Quick and Healthy Breakfast Ideas

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  Unfortunately, many of us neglect breakfast.  And there’s a lot of evidence to suggest that your body and mind will suffer unless you have a healthy breakfast each morning. You spend six to eight hours sleeping.  After that time, your body needs fuel to keep going.  [...]

Shamrock Cookies with Green Icing

These Shamrock cookies will make a great addition to any St. Patrick’s Day party and are easy to make. Ingredients: ½ cup shortening ½ cup butter or margarine 2 cups sugar 3 eggs, beaten ½ tsp salt 5 cups flour ¼ cup milk 1 tsp vanilla Instructions: Preheat your oven to 350ºF. Mix shortening and [...]

St Patrick’s Day Lime Punch

Ingredients: ½ gallon lime sherbet, softened in fridge before using 2 liters Sprite or 7-up Instructions: With a hand mixer, blend softened sherbet and soda in a big punch bowl. Serve immediately or chill in the fridge until party tim

St. Patrick’s Day Stew

Serves 6 Ingredients: 4 cups cooked, cubed chicken breast meat 1 cup onion, chopped 2/3 cup mushrooms, sliced 1 ½ cups carrots, chopped 6 cups chicken stock 1 tsp dried sage 1 tsp dried basil 1 tsp garlic salt 1 (10 ounce) package frozen mixed vegetables, thawed 3 cups cooked red potatoes, diced 1/2 cup [...]

Summer Salads for Any Occasion

Summer salads are great accompaniments for summer foods, especially with all the barbecues that will be available.  Whether it’s a Flag Day party, the Fourth of July, or a family reunion, plan to take one of these summer salads.  For any occasion under the sun, these salads will be sure to disappear. Cool and crisp [...]

Ready, Set, Cook! 5 Minute Meals Your Family Will Love

With everyone on the go these days, it seems as if the family dinner has taken a back seat to after-school activities, and overtime. Even rarer is having the entire family sit at the dining room table for dinner on any given night. While there are ten-minute meals, and the popular 30-minute meals on TV; [...]

Quick Kitchen Cleaning Tips

It’s said the kitchen is the most lived in room in many households, unfortunately this means it can also be the messiest! Here are some quick kitchen cleaning tips to help you keep the mess and clutter to a minimum. * Clean the kitchen cabinets, stove, refrigerator and counters with baking soda. * Sweep and [...]

Tips for Choosing the Perfect Wine for Your Meal

Many people enjoy a glass of wine with dinner, but a good percentage of those don’t really know how to properly pair a wine with their meal.  Often they will find one wine that they like and drink it with everything.  What’s happening is that they’re missing out on some of the joy of the [...]

Slow Food versus Fast Food

Have you heard about the slow food movement? A lot of people have had enough of junk food and what it seems to be doing to our health and society as a whole. For these reasons, the slow food movement was set up. The basic ethos of the movement is about getting back to basics [...]