Grilled Tropical Salsa
Sweet and Spicy plays it up in this salsa. So simple to throw together an 8 year old kid can do it. In fact, a cool 8 year old DID MAKE THIS. This is the second recipe I wanted to highlight from the Hopkins County 4-H Food Show. In case you missed my last post about the show, read the Peanut Butter Cocoa Balls recipe. Grilled Tropical Salsa would be perfect with tortilla chips, inside a quesodilla,... More...
By Jill | 3 comments | Full Recipe...Angel Hair with Zucchini and Tomatoes
Photo by Gina Homolka Zucchini and tomatoes tossed in olive oil and garlic over angel hair pasta with freshly grated cheese like Parmigiano Reggiano. This is wonderful & quick weeknight meal that's simple and healthy. HERE'S ALL YOU NEED Servings: 4 servings • Cook Time: 10 minutes 2 medium zucchinis, julienned 4 cloves garlic, chopped 2 shallots, diced 3 tomatoes, diced 4 tsp olive oil salt... More...
By ginahomolka | 8 comments | Full Recipe...White Bean Burritos
White Bean Burritos are super easy to whip up. Cooked Great Northern beans or Navy beans are quickly mashed, seasoned with cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper, then heated up like refried beans. I could totally see this as a healthy snack dip or eaten as a filling for tacos, chalupas and, yes, burritos. For folks accustomed to eating Pinto beans or red beans in your Tex-Mex treats, you may think... More...
By Jill | 6 comments | Full Recipe...Super Simple Pie Crust Cookies
Entertaining is easy with Menus4Mom's Entertaining Resource Pack! It's a great resource that contains 6 complete entertaining menus with shopping lists, as well as tips for table setting, timing of recipes, how to choose a wine, hosting tips and more. Snack poor and desperate, with a house full of hungry kids from the hood, I made use of that last, lonely roll of store bought pie crust sitting in... More...
By Jill | 10 comments | Full Recipe...Hominy Among Friends
NOBODY, and I mean, NOBODY! has made hominy taste this AWESOME! Hot or cold, this arrangement of hominy, green chilies, cilantro and tomatoes with chipotle peppers is very hard to stop eating. I read through so MANY hominy recipes that all seemed to be lacking in color and bright flavors. So, I went off on my own and put what I wanted to taste around the hominy AND I won my husband over to hominy! ... More...
By Jill | 13 comments | Full Recipe...Creamy Chickpea Soup with Rosemary
Photo by Frantic Homecook Francie presents a recipe for a creamy, delicious, spicy, bright soup that will warm you head to toe, fill you with lots of energy (chickpeas are a great source of protein, dontcha know!) and best of all, all this fabulousness will cost only a couple bucks to boot! HERE'S ALL IT TAKES 1 tablespoon of olive oil 5 garlic cloves finely chopped 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary... More...
By frantichomecook | 1 comment | Full Recipe...Simple Turkey Picadillo
Photo by Gina Homolka A delicious, lighter version of the traditional dish, typically made with ground beef. Picadillo is a latin dish usually served with rice and plantains or used as a filling for empanadas or tacos. HERE'S HOW EASY IT IS Servings: 6 servings • Cook Time: 35 minutes 1 1/2 lb lean ground turkey 4 oz (1/2 can) tomato sauce kosher salt fresh ground pepper 1 tsp ground cumin 2 bay... More...
By ginahomolka | 2 comments | Full Recipe...Simple and Sweet Beer Bread
Sweet Beer Bread is AWESOME!!! It's SUPER EASY to make & bake and takes very little time to get it on the table. This a dense bread that is wonderful with brothy soups or toasted with jam on top... *remembering that wonderful breakfast.* Oh and if you have two loaf pans, go ahead and double this recipe. This bread won't last more than two days. It's very hard not to slice off a piece every... More...
By Jill | 10 comments | Full Recipe...Simple and Creamy Fettuccine with Ham
This is another EXTREMELY simple pasta meal that everyone can enjoy. The cream sauce comes together so quickly, you'll find yourself watching the pasta cook. The cream sauce is mild with a cooked onion flavor, my kids ATE IT UP! The original recipe comes from my favorite Italian cookbook called, Italian. However, it called for a lot of butter and cooking fat from the ham, then it called for heavy... More...
By Jill | 4 comments | Full Recipe...Baked Spinach and Rice
This delicious recipe works as a side dish or as a main meal. The creamy spinach and rice tastes so good with the crumbly cracker crust. It's really hard to stop eating, even after you're full. HERE'S HOW TO PUT IT TOGETHER 1/2 cup parboiled rice 1 1/3 cup chicken broth 1 garlic clove, minced Place rice, broth and garlic in small pan, bring to a boil. REDUCE HEAT to low and simmer for 20 minutes,... More...
By Jill | 7 comments | Full Recipe...Simple Black Bean Soup
This has got to be the SIMPLEST black bean soup in the world! The secret to this soup is buying the right canned tomatoes to season the beans. Around here, Charlie and I are addicted to Food Club's Diced Tomatoes with Chipotle Peppers. If you live around a Brookshire Brothers, you can pick up a can for 59 cents. Let me tell ya, this particular flavor of canned tomatoes makes the best salsa you'll... More...
By Jill | 2 comments | Full Recipe...Cream of Zucchini Soup
DO NOT PASS UP THIS SOUP RECIPE! If you enjoy the flavors of zucchini and broccoli, then you must make this soup for yourself. Even if you're the only one in your family that will it eat, make it anyway. I've been looking at this recipe for quite some time now. Always ending with the thought, "I'm the only one who'd eat this one." So the other day, I had two large zucchini and a few sprigs... More...
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