These Apricot Oat Cookies have a lot of good things in them- dried apricots, oatmeal, cornflakes and coconut. The result is a lot of great flavors and a fun texture. This cookie is great anytime and I love making it during the holidays because it looks beautiful as part of a plate of mixed cookies. The…
This Lemon and Basil Chicken is another new favorite of ours. The marinade flavors the chicken so much more and the meat is really moist if you let the chicken marinate in the refrigerator for 24 hours before you cook it. We buy the family size packs of boneless skinless chicken breasts which usually weigh about 4 pounds. It…
These Mexican Chocolate Cookies will be the 28th cookie recipe that I have posted. I wonder if I should divide the category up into two sections- Chocolate Cookies and Non-Chocolate Cookies? Maybe I should because then it wouldn’t be so obvious that I have posted more cookie recipes than anything else. Oh well! I was just…
This Italian Sausage and Vegetable Soup is another recipe that I have been making for many years. You can make it with a variety of vegies but I love this version with red swiss chard, green beans and roma tomatoes. I use lots of onions, fresh fennel and garlic in the soup base as well as…
This recipe for Blueberry Cornmeal Pancakes was originally published in Bon Appetit Magazine in September of 2010. The recipe is not on their website but it came from a restaurant in Carbondale, CO called Village Smithy. It looks like a great restaurant that would be fun to visit! The first time I made this recipe I…
This recipe for Gumdrop Cookies was originally from my Mom. The only change that I made to it was to reduce the sugar by 1/4 of a cup and to convert it to gluten free by substituting my gluten free flour mix in place of regular white flour. I also added 1/2 teaspoon of…
