Archive for the ‘recipes’ Category
Holiday Recipe: Soft Ginger-Molasses Cookies
These cookies are so soft and scrumptious. They taste great whether or not they are coated with sugar. This is one of my family’s favorite recipes. Hope you enjoy them.
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
½ cup molasses
2 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 ¼ teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 ¼ teaspoons ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2 large [...]
Thanksgiving Recipe: Tantalizing Turkey Soup with Dressing
When I was growing up, my mom would always make the best soup the day after we had a turkey dinner, such as Thanksgiving. Her Turkey Soup was sensational. Everyone loved it. This family tradition ultimately evolved to where my mom would delegate the soup-making to my dad, while we would go shopping for [...]
Fun Fall Recipe: Apple Salad Delight
In the fall when apples are coming into season, we usually think of eating apple pies, crisps or cobblers. But I have an apple recipe that is very quick and easy, and you don’t have to put it in the oven. This simple apple salad is great for completing any meal, and it counts as [...]
Healthy, Tasty Recipe: Baked Beer Batter Coconut Chicken Tenderloins
I have always wondered why restaurants only offer beer batter coconut breading for fish and not chicken. Also, the fish is always deep fried, never baked. So I decided to try making a meal at home the way I preferred, that is, not only using this splendid mixture on chicken instead of fish but [...]
Quick & Easy Baked Tomato & Cheese Casserole
During this time of year, when we have oodles of tomatoes multiplying in our gardens, many of us are looking for different ways to use them in our kitchens. Here is a very quick and easy recipe that will knock your socks off, (I mean flip flops,) because it is so incredibly tasty! You can [...]
Summer Recipe: Beer-in-the-Rear Barbequed Chicken
You may have heard about this special way to prepare chicken by other names such as Beer-Can Chicken or Beer-in-the-Butt Chicken. Beer-in-the-Rear Barbequed Chicken just so happens to be the name I have coined for this fun recipe that can also be made using canned soda or lemonade instead of beer. The popularity [...]
Dad Will Be Delighted with Father’s Day Strawberry Delight
Father’s Day is quickly approaching. Whether you take dad out to his favorite restaurant or you decide to grill out in your own backyard, this frozen dessert is a refreshingly cool sensation on a hot summer day.
Here is a simple recipe guaranteed to make Dad feel instant happiness and forget any stress in his [...]
Recipes: Race Day Fuel for Geist Half Marathon Runners
Many Geist residents are busy training for the upcoming St.Vincent Geist Half Marathon (13.10 miles) on May 16th. Most serious runners already know the importance of consuming carbohydrates, which are stored in the muscles and liver. This source of energy is known as glycogen, which essentially serves as fuel during the race. Did you [...]
‘Green’ Eggs and Ham
I think Dr. Seuss may have been far ahead of his time back in 1960 when he released his book, “Green Eggs and Ham.” Eighteen years ago, I began reading Dr. Seuss to my eldest son, followed by my other two children. Night after night, we would laugh as he entertainingly introduced the green concept [...]
Mi Amore: Better Bite for Your Money
By Amy von Eiff
Dining Divas -
The Dining Divas braved the wind and cold to find a new deli on the northeast side of town. Mi Amore is located at 8922 E. 96th Street and has been in business for just a few weeks. This quaint deli offers reasonably priced specials, dinner entrees and desserts [...]
HEALTHY RECIPE for ’09: ROBUST BEAN SOUP, High in Protein and Fiber, Low in Fat, and Completely Fulfilling
For the last couple months, most of us have been guilty of cheating on our daily diets by ingesting way too many tempting, rich and fattening foods, drinks and treats. Now it’s time to refocus and get back into shape as we attempt to rediscover our routine diets, or perhaps, establish a new diet for ’09. After [...]
Favorite Family Christmas Cookie Recipe: Tiny Pecan Tarts
As far back as I can remember, our Christmas season would not have been complete without gathering in the kitchen to help mom make these tasty Tiny Pecan Tarts. Now as a mother in my own kitchen, each holiday season consists of carrying on this family tradition with my children assisting me in making [...]
Holiday Recipe: Turkey a`la King
Do you look for creative ways to cook your leftover holiday turkey? This recipe is my rendition after merging many recipes together over the years and is my family’s favorite for making our surplus of turkey taste so delightfully exquisite. This simple yet royal dish would surely please any king. This meal is served over [...]
Fall Recipe: Orange Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Vanilla Cream Cheese Icing
Here is a delicious recipe that can be used as a wonderful cake, breakfast bread, magnificent muffins or party cupcakes, depending on the type of pan you use. This yummy vanilla cream cheese icing is easy to make and compliments this cake/bread so perfectly.
INGREDIENTS:
1 small orange (optional)
1/3 cup of butter softened
1 1/3 cups of [...]
Recipe: Try these Croissants for an Easy Tailgating Meal
CHICKEN SALAD CROISSANTS
For those of you who want to think outside the grill when you are tailgating, this recipe offers an alternative to hot dogs and hamburgers and is easy to make.
Croissants (or sourdough Buns)
2 packages of boneless chicken breasts (about 6)
1 to 2 cups of Lite Miracle Whip
¼ cup of diced red pepper
½ cup of [...]
Back-to-School Recipe: Chocolaty Peanut Rice Crispy Bars
Here’s a healthy snack for a school lunch or after school munching. The cereal and raisins provide fiber while the peanuts pack the protein. The mini chocolate chips serve as antioxidants. Also, both the peanuts and chocolate chips contain mono-unsaturated fatty acids, or MUFA’s, which are good for lowering [...]
Recipe: Easy to Make Prime Pasta Salad to Share at Your Next Barbecue
Here is an easy pasta salad that is sure to get “0ohs” and “ahhs” from those who taste this delicious salad with a Greek flair, featuring feta cheese and black olives.
Prime Pasta Salad
1 box of tri-colored Rotini pasta (corkscrew twists that are orange, green and tan colored), boiled and drained
2 roma tomatoes, finely chopped
Red Pepper [...]
Recipe: Fourth of July Tasty Pie
1 Ready-Made Graham Cracker Crust (Regular or Chocolate)
1 pkg. (8 oz.) Cream Cheese, softened (15-20 seconds in microwave)
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup of sour cream
2 tsp vanilla
1 tub (8 oz.) frozen COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
1 pt. (2 cups) strawberries, halved
1/3 cup blueberries
BEAT cream cheese in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Gradually [...]
Kids in the Kitchen: Ice-Screamin’ Summerlicious Smoothie
With summer approaching soon, the kids will be searching for something to snack on between jaunts in and out of the house. Here is a recipe for a delightfully refreshing snack that the kids can make themselves. Depending on the ages of your children, you may wish to supervise them while following [...]
Eat Healthy with this Organic Recipe: ‘Simply Pasta’ from The Essence Café
The Essence Café, located on 116th St. near Brooks School Road, makes a healthy pasta salad with organic ingredients. You may be wondering, “What’s so special about organic ingredients?” Compared to conventional farms, organic farms do not release synthetic pesticides into the environment, many of which can potentially harm our water, soil, [...]
