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Halloween Bat Cupcakes

Halloween Bat Cupcakes

Want a great alternative to candy, candy, candy for your kids or grand kids at Halloween time?   These fun Bat Cupcakes are a great choice, and their little friends, clementine "pumpkins", are a healthy sidekick.  Pair these with some green milk and you have a great...

Cilantro Citrus Rice

Cilantro Citrus Rice

Cilantro Citrus Rice is the perfect accompaniment to your Mexican-inspired main dishes or even as the base for Hawaiian Haystacks!  Don't let my boring picture fool you.  The flavors are beautiful and subtle, which is good for people like me who don't love...

Book Bites: Peach Blueberry Slab Pie

Book Bites: Peach Blueberry Slab Pie

If you enjoy books that have food woven through a cool story, then you need to read The Recipe Box by Viola Shipman. Richard Paul Evans nailed what this book is about in the following comment: "Filled with cherished memories and treasured recipes, The Recipe Box is a...

Lemon Basil Shrimp & Pasta

Lemon Basil Shrimp & Pasta

I am a huge fan of one-pot meals and this shrimp & pasta dish did not disappoint. Not only was it delicious, but it also provides about 31 grams of protein.  How cool is that?  Now, it does have capers and that will add to your sodium intake so make...

Italian Roasted Potatoes

Italian Roasted Potatoes

You can't go wrong with a good potato recipe, and if you add Parmesan, garlic, Italian seasoning, and olive oil....well, then, you just have bliss, don't you?   Seriously, the combo of all these ingredients just makes your kitchen smell heavenly while it's...

Hawaiian Haystacks

Hawaiian Haystacks

Way back when our recipe blog first began, a recipe for Hawaiian Haystacks was posted by one of our original recipe authors, Kara.  It was one of our most viewed recipes so I figured it was time to post another version of it and, I must say, I'm pretty in love...

Greek Lemon Chicken Soup

Greek Lemon Chicken Soup

So many of us are looking for healthy DELICIOUS food options these days.  The latest thing I am checking out is the Mediterranean diet--actually I just would like to not call anything a diet, but a lifestyle.  Mediterranean sounds good to me. I looked up...

Puff Pastry Breadsticks

Puff Pastry Breadsticks

I love scratch bread recipes but let's face it....sometimes you need something quicker and easier like these delicious bread sticks made from pre-made puff pastry out of the freezer section.  Not only delicious, they are super easy and will have your guests...

October Favorite Things

October Favorite Things

Really Good Olive Oil One of my very favorite things to use in the kitchen is really good olive oil.  Only in the last few years have I realized what a difference it makes in cooking and preparing dishes (like my Italian Roasted Potatoes).  Whenever I go to the...