Winter Roasts are Comforting and Warming

Meat and potatoes have a way of making us feel good and help us to ward off those cold winter days. Sometimes when it’s cold and snowy outside the comfort of a good home cooked meal is all you need to forget the chill outside. Fixing a good roast is as easy as making a [...]

Chill Fighting Spices

Spices are incorporated into our meals everyday. They give our foods a flavor and aroma that can bring even the pickiest of eaters to the table. Spices not only peak our smell and our taste buds but certain spices can also help us fight off a down to bone winter chill. This is just a [...]

Make Ahead Ham & Cheese Roll Ups

What You Need:
8 slices of white bread
2 (2.5 oz) pkg. cooked ham sliced thin
8 (1 oz.) sticks of string cheese
1 C of honey mustard salad dressing
How to Make It:
The crust is removed from each slice of bread.
Roll each slice of bread with a rolling pin until about 1/4 inch thick.
Between the 8 slices of bread [...]

Curb Their Hunger with Christmas Appetizers

It’s Christmas and everyone is anticipating the Christmas dinner. The mouthwatering smells from the kitchen have everyone’s stomach growling. Sneaking to kitchen to take a bite is often the most stressful time for family and friends. They don’t want to be in the way but those smells make it impossible to stay away. [...]

Start Your Day with a Christmas Brunch

If your are hosting the Christmas dinner Christmas Eve means spending time in the kitchen preparing for the next days meal. Give the cooks a break by treating them to a brunch on Christmas midmorning. Everyone can get the nourishment they need to finish preparation for dinner that night.
The good thing about a brunch is [...]

Ham Split Pea and Carrot Soup

What You Need:
1 T of garlic, minced
1 small onion, chopped
1/4 lb smoked ham, chopped
3 1/2 C of chicken broth
2 T cilantro, chopped
1 carrot, chopped fine
1/4 lb. split peas
1/4 t fresh ginger, minced
How to Make It:
Generously spray the pressure cooker with a non stick cooking spray.
Place the garlic, onion and ham in the cooker.
Over medium heat [...]

Spiced Up Ham Hash

What You Need:
1 onion, chopped
1 (14 1/2 oz.) can kidney beans, drained well
2 C of tomatoes, chopped
2 C new potatoes, diced
2 C of frozen corn
8 oz. ham, cooked and diced
2 T tomato paste
1 T Worcestershire sauce
1 T of soy sauce
1 dash of Tabasco sauce
1/2 t of salt
1/4 t of pepper
How to Make It:
Spray the bottom [...]

Breakfast Meats

It’s breakfast time again? Where is the closest drive through? These fast food delights are easy to obtain but expensive and not very healthy. However, convenience sometimes makes these two issues easy to overlook. Did you know that you can make these wonderful treats ahead of time at home for much [...]

Wake Up Breakfast Burrito

What You Need:
2 T of butter
12 large eggs
1/4 C of milk
1/2 t of salt
1/2 t of pepper
1 C of Cheddar cheese, shredded
1 C cooked ham, chopped
6 (6 inch) flour tortillas
How to Make It:
Preset the oven temperature to 400 degrees.
Place the butter into a 15X10 inch jelly roll pan and place in the oven until the [...]

Quick and Easy Breakfast in a Flash

What is the one meal you are not supposed to skip. It’s breakfast of course. It regulates your blood sugar and starts your body’s metabolism. It also starts your day off with energy. Most people work outside the home and sleep to the last minute so they don’t figure that they [...]

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