These taste almost identical to PF Changs but are half the work and very low calorie. I use Yoshida’s sauce for a lot of the flavor and the water chestnuts are essential to this recipe or you won’t have that wonderful crunch! I know there are some who would turn their little foodie noses up at the…
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‘Egg’ Muffins
I started making these years ago during my South Beach diet phase….the diet didn’t last but these tasty morsels did!  They are a regular staple for me…so easy to grab on the go and check out the numbers…very low cal, high protein, healthy little wonder nuggets! You don’t even need to dirty a bowl to…
Baked Ziti with Sausage and Bechamel
Cooked ziti pasta  mixed with sausage, marinara sauce and topped with a creamy bechamel. I love me some tomato and cream flavors and this made my heart go zing!   Don’t be intimidated by the bechamel, it’s just a simple white sauce…and if you have never made white sauce before, this is going to improve your cooking…
Gnocchi, Sausage and Spinach Soup
This Gnocchi Sausage Soup will quickly become your fave soup!  We started calling this ‘shut up soup’, because we took one bite and said “Oh shut up!, that is so good!”. I am a soupateer, a soup savant, a master of the broth!….(you could say, I love soup 🙂 and this soup is a 5 spoon…
Cheesey Spedini Bread
Oh yeah, that’s what I’m talking about! This bread goes with everything…I mean everything…you could probably have it with a bowl of captain crunch in the morning and all it would do is make your cereal taste better! Not…I repeat, not a diet bread…one cup of butter my friends…yep, one cup of butter…be still my clogging arteries. Ingredients…
Eula’s Casserole
I’ll bet most people have a ‘go to’ casserole in their family recipe box…they almost all include a can of cream of ka-ka (cream style soup), and this one is not much different, but every time I make this, I get asked for the recipe! It feeds a crowd and has a fresh flavor that not all creamy…
Cream Wafer Cookies
My grandma was a lousy cook. I mean spit it out in your napkin kinda bad. Everything was fried to a crisp in a cast iron skillet on her stove…you better have a sharp knife if you are going to dine with Grandma ’cause hackin’ through some of those pieces of chicken was a chore!…
Sugar Seared Salmon with Pineapple Salsa
I have never seen another recipe like this one.   We were in Maui and I was watching one of those tourist channels and they were preparing this salmon at a restaurant in Lahaina.  I have been making it ever since! This is one of those recipes that works during the week but is also a show…
Quick Chicken and Corn Chowder
Ahhhhh, just in time for the wet weather here in Seattle! This is so easy and so darn good.  I was so glad the photo came out, ’cause I just ate the last bowl for lunch! Use a cooked rotisserie chicken from your local mega mart to make it even easier to prepare. Top with…
Marinara Primavera
This is a simple marinara packed with veggies (hence the Primavera)…now why would you make a homemade marinara when there is all that bottled stuff on the grocery store shelf, you ask? Quite simply, flavor, texture and nutrition…it is low in calorie and has half the sodium and who doesn’t need more vegetables in their diet. I…
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Oh great pumpkin…moist and mysterious…okay, sorry, I got a little carried away. I am so in love with pumpkin flavored everything this year! We had this at Shuckers Restaurant at the Fairmont Hotel in Seattle…it was to die!  I knew I had to try to remake it…I think I came pretty close! Crust: 1 3/4 cups…
Orange ‘Brownies’
These are just decadent and wonderful! Blasts of sugar, butter and orange will fix that sweet tooth you have had hangin’ around. I heard some where that these won first place at a Pillsbury Bake Off contest but I can’t find any info on it. They are simple to make with only a few ingredients…hope…
Crockpot Turkey Chili with Sweet Potatoes
Great start on a Sunday morning when you know you won’t feel like cookin’ on Sunday evening! The sweet potatoes add a punch of flavor but can be excluded if you prefer. Chili is a dumping ground for your fridge…if you’ve got some carrots, zucchini or most any other vegetable that has seen better days…
Cranberry Orange Chutney (Canning friendly recipe)
This recipe produces a cranberry that taste’s like a cranberry! You get a tart sweet taste. If you prefer a more sweet version, increase the sugar and brown sugar by 1/2 cup each. You can can…(funny huh?) or not can this recipe. If you choose to can, use the hot water method and follow the…
Bacon, Cheese and Onion Biscuits
I used to do a lot of event planning….and one of the places I looked forward to every year was the Mountain Springs Lodge in Leavenworth Washington…it wasn’t just because it is so beautiful, although it is…it was the scalloped potatoes. Little puffs of heaven. I told my friend Laurie, when my time comes, I…
