A fresh fruit salad is welcome this time of year & all the citrus fruit in season makes this a winner.This is a beautiful salad of sliced citrus fruits (your choice) with pomegranate seeds sprinkled over all. There is a vanilla syup drizzled over it & it sounds wonderful. My idea is to use dried cranberries if you don't have a pomegranate … [Read more...]
Cranberry Toasted Almond Chicken
This would be a lovely dish for the holidays. Click title for link at SavorySweetLife. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Outstanding Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff
It just so happens that the very best beef stroganoff recipe at AllRecipes is made in the slow cooker. How great is that? It makes for easy entertaining. As I've mentioned before, I sometimes use some Boursin herbed cream cheese in my stroganoff, especially if I have any left after the holidays. If you do that, just use that much less of … [Read more...]
A Little Magic with Pork Roast: My Dad’s Basting Sauce
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...]
Great Prices on Sweet Potatoes Right Now
Sweet potatoes were 25 cents a pound at our local Walmart yesterday, 12/8/2010. They are plentiful this time of year & prices are good. Sweet potatoes are a Super Food with lots of vitamins and fiber. They are one of the few foods that usually have no pesticides used in growing them. They last pretty long stored in a cool dry place, so it's a … [Read more...]
Scalloped Potatoes
I love scalloped potatoes. They are the ultimate comfort food to me: tender potato slices in a rich creamy sauce. And they are wonderful with Christmas ham and so many other meats or fish. I love them for many holiday meals, but they are great for every day too.They can be made the day before & reheated easily if you like.Click title for link … [Read more...]
Potatoes au Gratin: Classy and Frugal Side Dish
These are easy to make the day before & then just reheat them. Don't freeze them, because potatoes get weird if they've been frozen. Rubbery. Not good.It's just easier to make these the day before your big meal than to make potatoes at the same time you are working on the rest of the meal. Click title for link at FrugalUpstate. These are very … [Read more...]