So if you read our previous post here titled Simple and Light Tomato Basil Soup you will have noticed a link to a great article about the potential benefits of turmeric which I found in a scientific journal. At the end of this previous post I mentioned that I would make it a point of creating some simple recipes with… View Post
There are so many people today chiming in on how they love avocados being that it is National Avocado Day! I thought I would chime in as well by sharing an interesting short video that I came across about the benefits of avocado. Here you will find the California Avocado Commission’s website which provides a detailed list… View Post
I love tomato basil soup, but I had never attempted to make it at home until a couple of days ago. So we have a small garden in the back yard, and I had maybe 2 dozen cherry tomatoes that were quite ripe and had to be used up. I decided to put them in a sauce pan with a… View Post
What do you do with overripe bananas? I think about making banana bread every time I have overripe bananas, but a banana milkshake is easier and faster, and that is what I end up making most of the time. The other day my husband saw overripe bananas on the kitchen counter and didn’t think about it twice. He made a… View Post
Have you tried quinoa? Do you know how to cook it? Quinoa is an enticing food choice because when compared to similar foods, it delivers quite a few healthy benefits. It is considered a super food due to it’s rich nutritional content, and it is a favorite for fitness conscious individuals. I have prepared it many times as a side… View Post
Do you have a favorite combination of ingredients toward which you gravitate? Have you tried them in a scalloped potato dish? A scalloped potato dish is a great dish that if you plan well, it can enhance more than one meal throughout the week, and it is the perfect dish in which you can incorporate more than one of your… View Post
So I am not a super fan of meatloaf, but I do prepare it once in while because my husband likes it. Since I don’t cook it often, I don’t have a favorite recipe. Usually I will google a meatloaf recipe to see how others prepare it, but I tend to improvise. I read the recipe to get an idea… View Post
About This Recipe Have you come across a recipe that you decide will be the one you will use forever for that particular dish? It happened to me over five years ago. I was looking for a recipe for a seafood soup and I found one that I will not ever try to replace. The soup is so, so delicious…. View Post
Tarragon Terragon is a very interesting herb, and it is one that I have in my garden. I find that I like it a lot if I use very little of it, but if the recipe has too much, I tend not to like it as much. The version that I have is Mexican Terragon. There are also French and… View Post
I celebrated my birthday a couple of months ago. I had a decision to make about where I wanted to eat. I knew I wanted Italian food, but I wasn’t sure which Italian restaurant I wanted to visit. I hadn’t been to either Il Forno or Zucca 83 in McAllen, Texas so I focused on those two. I checked out… View Post