Cooking Tips and Recipes for You to Try at Home

Sun-Dried Tomatoes In Extra Virgin Olive Oil 10 /15 Roma/plum tomatoes Sea salt 1 tsp (this is a must to bring out the flavors) Extra Virgen Olive oil (To store them and keep them fresh) Fresh herbs (thyme, oregano, basil) Red Chili flakes ½ teaspoon or to taste Method: Preheat the oven to 250 degrees…

Who Invented It? Many people think the Caesar salad was named after Julius Caesar — it’s not. The Caesar salad was invented by an Italian man named Caesar Cardini. Italians can rest assured that there was Italian influence behind its creation. Where Did the Caesar Salad Originate? Restaurants took a hit after Prohibition began. After…

Beef Bone Broth Benefits of Bone Broth What do you use Bone Broth for: Beef Bone Broth Recipe Ingredients: 4 -6 lbs Beef Bones (a mix of marrow and bones with a little meat on them.)  (I used 6 lbs marrow beef soup bones) 3-4 carrots (unpeeled) 2-3 ribs celery 2 leeks, ends trimmed, 2-3…

I love planting my herb garden every year. I use all my fresh herbs when cooking. Stepping onto my front porch and snipping fresh herbs as needed is a real pleasure. They are so easy to grow once established. Fertilize your herbs every two weeks. This year I did an herb box for some of…

I have always wanted an ice cream maker. A few years ago I did some research and found this gem from White Mountain. It is electric as well as hand-cranked. I love Homemade Ice Cream. As a child, we would make homemade ice cream all the time. We did not have an electric ice cream…

 Bread is my weakness The smell of homemade bread takes me back to my childhood days.  I can picture the fresh loaves of perfectly browned bread, sitting on cooling racks watching the butter melt over their tops.  My Mom made fresh bread every week.  There is no bread quite like your Mother’s bread, every loaf…