This recipe was perfected by my dad over several years of dedication to pork roast! lol He was very serious about making roasts wonderful. You could say he was devoted to his work when it came to roasts. This makes 1 cup of basting sauce & should be brushed on the pork roast every half hour until the roast is done. He had the oven … [Read more...]
Quick Acorn Squash with Butter and Brown Sugar
This is a great side dish for holiday meals and takes very little time to make. The linked recipe is for making this in your oven, but you can make it much quicker in the microwave. Cut the squash in half, take out seeds, & put cut side down in a dish with about a half cup of water in it. Microwave about 10-15 minutes on high or until tender. … [Read more...]
Authentic Oktoberfest Dumplings
Oktoberfest is celebrated in Germany in September for some strange reason. This recipe turns slices of bread into dumplings. You might wonder why, but it seems to nake authentic German dumplings with the perfect spices. The reviews really praise this recipe as the real thing. For some true comfort food, add these dumplings as a side dish to … [Read more...]
Super Cheap Lemon Juice Substitute
This woman uses unsweetened lemonade drink mix when lemon juice is called for. She mixes it with water & then uses it as a substitute for lemon juice in all sorts of recipes. I think those drink mixes uses artificial coloring, but they probably have some vitamin C in them. You could also use packets of True Lemon (or True Lime) that you mix with … [Read more...]
Big Al’s KC Barbeque Sauce
This has a lot of ingredients, but most of them you probably already have. It's the combination that makes this sauce special.Give this Kansas City style bbq sauce a try--it's the top rated barbeque sauce on AllRecipes.Click title for link at AllRecipes. … [Read more...]
Quick, Healthy Asian Chicken Salad
Can you believe you can have this wonderful whole meal salad for only 172 calories? You even get 19 grams of protein with that. Some reviewers said they added mandarin orange segments and some chow mein noodles (for crunch), so that adds a few more calories. Still at great tasting meal that is low calorie and healthy. Plus it goes together … [Read more...]
Money Saving Substitutions when You Cook
I often substitute ingredients mainly because I don't want to run to the store to get just 1 or 2 items. These substitutions actually save money. And it's quicker than running to the store!There is quite a discussion following this article about whether it's ok to use "spoiled milk" or not. You can do as you like, but I'm on the side of not … [Read more...]