turkey taco salad bowl

Taco Salad is such a delicious, healthy meal when it’s prepared with both taste and nutrition in mind. There’s no need to load this salad down with salt and fat. The rich, fresh ingredients all taste awesome when paired with the classic Mexican spices and textures. This is, hands down, one of my favorite things…

beer cheese soup

Here’s an easy, wonderful recipe I cut out of the newspaper years ago. It’s one of our favorite soups to make around  Christmas time. We serve it with sausage and brioche and there are never any leftovers! ~ Beer Cheese Soup ~ 6 cups low sodium chicken broth or homemade stock 24 oz. dark beer…

classic german chocolate cake

Did you know that German Chocolate Cake isn’t from Germany? I found this out while perusing some recipes online and in a few of my cookbooks. This cake was invented by a man named “German.” He’s the same guy that invented German sweet cooking chocolate. Just a little cooking trivia before we begin. My younger…

pumpkin sherry mushroom stuffed pasta shells

Mmmmmmm…. there’s nothing quite like combining pumpkin and pasta to create a cozy comfort food dish for autumn. The cream sherry brings out the lovely flavors of the pumpkin in this recipe,  as does the light sprinkling of freshly ground nutmeg. Feel free to use Alfredo sauce in place of the red sauce if you…

magic “crazy crust” apple pie

This is a recipe that my grandma gave me years ago when I moved away from home. I remember making it every year during apple season, after our annual jaunt to the local apple orchard. First, in the little kitchen in my college dorm and later in the galley kitchen of my first “real” apartment.…