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Oven Roasted Chicken With Apple Butter Barbecue Sauce

Oven Roasted Chicken With Apple Butter Barbecue Sauce

Oven Roasted Chicken with Apple Butter Barbecue Sauce is an easy chicken recipe that a friend recommended to me this summer. I have used Apple Butter in cakes and desserts but never in a BBQ sauce. I took her basic recipe and jazzed it up […]

Judie’s Almost Famous Tortellini Salad – A Party Favorite

Judie’s Almost Famous Tortellini Salad – A Party Favorite

Pasta salad is the perfect dish to bring to a potluck dinner or an outdoor BBQ. My mother in law’s recipe is always a hit. My mother-in-law Judie was a great cook. She was famous for making simple and delicious home-cooked meals like pot roast, […]

Healthy Recipe – Tilapia in Tin Foil on the BBQ Grill

Healthy Recipe – Tilapia in Tin Foil on the BBQ Grill

Fresh fish is one of the healthiest things you can eat. Try this fresh fish recipe for a healthy, tasty and fast alternative to your regular routine. You can put all of your own favorite vegetables and your favorite fish right into a foil pouch […]

Simple Spanish Shrimp Paella Recipe (and Video)

Simple Spanish Shrimp Paella Recipe (and Video)

Spanish Shrimp Paella is a simple dish that you can easily make at home for a dinner or a party. This is also a great recipe for a quick meal if you need to whip something up after work because you can make it in […]

John’s Pecan Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes

John’s Pecan Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes

This recipe for Pecan Blueberry Oatmeal pancakes has everything you love in a pancake but is packed with healthy nuts, fruit, fiber and oats. It started as my husband John’s attempt to create a healthier pancake that still tasted great.  He is a fitness nut […]

Vegan Lifestyle Choices, Fasting and Healthy Eating

Vegan Lifestyle Choices, Fasting and Healthy Eating

As most of my readers already know, I am not a vegetarian or a vegan.  I like meat.  My london broil or chicken cacciatore recipes make that pretty clear.  Having said that, I am aware of some of the benefits that vegans experience because of […]

Roasted Beet Salad with Arugula and Gorgonzola Cheese

Roasted Beet Salad with Arugula and Gorgonzola Cheese

Beet Salad is one of those things that people are usually afraid to make because they think it’s too hard to cook beets or because they have never made them and just don’t know how. I want you to know that if you can bake […]

Pomegranate Granita – Made With POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice

Pomegranate Granita – Made With POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice

POM Wonderful pomegranate juice is something that I always have in my refrigerator. I usually drink it with a splash of club soda or water. One day I had the idea to turn it into a refreshing dessert.  Since it’s a new year and the […]