Peanut Butter Cookies

These are my absolute favorite cookies! While I’m making and eating them, anyway. I think my real favorite cookies are whichever ones are in front of me. There’s a little more art to PB cookies than some others, because peanut butters can vary. Brand to brand, and even within the same brand in different batches, sometimes…

Grilled Rosemary Chicken With Balsamic & Shallots

The rosemary in my garden enjoyed remarkable success this year. I don’t know if it’s because the summer was so dry, or because rosemary loves the Earth Box, or if it was just dumb luck. Either way, I’ve been having a field day using rosemary in as many recipes as I can. Can’t say I’m…

Italian Garbanzo Salad

Here’s one of my favorite pot luck recipes. It’s pretty simple, & really delicious. There’s a bunch of chopping, but other than that it pretty much makes itself, especially if you opt for the canned chick peas. This recipe fills my 4 quart mixing bowl! It makes enough to feed an army, so there usually are leftovers, which…

Ginger-Soy Chicken Packets

A family favorite for years! This is a one-bowl dinner that everybody likes. You can even do the prep ahead of time; then just assemble the packets & bake. And clean-up is a breeze. The chicken is incredibly moist & tender. I’m not usually a huge fan of zucchini, but I really love it in…

Homemade Apple Pie (With Crust Cookies)

It’s election Day 2016, and there’s a lot of anxiety in the USA. So this anxious mother is posting the quintessential American comfort food: Homemade Apple Pie. Because we could all use a little comfort, today and every day!  There are few foods as wonderful as homemade apple pie. I spent many years & many pies…

Cranberry-Orange Pork Roast

So, you made Homemade Cranberry Sauce; now what? You could just eat it, of course. If that’s the case, then make a double batch, because you’re going to want to make this pork roast! Not only does the slow cooker do its magic on the pork, it also mellows the cranberry & orange flavors until they are smooth…

Great Green Sheet Pan Chicken Supper

A quick, easy, and delicious meal! The Great Green Sauce is easy to make and freezes quite well. When you’re ready for the sheet pan supper, just grab a ziptop bag of the sauce from the freezer, and thaw it in the fridge overnight. You’ll find a printer-friendly version of the recipe at the bottom of…

Great Green Sauce

​I had an overabundance of green peppers & green tomatoes that I brought in just before a hard frost last week. I froze quite a few of them, used some others in Green Tomato Sauté, and still had some left over. So I thought, you can make sauce from everything else (tomatoes, Basil, dill, roasted…