Broccoli Dip by Chef Smith

Baked Chicken Wings by Chef Smith

Bacon Wrapped Pineapple Shrimp by Chef Smith

Great for a appitizer or a cocktail party.

Bacon Wrapped Jalapenos by Chef Smith

Great appitizer for a cocktail party or a barbque.

7 Layer Taco Dip by Chef Smith

Perfect for any party! The multiple servings is excellent for several people or prep the items and store separately to whip up a bigger protion for a lunch!

coconut cream cheese filling (icing) by Jane Summers

This is a great icing for a 13x9 inch cake , or a great filling for a 8-9 inch layer cake. double recipe if you want to fill and icing the layer cake.

Polly's Easy and Versatile Meatballs for Spaghetti, Albondigas Soup, Minestrone & Subs with Marinara by Miss Polly Motzko

This is the EASY and EFFICIENT way to make meatballs and the great thing about it is once you mix them up-with the aid of your large mixer like Kitchen aid, then you shape them and then they BAKE while you do other things. This made 2 large pans of…

Cherry Blueberry Pie with lattice pie crust by Manju Nair

This week at the Farmer's market I ended up buying a lot of cherries, I just love'em!! And we were going to a friends house too, so whats better than a Cherry pie!! As I had a lot of blueberries in my fridge too, I thought why not add some tartness from the blueberries in my cherry pie too...Also to make things a bit more easy, I…

Very Smooth Cheesecake by Evelyn Scott

Anyone Can Pickle! Cherries, Sweet, Spicy and Fast! by kathy gori

I've always been interested in pickles, preserving and canning. I guess it's my inner squirrel speaking. The little squeaky voice in my head in the middle of summer that says "save all those wonderful fresh fruits and vegetables you see now, its going to be a long cold winter". I love looking into my larder when the rain is…

Perfectly Roast Chicken Every Time by Jane Evans Bonacci

There are so many ways to cook chicken. I can cut it apart and make a stew. I can butterfly it and grill it. Or I can leave it whole and have leftovers to use tomorrow. Yep, that’s what I’ll do! The ease of roasting a chicken and the beauty of the golden brown crispy skin is calling to me today.

Split Pea Soup with Baby Purple Crusted Baked Potatoes by Kiki Thompson

Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted last. Things have been insanely busy around here. We had family in town for a month. I was also struggling to come up with recipes that were less fattening but still tasted good, so I needed that time as well to get my creative cooking skills into gear :) Anyway, last night I really wanted…

Grilled BBQ chicken tenders with grilled corn! by Manju Nair

I love grilled chicken and always eat grilled chicken sandwiches while eating out and I love bbq flavour , quite obvious!! :-) So I thought why not try it at home, and FYI , this is the very first time I am grilling and preparing a BBQ marination. My inspiration for the sauce is Ria, my friend and blogger of Ria's Collection. It…

Pasta Shells in white sauce with sausage, mushrooms and peas! by Manju Nair

I'm a big fan of Italian food and Pasta tops my list! I had this packet of shell pasta and wanted to make something really special. I have never tried making white sauce or bechamel sauce before and so I wanted to something new (as usual) and guess…

Bobo's Banana Crackers by Donna Mitchell Carroll

When Bobo the monkey comes home after a hard day of work entertaining children at the zoo, he wants to plop down on his palm leaf couch with a bowl full of his homemade banana crackers. This is his favorite of the baked banana chip recipes that he's tried. He knows you'll love it too!