Archive for Jill
Jill is a mother, wife, teacher, artist, creative genius, and writer. She works daily on her blog at SimpleDailyRecipes.com. When she is not home schooling her kids or writing for her blog, Jill likes to experiment in her kitchen to create new food delights.
Traditional Coleslaw
“Coleslaw” comes from the Dutch koolsla, from kool cabbage + sla salad. Defined as a simple salad made from sliced cabbage. But we KNOW it’s not THAT simple, don’t we?
Oh sure, slicing up the cabbage is easy. Creating the dressing is the hard part! Getting that balance of creamy, tangy sweetness to moisten all that [...]
This Week from Jarvis Farm
I just came from Jarvis Farm to pick up more delicious produce straight out off their farm. They have got it going on! Jarvis Farm is located in Como, Texas.
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If you live nearby, you MUST go and get it while the gettin’s good. There is nothing like fresh fruits and [...]
Road Trips and Sweet Treats
One the best parts of taking a road trip are the stops you make along the way.
Coming back from our restful and beautiful weekend down in Corsicana, Texas, we stopped off highway 19 heading North at a roadside Peach Orchard. The little town of Emory was just a little North of us.
Although the peaches [...]
14Jul2008 | Jill | 2 comments | Continued
Free Menu Planning e-Course
I just got word from menus4Moms about their free tool to help save you time and money in the kitchen!
menus4Moms, one of the most popular menu planning services online, has put together a free e-course called “Menu Planning for Busy Moms“.
“Menu Planning for Busy Moms” teaches you how to make a great menu plan that [...]
Homemade Pita Bread
I wanted to do something new and challenge myself while treating my dear friends and family to a home cooked Mediterranean meal. I’ve eaten my fair share of Mediterranean cuisine from restaurants and from authentic home cooks and loved it ALL! This was my first attempt to make it at home.
The entire [...]
Garlic Yogurt Sauce
This creamy goodness should be a staple in everyone’s frig, especially if they LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, garlic.
I found this recipe at A Mingling of Tastes underneath the Herb Marinated Lamb Kabobs recipe.
HERE’S ALL IT IS
1 cup of plain fat free yogurt
2 garlic clove, crushed
1 to 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
salt [...]
Herb Marinated Chicken Kabobs
I improvised this dish from the Herb Marinated Lamb Kabobs recipe from A Mingling of Tastes to get make these delicious chicken kabobs and the garlic yogurt sauce to go with them. Both recipes ROCKED!
HERE’S ALL IT TAKES
1 1/2 pounds chicken breasts, cut into large cubes
4 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon fresh [...]
Deluxe Black Bean Burgers
On nights when I don’t feel like cooking something from scratch, I get out one of my favorite freezer staples, Morningstar Spicy Black Bean Burgers. They taste the best heated up in the oven or on a grill pan. I’ll also heat up a can of Ranch Style Black Beans to serve [...]
8Jul2008 | Jill | 4 comments | Continued
Homecooked Purple Hull Peas
Fresh Purple Hull Peas are hard to come by around these parts. If you ever run across someone who grows them, I highly suggest that you get chummy with them.
Purple hull peas are very filling served on top of rice for a light lunch. They are usually eaten as a side veggie with [...]
Grilled Fruit Desserts Food Event at GCCF
The Great Cooks County Fair group and the Barbecue College group, over at Great Cooks Community, have just been challenged to create Grilled Fruit Desserts. The food event starts right now and the DEADLINE for recipe entries is JULY 22, 2008.
Are you familiar with the Great Cooks Community (GCC)? We’re just a friendly [...]
Fresh Peach Cobbler
I cannot get enough of the fresh goodness that grows on Jarvis Farm. A couple of days ago, I went back out and experienced the fun of pulling ripe peaches right off the tree. AGAIN, we had a BLAST! The kids totally grooved on the hunt for the biggest and best peaches [...]
4Jul2008 | Jill | 1 comment | Continued
Grilled Steak and Vegetables
I am having WAY TOO MUCH FUN grilling outside!
The grocer had steaks on sale the other day and I couldn’t resist picking one up. I really needed a reason to break open the bag of Mesquite chips and learn what they were going to do for me.
After starting up the grill and getting it [...]
