Category: recipes

  • Szechuan Lettuce Wraps

    Szechuan Lettuce Wraps

    The recipe is easy and ready in minutes.  Like a lots of men John likes hot, thus the “Szechuan”. The world cup is something that John enjoys watching.  He wanted something some what healthy for his watching snacks and decided on “Lettuce Wraps”. We no longer have cable TV so he made a date with our…

  • Yellow Rice with Beans and Sausage

    Yellow Rice with Beans and Sausage

    It is amazing the things I am willing to try now that gluten is not a part of my family’s diet.  We are eating more and more rice, beans, and potatoes at our house. I get tired of eating these things the same way all the time so I have started to experiment and try…

  • Easy French Bread

    Easy French Bread

    We love French bread. You can do so many things with it, you can use it as pizza crust, french toast, toasted with PB & J, cheese sandwich or any sandwich for that matter, garlic bread, cheesy garlic toast and our favorite hot from the oven with butter.    This recipe is great to start…

  • Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp

    Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp

    About 3 years ago Mary Catherine brought a new dessert for us to taste.  It was a recipe that her husband was introduced to while in Canada.  It was divine,    “Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp”.  She had purchased Rhubarb and commented on how hard it was to find beautiful red Rhubarb.  John’s mother has a huge Rhubarb…

  • Russian Cream with Strawberries

    Russian Cream with Strawberries

    Sunday morning after church we had a family brunch.  We had great breakfast casserole, cinnamon rolls and fruit.  The grand kids all love strawberries so John said I am going to make   “Russian Cream”. This is a recipe that an past co-worker of John’s, who suddenly passed away about 30 years ago, shared with…