recipe

Last week, my husband, son and I went to dinner at a new Mexican restaurant in town as kind of a belated Cinco de Mayo, early Mother’s Day thing. It was a gorgeous day, and I’d worked very hard, so when I saw a picture of a frosty margarita on my menu, I just couldn’t [...]

Everyone seems to claim theirs is the best meatloaf recipe. My mother, for instance, swears that hers is the best and yet it’s really nothing more than meat mixed with salt and pepper then crammed into a loaf pan and baked until nearly rock-hard, all topped by straight tomato paste. Let’s just say I didn’t [...]

Until I made spaghetti with scallops, my husband had no idea people ate spaghetti without drowning it in red sauce. Now, I love a good meat sauce (or Italian gravy, as it’s properly called) but sometimes it’s fun to change things up. Besides, there was a great sale on scallops. This recipe really started as [...]

Last week I shared with you my recipe for homemade whole wheat pita bread using just four simple ingredients. Now, although we love pita pocket sandwiches, the truth is we love homemade pita chips even more. Like my bacon garlic cheddar crackers, my guys love these so much that they’ll polish off an entire batch [...]