Trying out recipes – Part 1 – Breakfast casserole

I’m so excited! My kids and grandkids are coming for a visit in a couple weeks to the cabin on the lake. I have limited means of cooking here, a grill, an electric skillet, and a microwave/convection oven, so it’s always a challenge to find a way to prepare a meal that is both appetizing […]

Garlic Makes It Good

Have you been to the Toronto Garlic Festival?  (If not you can mark your calendar for Sept. 25, 2011).  With over 9000 restaurants, it’s just natural for Toronto to host a garlic festival.  To quote Alice May Brock   “Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; […]

Bell Pepper Salad

We always have so many fresh bell peppers in our garden! I like to plant red, yellow, and green. I think each has a distinctive flavor, and the colors are so attractive when cooking with them. We were invited to a last minute barbeque a couple summers ago, and I did not have time to […]

Baked Spaghetti

I’m not a gourmet cook, just a Mom that needed to put food on the table each night that the family would eat. Everyone likes spaghetti, and this quick recipe for baked spaghetti is sure to become a family favorite for you. You can use your own homemade spaghetti sauce, or buy a jar and […]

Grandma’s Chicken and Noodles

One of my favorite meals that Grandma used to cook was Chicken & Noodles.  The Noodles were the best part of any meal! Here’s how she did it 2 eggs 4 tbsp. broth (either chicken or beef – whatever you’re gonna cook the noodles in!) Flour 2 tsp. salt Mix up the egg and the […]