Need a quick, easy and healthy side dish this week? Try these simple sweet potato fries. They prove that sweet potatoes can do more than casseroles. I usually serve them with sandwiches or burgers, but sometimes, we just eat them all by themselves. Here's what you do: Take a few sweet potatoes and wash them really well. (You can peel them if you like, but I like the extra crunch the ...
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Christmas Cookie Creations
Every year, my mom would make sugar cookies, and all our little hands would help cut out the stars, Santas, stockings, trees and bells then we would eat half of them as we worked to cover them in glazes of pale pink and green. Why pink? Well, mom never bothered to put enough red food coloring in to make the glaze dark. (I always thought she probably figured that in the time it took to make a ...
Works for Me Wednesday: Taco Night
Last night, I found myself wandering the supermarket at supper time, absolutely clueless as to what I was going to feed my family. I wanted something easy and quick, but not processed or greasy. That's when it me: we can have tacos tonight! So, I loaded up the buggy with ground turkey, salsa, taco seasoning and shells....and headed home. In less than 30 minutes, we had a fresh, (somewhat) ...
Pretty Food: Crawfish Elegant
This dish is perfect for a holiday dinner...it's the kind of dish you create when you want to make someone feel special. It's what I like to call "pretty food." So, I made it for my friends the other night. The thing is: it looks much more complicated than it really is! (If you're noticing a theme here, you're right...I'm like the lady in the old Rice Krispy treat commercial who's dancing ...