‘Recipes’ Archives
Michael’s Fresh Salsa
Salsa is as easy to make as it is delicious, and its uses go far beyond a topping for nacho chips! Once I started making my own, I couldn’t bear to eat store-bought salsa from a jar again. INGREDIENTS 3 medium ripe tomatoes 1 small onion -or- a small bunch of [Read More]
Michael’s Basic Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
A lot of people are intimidated by the idea of making their own salad dressing. This recipe illustrates clearly why so many restaurants use balsamic vinaigrette as their house dressing. It’s simple to make with almost no prep time whatsoever and it stores well if you [Read More]
Michael’s Super Simple Pasta Fagioli
If you have never had the Italian-style Pasta Fagioli soup, you are missing out. On the rare occasions that I go out to eat at the Olive Garden, I can usually rely on both the general flavor and ingredients of their pasta fagioli soup as well as getting a reasonable [Read More]
Michael’s Peanut Butter Cookies
This is the first peanut butter cookie recipe I ever made and even though I’ve tried dozens of others, this is the one I always go back to. It is definitely no-frills but when they taste this good, who needs frills? [Read More]
General Tso’s Chicken
CHICKEN INGREDIENTS: 2 lbs chicken deboned & cut into bite-sized pieces 1 bunch spring onions, sliced (about 2 cups) 1 cup diced red bell pepper 1 egg corn starch soy sauce salt & pepper SAUCE INGREDIENTS: 1/4 cup water 1/2 cup soy sauce 3 cloves garlic, [Read More]
Homemade Taco Meat
INGREDIENTS: 1 lb. ground beef, chicken or turkey 1 medium onion, diced 3 garlic cloves, minced 3 T chili powder 3 T brown sugar 1 T ground cumin 1/2 T coriander 2 tsp dried oregano 2 tsp cayenne pepper 1 large can tomato puree sea salt & black pepper water Sorry about [Read More]
Michael’s Southern Style Pimento Cheese
It is a southern staple, a delicacy that has to be done just right if it is going to be done at all. It is pimento cheese and now you have my personal recipe. 1 2 ounce jar of pimentos, drained 8 ounces low fat extra sharp cheddar cheese, either shredded or chopped 1 [Read More]
Michael’s Homemade Pancake Recipe
One of my biggest pet peeves is when people think they need a store bought baking mix to make such simple staples as biscuits and pancakes. In case you are one of those folks, I’m including my very own homemade pancake recipe here to prove once and for all that [Read More]
Make Your Own English Muffins
Les at the fantastic blog Spilling Buckets recently posted a recipe for DIY English muffins that definitely seemed like it bore repeating so here’s a link: Homemade English Muffins @ Spilling Buckets I plan on testing this English muffin recipe myself over the [Read More]
Michael’s Foolproof Crockpot Chicken
I can’t even begin to tell you how many different chicken recipes I have in various cook books all over the house. What I can tell you without a doubt is that this is by far the easiest chicken recipe I have ever seen. You won’t believe how easy it [Read More]
