Fresh Tomato Salad

Every summer my garden in the back is stocked with tomato vines.  We have so many tomatoes that we have to can lots, give bunches away, and also eat copious amounts of them just so they don’t go to waste.  One of the favorite ways of preparing tomatoes is a nice tomato salad.  I like [...]

Raisin Bran Muffins

I absolutely love muffins.  They’re just that little bit of homemade goodness that you can’t really duplicate in store bought items.  Everything about making muffins brings you back to a simpler time.  Also, muffins really do play well in our busy schedules of today.  It’s so easy to just grab a muffin for breakfast, slurp [...]

Apple Betty

You’ve made a fantastic dinner, everything is perfect, but then you realize you haven’t really planned anything special for dessert.  Do you go to the old standby of having ice cream or do you go for something that’s quick, easy, but appears to be time consuming.  Enter Apple Betty.  This apple betty recipe is super [...]

Red Cabbage

This recipe for red cabbage is a great side dish with chicken, goose, sauerbraten. I think you’ll find this recipe for red cabbage is a little different from the usual red cabbage dish but I really like it and I think you will also.
Red Cabbage Makes 6 to 8 servings
1 head red cabbage [...]

Chicken Cacciatore

I love Italian food and this recipe for Chicken Cacciatore is one of my favorites:
Chicken Cacciatore Makes 6 servings
2 tablespoons olive oil 1 roasting chickedn (about 4 pounds), cut up Salt and freshly ground pepper 1 onion, coarsely chopped 3 large tomatoes, peeled and coarsely chopped 1 clove garlic, finely minced 2 green [...]