I love this time of year. The gardening season is wrapping up, and we are reaping what we have sown (literally). So much squash, you can't give it away fast enough. One of my favorite ways to use up squash is tossed in a simple pasta. In this orecchiette pasta recipe, crispy bacon and yellow …
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Berry Fruit Salad is a delicious and nutritious way to start off your day! Packed with vitamins and antioxidants, this colorful combination of fruits is easy to make in advance for quick breakfasts on busy mornings. Berries like strawberries, raspberries, and mandarin oranges make for an easy treat once they have been tossed with the …
This classic Ice Cream Sandwich recipe is perfect for sandwiching your favorite ice cream in between. This recipe makes one dozen rectangular cookies that you can literally use with any flavor of ice cream you desire. The homemade cookie dough is really easy to make, and the recipe can easily be doubled or tripled to …
Homemade, thin crust pizza, with a creamy garlic ranch sauce, topped with fresh mozzarella cheese, zucchini and squash, red onion and chicken. This garlic ranch and zucchini pizza is a great recipe for those looking for a new and delicious way to use zucchini and squash. The Ranch Sauce Base Making your own ranch base …
A delicious chilled lemon orzo pasta salad with a fresh lemon vinaigrette dressing, tender pieces of asparagus and creamy feta cheese. It's so flavorful and is the perfect side dish when you want something light, yet comforting! This lemon orzo pasta salad is a great salad to bring to gatherings. It's fresh, delicious, easy to …
Mixed berry cheesecake bars start with an easy, buttery graham cracker crust with rich, dense cheesecake filling, swirled with a triple berry ribbon. If you love berry cheesecake, but don't love the fussiness that comes with it, these berry cheesecake bars are for you. Not only can the berry puree be made in your microwave …
Strawberry layered cake can be prepared in as many layers as you wish; the tender, strawberry flavored cake is layered with cream cheese buttercream frosting and strawberry filling for an effortless, pretty, summer dessert. You have complete flexibility when it comes to how you want to assemble this strawberry layered cake. Two layers, three layers, …
This Spicy Sausage Pasta is a yummy twist on pasta alla vodka incorporates sweet and buttery butternut squash in the tomato cream vodka sauce that practically melts in (so it's undetectable by picky eaters) topped with crunchy, buttery, torn rustic croutons. Why Make This Pasta Ingredients Rustic Croutons Instructions First, begin to preheat the oven and bring a …
Knowing how to make tomato paste is one of the most useful and convenient ways to use up fresh tomatoes. It's concentrated tomato flavor, that won't take up much space at all. One of the best ways to preserve fresh tomatoes is by making tomato paste, because it literally concentrates all that glorious tomato flavor …
Sweet, smoky and tangy, with the added kick of bourbon cooked right in, this honey and Bourbon BBQ sauce will be your new favorite condiment. With so many of the store bought barbecue sauces containing high fructose corn syrup, it can be hard to find a delicious barbecue sauce. This bourbon honey barbecue sauce has …
How to freeze and store fresh pasta dough, whether it's formed into shapes, or just the dough itself, so that you can decide what kind you want to roll out later! Whether you plan to freeze your pasta dough as it is before shaping it, or you already have the shapes or ribbons you …
This Whole Wheat Bread Recipe could not be softer, or easier, and it requires less hands-on time than going to the store! Whole wheat lends a sweet, and nutty flavor to whatever you make with it. It also has many undisputed health benefits, and is in my opinion, the only kind of bread to make …
Juicy, bone-in skillet seared pork chops and peaches in an easy and fresh pan glaze. This pork chops and peaches recipe is such a great summer time dinner. When you are using fresh, sweet and savory combinations like these, you really don't need much else. This recipe takes only a handful of ingredients, and just …
With summer in full swing, the grills out, and people spending as much time outdoors as possible, we cannot have enough grilling recipes. This grilled plum and balsamic chicken checks all the boxes. It's sweet, slightly tangy, and made from freshly grilled plums. It really is delicious. I use the plums (black or red, but …
Lightly wilted spinach leaves, the special and unique heirloom tomato, fresh garlic and olive oil and a squeeze of lemon. This recipe for this light pasta dish, it works great as a side dish, or even just a light dinner. The sauce is very light and comes from a little olive oil, dry wine, and …