Pineapple Rice with Green Soybeans by Salad Foodie

This colorful rice side or vegetarian entrée is a healthy and novel departure from same-old, same-old steamed rice! I liked it even more next day. Easily adapts to vegetarian.

Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Mini Cakes by Salad Foodie

Mini-cakes with oatmeal, buttermilk, bananas and mini-chocolate chips......what’s not to like here? These make special treats for brunch or afternoon snacks, If you prefer to use regular milk rather than buttermilk, use 2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon baking soda in place of that listed below. To make standard-size, line…

Basic Pickling Brine by JoyG

I think pickling is the easiest preservation method for saving your garden harvest. I learned a simple recipe for brine this weekend at a presentation on home canning.

Shabu Shabu salad by CHEF ASHRAF ABD ALEEM ELKHARBOTLY

Shabu Shabu salad

Chocolate Dreams by BearNakedBaker

Applesauce Raisin Cookies by BearNakedBaker

Ranch Beer Cheese Dip by myra byanka

Make a day ahead for best flavor and serve with bagel chips, melba toast, or pretzels.

Layered Pumpkin Pudding Pie (easily converts to a lighter version) by Salad Foodie

A change-of-pace pumpkin pie recipe for the holidays with the bonus - it can be made a day ahead of the feast. This recipe is easy to adapt to a reduced calorie version, which will be appreciated by those who want or need a lighter dessert. Here are…

Chocolate Butter Pecans by BearNakedBaker

CCB Salad by sunil k.nayar

with cucumber carrot and beetroots this is one healthy and easy to make salad

papaya with ice cream by sunil k.nayar

papaya flower with ice cream

Kale with Kalamata Olives by Salad Foodie

Kale is hearty and healthy, and often teams in winter soups with potatoes and beans. But in this recipe, based on Deborah Madison’s Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, it takes center stage. Quick to prepare it is a pleasant change from other green sides. Don’t let the volume of a one pound bunch of kale scare you off - it cooks down!

Buttermilk Pancakes with Whole Wheat & Orange by Salad Foodie

This recipe uses half all purpose and half whole grain flour - my choice for the whole grain is white whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour. A nice citrus flavor perks up Sunday morning pancakes. (I freeze leftovers for hungry mornings with little time except to toast and devour!)

S’mores Snowballs (a no-cook confection) by Salad Foodie

This is a variation of Graham Cracker Snowballs and one way to get your “s’mores fix” any time of the year! (See variation recipe below under “Useful links.” An easy confection ~ not a cookie, not a candy, but a cross somewhere between. No cooking, no baking. Easy to make though a litttle messy. Enlist the kids to help roll them and…

FRYING BACON THE BEST WAY by GARY ESTESS

I KNOW I PUT THIS ONE ON BEFORE BUT I DIDN'T EXPLAIN IT VERY WELL.SOME PEOPLE PUT THEM IN DRINKS SOME PUT CHO. OR KIDS LOVE IT THAT WAY.