Potato Latkes

Celebrate Hanukkah (December 25-Jan 2) with a traditional classic! These crispy potato pancakes are a welcome dish all year.

Great idea for Halloween and Thanksgiving!

How cool is this? Use the pumpkin as the serving bowl for this Rice and Vegetables dish. If you don’t like rice with fruits, substitute meat instead, and add different herbs. Rice can be replaced with potatoes too.

What’s in season

From cakes and quick breads to pies and pancakes, everything benefits from the sweet and spiced flavor of pumpkin.

Autumn is here…

Keep warm as the weather turns cooler with these easy fall recipes!

Grill time!

Warmer weather means it’s time for backyard burgers, tender kebabs, sizzling steaks, BBQ ribs, cold refreshing drinks and gatherings of family and friends.

Chicken Piccata

Chicken Piccata are chicken breast cutlets coated in flour, fried and served with a sauce of butter, lemon juice, white wine or broth and capers. Simple ingredients, but the result are great, delicious, and tasty!

Slow cooker (crock pot)

Slow cooking allows flavors to steep and blend together. It circulates heat and liquid so food stays moist.

Breakfast

Whether it’s a special occasion, or just the weekend, one of these breakfast ideas will be the best part of waking up!

Love my garden

I love gardening so much, it makes my world beautiful. I have a vegetable/herb garden, flower gardens, fruit trees and berries. When I am outside I feel happy, too bad we don’t have nice weather all year but when we do, we are gardening! 😉

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Chicken Yakitori

My family and I love chicken yakitori, its an easy dish with so many subtle variations that change the flavor. This version is one of our favorites and is the most basic. Soak the wood skewers for at least an hour before grilling.  You can cook with chicken breast or thighs but the best flavor comes from thighs and...
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Glazed Carrots on the Grill

Quick and easy recipe of glazed carrots on the grill. Perfect side dish for meat or fish. Blanch the carrots in boiling water until half done or cook in the microwave and then finish on the grill. I just use a cooktop grill, if you use a grill outside it will be cook even faster....
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Tips for perfect Sangria

Soak the fruits in wine overnight to allow the flavors to meld. Keep frozen fruit away from the sangria, freshly chopped fruit will bring out the flavors of the wine. Choose seasonal fruits. In the summer, use peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries, strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries. Apples, grapes, pears in the fall; oranges, lemon, and pomegranate seeds in the winter. Let it chill...
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Langostini Sandwich

This is a take on the classic lobster roll. We had some leftover langostini and decided to try something different from what we usually make from them. It’s important to not use too much mayonnaise and if you cook the langostini first, let it cool before mixing or the mayonnaise will turn really runny....
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