Potato Soup – Slow Cooker Style Imagine this…you make this creamy-dreamy slow cooker potato soup, enjoy it with your family for dinner deciding it’s incredible, then wake up the next morning and realize you left it on the back counter to cool before packing into lunch containers. Grrrrrr…felt so wasteful and almost cried as I…
Greek Chicken with Artichoke Salsa and Asparagus
Greek Chicken with Artichoke Salsa and Asparagus Yum-Yum-Yummy! This dish was inspired by a menu item I use to order at the Green Mill Restaurant in Bemidji, MN while traveling for work. As we all know, eating out Gluten Free can be a challenge and a stress, especially when dining at a work function. Options…
Spring Mix Salad with Chicken Cutlet
Spring Mix Salad with Chicken Cutlet Easy, light, fresh, and flavorful….I could eat this every night. I love Spring…my favorite season of all. Open your windows, close your eyes, and take it all in…just listen. The whistling wind between the barely budding branches, the flock of geese high above waiting to claim their pond, or…
Fish Sandwich
Fish Sandwich Yes…this is gluten free! Never having been a fast-food junkie, there isn’t much I miss in that regard. But there is a sandwich I use to order this time of year that I loved…the Fillet-O-Fish at McDonalds. It’s hard to even write those words because I just don’t eat that type of…
Spring BBQ Sirloin Burgers
Diego Sirloin Burger Classic Steakhouse Sirloin Burger Hooray for Spring BBQ! This is a very special Spring BBQ post for many reasons. These burgers are made with 98% fat free USDA Choice Sirloin ‘Spring has Sprung’ in Minnesota! This was the first ground beef burger I’ve eaten in 23 years…and it was ‘boingerless’! I’ve been…
Hashbrown Crusted Egg Pie
Hashbrown Crusted Egg Pie This is our all-time favorite breakfast pie and it’s a winner every time. The bones of my recipe came from Emeril Lagasse’s Manly Quiche ,which I made for the first time in 2002 for Mr. Spinner’s Birthday. When I saw the episode of Emeril making his quiche with a hashbrown crust…
Blanched Kale with Sweet Potatoes and Vinaigrette Dressing
Blanched Kale with Sweet Potatoes and Vinaigrette Dressing I found my new favorite way to eat Kale…blanched. Yum! I’ve enjoyed kale raw in a salad, mixed into soups and stews for the nutrition factor, and I’ve even blended it into a smoothie. But I had never tried it blanched until yesterday and it’s like a…
Pumpkin Sunrise Muffins and Bread
Pumpkin Sunrise Muffins and Bread One recipe, two results. I made both muffins and a bread from this recipe and sent the loaf to the office with Mr. Spinner…which was also a way to refrain from eating an entire batch of muffins! Both were equally moist and delicious. This recipe boasts a moist and flavorful…
Easy Crusted Chicken
Easy Crusted Chicken Looking for an easy weeknight meal? I was too, so I went to my old recipe file and pulled this one because it had Really Good!! written in bold letters. Ha! I guess we liked it. This recipe called for Panko Crumbs (not gluten free) which explains the great rating we gave…
Zucchini Cake with Lemon Glaze
Zucchini Cake with Lemon Glaze Last weekend I brought zucchini to the cabin with plans to prepare a veggie medley with one of our dinners. But visiting with friends and unplanned excursions made the weekend fly by and before I knew…it was time to head home. Time always seems to fly at the cabin…it’s our…
Pick-Me-Up CitrusTea
Pick-Me-Up Citrus Tea The name of my tea sum’s up the source…waking Friday morning with a head-cold. I’m a morning coffee drinker, french roast with a touch of hazelnut to which I add cream and a dash of sugar. Yumm….my eyes don’t fully open until I feel the steam of the coffee gently warm my…
Menu Ideas For your Valentine Meal
Looking for a list of idea’s for your Valentine’s Dinner? I have created six full meals complete with salad, main dish, and dessert. Pick your theme…all six are different. Some more involved while others quick and easy. Mix-up the menu’s for a custom meal… Have fun! Happy Love Day! Mary Links to the recipe’s are…