by Laura
on Jul, 30, 2010
in Tried and True recipes, sides, vegetables, zucchini

I absolutely love this time of year. It is the time of year when I get to enjoy yellow summer squash and zucchini. These two types of squash are actually the only kind of squash I like. I don’t care for the texture of all the other ones. Too mushy for me. However, i am [...]
by Laura
on Jul, 27, 2010
in Recipes, appetizer, beans, sides

Today we are talking sides and dessert for your picnic and I have a delicious recipe for you that you can take along with you. It’s a tuscan hummus recipe that I adapted from one I found in my Wasatch Woman section of my newspaper. It has all those fantastic tuscan flavors in it. Hummus [...]
by Laura
on Jul, 23, 2010
in Recipes, Tried and True recipes, sides, zucchini

The zucchini craze has begun at my house! My zucchini plant know has zucchini. In the past few days, I know have 4 zucchini sitting on my counter waiting to have something done with them. The other day one of my good blogging friends , Jamie from Jamie Cooks It Up, posted one of her [...]
by Laura
on Jul, 19, 2010
in Recipes, Tried and True recipes, fruit, sauces and syrups, sides

When I was on Studio 5 last week I was able to meet Amy Richardson. It was fun to be able to talk with someone else who has a passion for food and Amy really makes some fabulous food. If you didn’t see my appearance on Studio 5 you can check it out here. Video [...]
by Laura
on Jul, 05, 2010
in Mexican, Recipes, appetizer, sides

I have a quick and easy pico de gallo recipe for you today. It is excellent to use up fresh veggies from your garden during the summer. I also have a recipe coming up on Wednesday to use this with too. I also want to take the chance today to point out a new feature [...]
by Laura
on Jun, 26, 2010
in Tried and True recipes, sides, vegetables

I have heard of oven roasted broccoli but have never given it a try. I finally got around to making a recipe from Aggie’s Kitchen. I changed the recipe below slightly from the original to the way I liked it. It is simple, easy, tasty, and a yummy change from steamed broccoli. Oven Roasted Broccoli [...]
by Laura
on Jun, 18, 2010
in beans, sides

I saw a recipe for baked beans that included diced apples in the recipe. It sounded interesting to me. I have had baked beans with pineapple in them but never apple. This is a recipe that I developed to make some easy baked beans involving the apple. They are the perfect accompaniment to any barbecue [...]