Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook
Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook
Red, white, and blue themed fruited taquitos using canned blueberry and cherry pie fillings, rolled up in flour tortillas, and baked until golden brown. Served with a dusting of powdered sugar and drizzled with syrup. Great for July 4th celebration! If you are on Pinterest looking at food with any regularity, you must have come across a recipe by Jo from Jo Cooks for Apple Pie Taquitos. …
This virgin sangria with tropical flavors of pineapple juice, coconut water, and coconut soda is summer in a glass. Fresh sliced mangos, kiwi, and lime provides gorgeous color to this refreshing drink. If we were to judge people by the kind of beverage they drink, then I must be one of the most boring people, because my drink of choice is plain old water. Lol!! Whether …
Homemade chicken sausage, pickled carrots and daikon, and cilantro wrapped in lettuce leaves. Serve with soy-oyster dipping sauce. Great as an appetizer or a light and healthy summer meal. I served these chicken lettuce wraps to my husband twice this past week. To my delight, he loved them and gave them two thumbs up. He is my biggest blog supporter and critic, so it makes …
Take regular chocolate chip cookies to the next level with donut-shaped cookies glazed with melted chocolate and coated with finely chopped nuts. Happy June, everyone! Do you have any great summer plans —a family reunion, a beach vacation, a tropical getaway, a theme park destination, a trip to the mountains, or a staycation? Whatever they may be, I hope you have loads of fun and create …
These pork chops are marinated with lemongrass and grilled to perfection. Serve with Jasmine rice for a tasty, easy dinner. Hi there! I hope you had a good weekend! I am so enjoying the verdant springtime landscape and the warmth! My husband and I bought many plants this weekend including herbs, vegetables, and flowers. If you read about me here, you will understand that this might …
Store-bought provolone and prosciutto-stuffed hot cherry peppers that are dipped in a batter and panko crumbs and fried until golden brown. This salty, vinegary, and hot appetizer will disappear quickly. Do you like hot stuffed cherry peppers? I am a fan. They are pickled and stuffed with provolone cheese and prosciutto. These vessels of deliciousness deliver salty and vinegary flavors as well as heat to your mouth. They …
Plump, juicy blackberries and whipped cream atop a banana chocolate chip dessert shell. This quick and easy spring/summer dessert makes good use of seasonal berries and takes 30 minutes to make. Yesterday morning I came across 12-ounce cartons of blackberries for $2. That is incredibly cheap for where I am. They were dark, big, and juicy. So I picked up a couple of cartons. …
No-knead and practically foolproof artisan bread with a crusty exterior and a light, tender interior. If you are a novice bread baker, you need to try this out! If you are a loyal Grey’s Anatomy follower like me, you must have been grieving after the last episode. I think all of us fans were screaming a collective, “SAY IT ISN’T SO!” How could they kill off McDreamy? Whose …
Apricot Thyme Glazed Bacon Sticks are thick sliced bacon strips glazed with apricot preserves and dried thyme. They are addictively sweet, salty, herbaceous, and sticky. We are bacon lovers in my house. If I want the gang to come running, all I have to say is BACCCON! And they come running faster if it’s glazed bacon sticks. There is no such thing as leftovers when it comes …
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