Recipes

Grilled Pineapple Ricotta Cream Recipe:

Grilled Pineapple Ricotta Cream We were watching the cooking show, when Giada De Laurentiis came on. Suddenly she puts together a quick and easy dessert recipe called Ricotta Cappuccino, it looked great. We had ricotta, cappuccino cream requires instant espresso, which we do not have. A quick look in the refrigerator and I saw the […]

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Stuffed Artichokes

Stuffed Artichokes

Stuffed Artichokes This is a recipe I copied from “The Italian Woman’s Club” 1970 edition, I  have always had good luck with this version of stuffed artichokes and it gets good reviews by friends and family. I hope you enjoy it and continue sharing it with your friends and family.   Stuffed Artichokes 4 lg.

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Summer Salad: Cole Slaw with Granny Smith Apple Slices

Summer Salad: Cole Slaw with Granny Smith Apple Slices

Summer time salad and Cole Slaw, they just seem to go together! This salad went together quickly and was an instant hit at the table. Like most salads, it is better once the flavors mature over a few hours, or overnight. The pickle lovers in my family enjoyed this served with freshly sliced crisp baby

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Chocolate Shakeology Date Ball Cookie

Chocolate Shakeology Date Ball Cookie

Chocolate Shakeology Date Ball Cookie This is the Chocolate Shakeology Date Nut no bake cookies/bar that I featured earlier. It tastes like the Lara Jocalat bars..  What better way to get your kids to eat fruit and fiber.. I love the premade bars and thought I could reproduce them in my own kitchen. After playing

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Polpette homemade meatballs

Homemade meatballs This recipe for meatballs comes from a 1960’s grange cookbook and was titled Polpettes. I have used many many times and is always a huge favorite. It’s posted in it’s original form from this well used cookbook from the Italian Woman’s Club, which was located in Springfield Mass. The recipe is very simple

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Beef Roast with Root Vegetables

Beef Roast with Root Vegetables Updated 2020 Cook this root veggies and beef roast in the beginning on Sunday and you’ll have left overs for a few creative meals during the week.  Be sure to add additional root veggies to make a blended soup. This recipe transfers to the Instant Pot by reducing the cooking

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Whole Wheat Pumpkin Pancakes

Whole Wheat Pumpkin Pancakes These pancakes were the best, we’ll certainly will be adding them to my breakfast rotation. This is a pumpkin recipe but don’t be that fussy if you can’t find pumpkin you certainly can substitute winter squash or mashed sweet potato. I don’t keep pumpkin pie spice on hand as making my

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