Turkey!
Pumpkin Cheese Ball
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Easy Stuffing
Traditional Pumpkin Pie
Thanksgiving is in less than a week! Don’t even get me started about how fast this year has flown by.
First up — the main event.
For the actual turkey, I’m a big fan of the Good Eats Roast Turkey. I usually skip the aromatics, but the brine is [...]
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Acorn Squash Rings
Oven-Fried Onion Rings
When it comes to livening up side dishes, sometimes presentation matters most. By serving round vegetables sliced into rings instead of chopped, mashed, or fried, you can serve something that appeals to the eye as well as the taste buds.
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For a Thanksgiving crowd, use as many [...]
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Easy Applesauce
Pork Chops with Onions and Apples
Apple Crisp
Fall brings with it cooler weather, beautiful foliage, and lots of apples for eating and cooking. While apple pie often is the first thing associated with this season’s crop, apples are good in many more dishes and with many more meals.
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You [...]
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Kicked-Up Sweet Potatoes
Hint-of-Lime Chili
When you want to add flavor to a dish along with a bite that’s not too big, turn to chili powder. This blend of spices begins with dried chili peppers. Although any pepper from ancho to jalapeno can show up in the mix, red peppers and cayenne peppers are used most often.
Whatever [...]
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I first made this recipe as a hot, budget-friendly vegetarian main dish. It served its purpose, but I found it to be much better the next day as a light lunch. So now this recipe is filed under “salads” in my collection.
If you haven’t tried quinoa before, give it a chance. It has a wonderfully [...]
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There’s a saying in Maine that the only reason to lock your car is to keep your neighbors from putting their extra zucchini in it. There must be a similar saying in Pennsylvania, because Pennsylvanians Tom and Ruth Roy dubbed August 8 as Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbors’ Porch Day.
Sharing the bounty of the [...]
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One of my most requested dishes is coleslaw. People ask me to bring it to dinners and potlucks often. Usually every time I painstakingly chop cabbage into little bits, it’s for other people to enjoy. So when I saw a small cabbage at the grocery store that cost 49¢ on sale, I decided it was [...]
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Basil Butter
Italian Grilled Cheese
Cheesy Basil Orzo
Fresh basil, a versatile herb that enhances many foods, is abundant in gardens and markets this time of year. It also is easy to cook with, so chop some up and embrace its flavor, because almost anything is better with basil.
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This butter is an [...]
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Minty Sugar Snap Peas
Zesty Sugar Snap Peas
Snappy Pork and Peas
For those times when shelling fresh peas isn’t appealing, choose varieties with edible pods. Sugar snap peas, a cross between green peas and snow peas, have a crispy, edible pod that’s perfect served raw or lightly cooked. If desired, you can remove the [...]
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Whenever you fire up the grill to cook a piece of meat, you might as well make the grill do double duty by cooking a side dish or two.
Potatoes are great on [...]
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