This makes for an unusual but very good roast. It works with other red meats and chicken as well. Ingredients 3/4 cup apricot jam 1/2 medium sweet onion, Vandalia or equal, finely minced 1 cup orange juice zest from one… Read More »Apricot Orange Glazed Roast Beef
This is a traditional Waldorf salad made with apples, raisins, and walnuts and tossed with mayonnaise. We think of this as a harvest-time salad but all that is really required are good crisp apples. You can usually get good apples… Read More »Traditional Waldorf Salad
Apply the Heat! Cooking food–especially raw meat, poultry, fish and eggs–to a safe minimum internal temperature kills harmful bacteria. Thoroughly cook food as follows: Ground Products Beef, veal, lamb, pork 160°F Chicken, turkey 165°F Beef, Veal, Lamb Roasts & steaks… Read More »Food Safety Temperatures: How to Know When It’s Done Cooking
How to Make a Quesadilla Quesadillas are the south-of-the-border equivalent of sandwiches. And like sandwiches, you can stuff them with almost anything. You can even stuff them with scrambled eggs, sausage, cheese, and salsa for a breakfast quesadilla. Quesadillas are… Read More »How to Make Quesadillas and Sincronizadas!
This is a great wrap for summer. It’s light and refreshing, healthy and flavorful. This is a great wrap for a picnic or a lunch in the shade at the park. Ingredients tuna packed in water, drained diced celery 1/2… Read More »Tuna Wrap
We wanted a nice crisp pizza crust, one that would almost melt in our mouths—crisp almost like a nice cracker. We knew that would take a thin crust and high heat with very little rising of the dough once the… Read More »How to Make a Thin Crust Pizza with a Crispy Crust
Includes a guide for making 15 different kinds of mashed potatoes! For Thanksgiving and other traditional events at our house, we whip up a big pot of mashed potatoes. Often, we load them with butter and cream cheese, add a… Read More »How to Make Better Mashed Potatoes
For this recipe, you make a white sauce for the filling from the flour and cream. Once the white sauce is made, add the cheese to make a cheese sauce. This makes a creamy casserole. It is important that you… Read More »Au Gratin Potatoes (white sauce)
(With recommendations and recipes) We wanted to know everything we could about making scalloped, and au gratin potato casseroles. We read what we could in our textbooks and began studying recipes. Then we stopped by our local potato warehouse for… Read More »The Quest for the Best Scalloped Potatoes
A pizza made at home should be better than a commercial pizza. You get it fresh from the oven made with fresh ingredients and the combination of ingredients that you want, on a homemade crust, and with the care that… Read More »Tips for Great Pizzas