Rich tasting, topped with a crunchy pecan topping Holiday Sweet Potatoes are a great side dish for those special dinners. No one will know they are a low carb option! Sweet potatoes are one of the oldest known foods, cultivated by Native Americans for centuries. They were a major source of nutrition for early colonists […]
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Five Fun Foods for Halloween
Younger kids like things on the spooky side — but not too spooky. They still have fun with plays on words and things that are not quite what they seem. Imagination sells so you can slide in some healthy food with fun names! Here’s a few winners from the snack table: Above […]
Layered Salad
Suddenly I spied the perfect container for Layered Salad. I didn’t even know it when I first saw it! A glass refrigerator dish was setting forlornly on a wobbly table in the basement. The masking tape tag said it could be mine for 25 cents. I wandered off through the rest of the musty basement […]
Beef Shish Kebabs
Dinner on a stick! Fun and colorful, shish kebabs make a nice change of pace for summertime grilling. They look and sound so glamorous for such a little bit of effort! Even the name is fun to say. Shish refers to the skewer and kebab means grilled meat in Turkish. The original Turkish recipes used […]
Bacon Potato Salad
Bacon Potato Salad is a summer favorite at our house. Somehow those summer favorites just don’t taste the same when there is no sunshine around! Ever wonder why sometimes potato salad comes out creamy with nice firm potatoes and other times the same recipe is mushy and dry. I went looking for the answer. Just […]
Four Bean Salad
Four bean salad! It has onions, beans for fiber and protein, lots of vitamins and minerals, healthy oils for necessary fat, vinegar (shown to help control blood sugar). It is filling. Plus it makes quite a bit and keeps well so it will work for several meals. It’s good with almost anything. It is […]
Welcome! I’m Charlene. I love to share quick and easy recipes, whatever I’ve learned in our last DIY project – anything that helps make life easier, better and more fun!! I hope you will find inspiration and add a pinch of joy to your day!