Recipes

Looking for more of a “Mediterranean flare” to your meals?  Here’s just the salad to get you started. Say “hello” to delicious meets nutritious.  From the fresh vegetables making your kitchen smell amazing to the pleasing and appetizing flavorful taste, this salad is a winner. Add a glass of red wine and you’ll feel like…

Like most people, I love pizza.  I also love to make my own pizza on occasion and decided to try out this recipe for a nice change of pace.  Not your traditional pizza by any means because of the crust used, but still a wonderfully delightful way of eating a healthier version.  Think of this…

You really can’t go wrong when making a yogurt parfait.  Easy to assemble and are a perfect quick lunch or snack. Yogurt parfaits are sort of like smoothies – you can make them your own by adding in whatever ingredients you choose.  There is no right or wrong way to make a parfait, only YOUR…

Frittata – Just the name sounds sort of elegant and exotic.  While it may sound difficult to make, this simple yet substantial recipe is quite easy and packed with healthy ingredients making it a stand-out amongst other egg dishes. And have I said how delicious this frittata was?  I think if I had to choose…

I really like recipes that you can “cook once” but then “eat twice.”  You know what I mean.  Recipes, you can easily make a double-batch of, serving half of it now and the other half later.   Sort of like a two-for-one meal prepping plan.  That means dinner on the table and a bonus meal for…

The word ‘risotto’ may sound like a fancy restaurant term but this Italian based dish is a great comfort food and can easily be made at home. Just so you know risotto comes from the Italian word “riso” which means rice. Of course, this recipe is using barley in place of rice but will be…

If you want your family excited to come to the dinner table to eat, you must serve up Flank Steak with Tomato Avocado Salsa.  Talk about good eating. If you’re not familiar with flank steak, let me tell you a little about it. According to Beef It’s What’s for Dinner, flank steak actually goes by…

Doesn’t this crudité vegetable platter perfectly capture the spirit of the holiday season?  I can just see this being the hit of a Christmas gathering. So festive and merry, it’s almost too pretty to eat. First of all, I know what you’re thinking.  Wow, Cheryl must be a highly creative person to have dreamed up…

Say “bread pudding” and people will come running, especially when you serve up this dandy concoction of a generations old favorite.  Even if bread pudding was not in your family’s recipe rotation growing up, there’s no better time than now to mingle it into yours. If you need a bit of sweetness to top off…

Nothing quite says “comfort food” like beef stew.  Especially on a cold winter day; and when I made this recipe, northeast Kansas was in the midst of having a major blizzard for the first time since 2009.  Hours of sustained winds of up to 55 mph, white out conditions, snowfall totals of up to 9…