often. I decided to take the time to make it today for a few reasons. One, [...]

Cabbage & Kale Soup

Soups On! I think this may be my new favorite soup recipe. It is satisfying and hearty; perfect for winter days. And since I don’t seem to ever make anything that requires a lot of work, well this recipe too is very easy and quick to make. Here are the details 1 Large Onion chopped [...]

Lime Cream Cheese Frosting

Oh. My. Goodness. This is the most delightful frosting! Mike and I recently hosted a Teach a Friend to Brew Day at our house; the brewing part takes all day. Mike started at 10 AM and finished around 4PM. He made two beers, a Kolsch and an Orange Blossom Mead. And well having friends over [...]

Date Bars

I love this recipe. First, they are delicious. Second, you can make up a batch in a jiffy and they taste like you took all day. Third, did I mention how delicious they are. You can swap out the date filling for jam which makes them even speedier to make. Date Filling Chop and pit [...]