Category: recipes

  • Crunch Top Salad

    Crunch Top Salad

    For years my husband and I made fun of jello salads, basically banning them from any dinner party. Growing up in Utah at the time we did it was at every dinner family or church.  Then we found this recipe.  “Crunch Top Salad” It is more like dessert than a salad. It is now a…

  • Coconut Cream Pie

    Coconut Cream Pie

    It really is too bad that we like desserts so much. It makes it terribly hard to resist such great recipes when trying to loose weight. Here is Great Grandma’s (my mom’s) favorite pie recipe. “Coconut Cream” 3/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup flour 1/4 tsp salt 2 cups milk 3 eggs separated 2 tbsp butter…

  • Spice Rubbed Pulled Pork

    Spice Rubbed Pulled Pork

    Sometime I want a great meat sandwich without having to go to a restaurant. You just can’t beat a good pulled pork. So here is another pulled pork recipe. “Spice Rubbed Pulled Pork” Spice Mix 1 tbsp onion salt 2 tbsp paprika 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 tsp chili powder 1/2 tsp ground allspice 1/2…

  • Fry Sauce

    Fry Sauce

    A while ago we asked the question on our Facebook page  ” What do you like with you fries, Ketchup, Fry Sauce or Ranch?  “ More than one comment was, “what is fry sauce? We were raised in Utah and thought that everyone ate Fry Sauce. I seemed to always know what the ingredients were…

  • Fettuccine Alfredo with Sausage

    Fettuccine Alfredo with Sausage

    I almost always order Fettuccine Alfredo when its on the menu of a restaurant.  I love it, but this was the first time I’d ever made it. I was surprised at how easy it is to make.  I’ll be making again for sure.  I usually order chicken or shrimp with my Fettuccine Alfredo, but I…