Foods & Recipes

Since starting a weight loss program, I am in the kitchen more than I’ve ever been – and you know what? It’s been really fun to discover that I enjoy cooking! One of the snacks I keep making is deviled eggs. It’s hard to get sick of them, because there

Just in time for the big game, Ginger Martin is sharing her “Five Alarm Football Party Chili!” Her recipe is below. . . Ginger Martin’s Five Alarm Football Party Chili 2 medium onions, diced 3 cloves garlic, diced 1 green pepper, diced 1 large jalapeno pepper, thinly sliced with seeds

As a thank you to my neighbor for plowing our driveway, over the weekend I made him and his family my favorite cheesecake – Hot Fudge Brownie. It’s a recipe that I got from my best friend and makes a very rich and creamy cheesecake. To make it, you’ll need

KV’s Oats & Groats (no wheat and lots of soluble fiber! I get my supplies in the live bins at the Yahara Co-Op.) In a 1 Quart sauce pan add: 1/2 cup oats 1/4 cup groats 1/3 cup steel cut oats 1/8 cup flax seed 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 2

1/2 to 3/4 package of Gardein Beefless Ground 1 can  (15 oz.) Simple Truth organic tri-bean blend 1 can  (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes with green chilies 1/4 cup each of red, green, yellow, and orange peppers, and frozen corn Large shallot, sliced thin Garlic, large clove sliced thin Generous sprinkling

Sara Freeman gave me some tomatoes from her garden but they were not red. I put in a special request for green tomatoes so I could make my favorite late summer dish which is fried green tomatoes. Sara said she never has tried them so she found a recipe on

I’m not sure how much extra flavor the dried apricots added (plus, they’re quite expensive), so I leave them out now.  A tasty departure from the typical beef or chicken taco recipe.  Adaptaded from Taste of Home. Ingredients: 1 boneless pork sirloin roast (2 pounds), cut into 1-inch pieces 1-1/2

This is one of my family’s favorites.  It’s an easy, excellent side-dish during grill-out season compliments of Taste of Home! Ingredients: 2 cups uncooked tricolor spiral pasta 1 cup cubed cheddar cheese 1 cup coarsely chopped cucumber 1 small tomato, chopped 2 green onions, chopped 28 pepperoni slices 1/2 cup

Tom and Jerry both agree, this is the best! Ingredients: 6 eggs 6 cups powdered sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp cream tartar 1/4 tsp all spice 3 to 4 drops oil of clove 3 to 4 drops oil of cinnamon Preparation: Separate eggs, beat white with

Ingredients 2 T brown sugar (Splenda brown sugar works great) 1 T butter (I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter spray works really well) 1/4 tsp cinnamon Directions Mix completely.  Leave the banana peel on and cut the banana length-wise; spoon the mixture into the banana slit.  Broil in an oven-safe