After making potato salad, I had a huge bowl of skins. I figured it would be a shame to throw these away, and why not try baking them into chips? The worst that could happen is the chip skins don’t taste good and get tossed out.  To my surprise the chips turned out fantastic.  My […]

Ingredients: 1 t olive oil 2 leeks, thoroughly washed and chopped* 1 small onion, diced 2 celery stalks, chopped 8 red potatoes (about 3 lbs) cubed 6 c chicken stock 1 bay leaf 1 T parsley 1/2 c milk 2 T flour 5.3 oz greek yogurt salt and pepper to taste Parmesan cheese (optional) *Note: leeks […]

Ingredients: Cake: 1 box French vanilla cake mix 1 cup water 3 eggs 1/2 c oil Red and blue food coloring Buttercream Frosting: 1 lb box powdered sugar 1 stick butter- softened 1/4 c milk 1 t vanilla extract Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place cupcake wrappers into muffin tin. Combine cake mix, water, […]

I am looking forward to another weekend of barbecuing, but I am in the mood for something a little different, something with an Asian flare with hints of ginger, honey, and sesame.  Because barbecue chicken often takes a while on the grill and we will be at a bbq potluck, I decided to bake the chicken prior to […]

Ingredients: 1 t oil 2 skinless boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite sized pieces ½ red onion, sliced 1 head broccoli, chopped (about 3 cups) 1 T garlic 2 T soy sauce 2 T oyster flavored sauce ¼ c peanuts Siracha Heat oil in a large skillet.  Add chicken and cook until no longer pink.  […]

This is one of my go-to weekday meals.  It does take a little planning because the chicken can take up to two hours and the potatoes take about 45 minutes.  But the prep is super quick and the oven does most of the work.  I recently started splurging on the chicken and buying the organic, […]

Ingredients: Crust: 1 egg 3 T granulated sugar 1 pinch salt 1 ½ cups wheat flour ½ c butter, cut into 1/2 –in squares Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease 9-inch pie pan. In one small bowl, mix together egg and sugar.  In a food processor, combine salt and flour.  Pulse a few times […]

In an attempt to be healthy for the fourth of July, I prepared a veggie tray with dip along with watermelon and tajin.  I wanted a light a cool, zesty cucumber ranch dip ro go along with the veggies, so searched online for a recipe, and headed to the grocery store for the ingredients.  While […]

  Ingredients 1 package white beans 8 cups water 8 oz. Tomatoes 8 oz. Tomatillos 1 small onion chopped 1 jalapeño chopped 1 lb. ground turkey 6 c chicken stock 1 T garlic minced 1 t paprika 1 t sage 1 t ginger 1 t oregano 1 t Salt ½ t Black pepper ½ t […]

With a desire to use up extra tomatoes and cucumbers, I searched for ideas and came across several recipes for gazpacho. Since I have never had gazpacho, and the pictures looked good I thought I’d give it a try. To   further complicate the afternoon, I decided to add empanadas as a  side to complement the […]