My very favorite and best recipes around!
I’m always looking for easy and delicious slow cooker recipes. Often, easy recipes rely on heavy sauces for flavor, or come out dry and tasteless. But this recipe for slow cooker Italian beef uses spices and the crock pot slow cooking process to let the flavors of the beef really stand out. You can use this recipe in a variety of ways. Cut the roast diagonally across the…
Freezer meals are about the greatest thing ever invented! And it’s like you can’t believe YOU didn’t invent it! Freezer meal cooking just means that you put together a number of meals at one time. The best way to store freezer meals is in freezer Zip-lock bags. I would suggest not using regular Zip-lock bags as some have split on me because they couldn’t take the temperature swings.…
Salted Caramel Butter Bars If you’re looking to impress your mother-in-law, or that friend who thinks she makes the best desserts, OR if you’re just looking for an amazingly easy and delicious new recipe….here it is! The goodness comes from butter, sugar, powdered sugar, vanilla, and caramel mixed with cream. (Not Weight Watchers approved, but worth every calorie!) Weigh out your caramel. You can use either the caramel…
This pumpkin bread is not only fancy (are you wondering how those shapes are made?), but has an ingredient that makes it smooth and creamy (if bread can actually be creamy). I had a leftover banana that was looking a little lonely on the counter, so I decided to mash it up and add it to the original pumpkin bread recipe just to see if it changed up…
**maybe a slight exaggeration! But these scones are moist, flaky and definitely melt in your mouth! They’re a perfect treat for a Sunday brunch. They are easy to make ahead for the holiday season because you can freeze them, then take them from the freezer to the oven for a delicious treat. These scones are not super-sweet, but you can always add a sugar glaze if you want…
I set out to combine my favorite Thai flavors and butternut squash to make the most amazingly delicious butternut squash soup. …