Dec
28
Last year, I posted my recipe for Coke Glazed Ham. This year, we (my daddy and I) made it again with a few changes. It gave it more flavor. Try these changes and you will love it. First, we sliced a shallow diamond grid pattern into the outside. Then placed whole cloves in some of …
Dec
27
For Christmas we make a ham for dinner. And when you make a big holiday dinner, you end up with a lot of leftovers. Here is a way that you can get rid of all that leftover ham and it is delicious too. We use the best looking slices for dinner and the other oddly …
Dec
06
Crab bites are great for parties. If you are going to a dinner party or even the super bowl, crab bites are the perfect snack. They are delicious, bite sized and easy to make. This recipe is based on an old family recipe Open Faced Crab Sandwiches. Instead of mayonnaise we used cream cheese, which …
Nov
27
If you want something that has the same texture and taste of chicken pot pie but has a higher crust to filling ratio, chicken pot pockets are perfect for you. They are easy to make and you kids will love them. Best of all, you can make the filling ahead of time. For the crust, …
Oct
01
Have you ever wondered how to make homemade syrup? Well here is your answer. This recipe has only a couple ingredients and a few simple steps. When my family was camping with friends, pancakes were made for breakfast and one of the families had homemade syrup. It was so good, and easy to make. My …
Sep
22
Who doesn’t like chocolate? Here are a couple of my favorite chocolaty treats to make. These are fast, easy, fun and can get messy. There is a shop in which we get chocolate covered gummi bears. But it is so far away from my house and my mom really likes them. So my dad and …
Sep
04
Sometimes it’s easy to get kids to eat their vegetables. Like ants on logs (celery with peanut butter and raisins) or melting cheese on broccoli to make “cheese trees”. But sometimes you got to get creative. One snack you can make is mac and peas where you put peas in mac-n-cheese. This is a yummy …
Aug
30
Now that school is starting, kids need to have healthy lunches so that they can be focused and energized for the day. Whether they get a school lunch or pack their own here are some tips for kids to have a balanced meal at school. That means something from each food group. When at school, …
Jul
18
Tired and bored of cutting a watermelon the same old way? Try cutting a watermelon this new way. It is fun and easy to do. My dad learned how to do this in Afghanistan and he taught it to me. When you cut the watermelon, the rind becomes the bowl so you don’t have to …
Jul
04
This is the dessert recipe I kept secret for a while. Recently, I made dinner for a friend and wanted this to be a surprise. So I held off posting it until after that dinner. Now I want to share it with everyone. My dad and I heard about this recipe and thought “we can …
Jun
26
Have you ever thrown away parts of the green pepper just wondering “how can I cut this green pepper without wasting parts I can us?” Now you can find out, with this easy to follow video, how to cut up a green (or red/yellow) pepper without wasting parts you can use. This video also shows …
Apr
23
I was really excited to make this tomato sauce recently because it was something I had never made before. I made it the same day as when I made my Lazy Day Cowgirl Chili so it was a really busy day. It turned out really well and it was really good. This tomato sauce is …
Apr
17
Foodportunity is event for local chefs, restaurants, food bloggers, foodies and much more. It is held in Seattle and Portland. At the Seattle Foodportunity event I was given a cookbook from Kristine Kidd, a chef and cookbook author. I liked one recipe and wanted to try it for dinner. Recently, my family was having friends …
Feb
06
I think they are really good and delicious. Best of all, they are quick and easy to make. This recipe is basically Laap Gai put into a tortilla. Laap Gai is a Thai dish my dad likes to make. I like them because the chicken has a lot of flavor. It is also easy to …
Dec
21
Fried eggs:I usually make scrambled eggs for breakfast. I have never made fried eggs before, but my dad said it was time I learned. They are basically just eggs that are sunny side up except you don’t flip the sunny side up eggs. Fried eggs are easy to make. I preheated a skillet, greased it …