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Memorial Day Picnic Recipes

The long Memorial Day weekend is just a few days away. Time to get out the grill and start cooking up your favorite summertime treats. If you are looking for the perfect dishes to prepare for a holiday weekend potluck or picnic, check out the following recipes: GRILLED SODA POP PORK TENDERLOIN Ingredients: 2 cups of ginger ale 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup soy sauce 1 tablespoon minced garlic Pork Tenderloin Directions: Mix all ingredients. Place two tenderloins in plastic bag. Marinate tenderloins for 2 to 6 hours. Remove pork from marinade and grill until tenderloins reach an internal … Continue reading →

Easy Easter Recipes

Easter is less than a week away. Do you know what you’ll be making to celebrate? If you prefer sticking with traditional Easter dishes, then the following simple yet delicious recipes should come in very handy. To save time in the kitchen look for short cuts. For example, with the ham recipe, consider purchasing a fully cooked ham and dressing it up with the glaze listed below. In addition, for the Easter Petit Fours you can cut down on prep time by using store-bought pound cake. EASTER HAM Ingredients: Whole ham 1/2 cup peach or apricot preserves 1/2 cup honey … Continue reading →

Winning Recipes for Pork and Chicken

My young daughter loathes sauce. If her meat, potatoes, rice, bread, or vegetables get anywhere near gravy or any other type of sauce, you’ll know about it instantaneously (so will the neighbors across the street). Still, I’m not giving up. I refuse to allow her idiosyncrasies compromise my saucy pork and chicken recipes. The following recipes are some of my favorites, and they just so happen to be enhanced by wonderful fruit-flavored sauces. If you have picky eaters like I do, then you might opt to serve the sauce on the side. Otherwise, these dishes are excellent options for diners … Continue reading →

Autumn-Inspired Recipes: Pairing Apples with Pork

Sixteen pounds and counting. And I’m not referring to my waist. That’s about how many pounds of fresh apples I have left after picking a bushel of them at our local orchard a couple weeks ago. Needless to say, the task of creating mouthwatering dishes my family will happily devour is becoming more of a chore than a pleasure. But, I digress. If you too are looking for ways to incorporate fresh apples into your daily menu you might consider the following recipes I whipped up a few days ago… when I was still excited about cooking with apples. PORK … Continue reading →

Autumn Recipes: W is for Wild Rice

Welcome to October! Let the holiday countdown begin, right? I say that with a twinge of sarcasm because to be quite honest I am still lamenting the fact that our local pool closed a few weeks back. As for preparing for the holidays, well, that’s so way off my radar it’s not even funny. However, I realize that there are some of you who are in full-on holiday mode—-be it Halloween, Thanksgiving or (gasp!) Christmas (I know a gal who completed her Christmas shopping last weekend… we are no longer friends… just kidding) so I thought it would be helpful … Continue reading →

Adding Pizzazz to Ordinary Pork

In a previous blog I hinted that the price of food has affected my menu planning and some of you noted that you are in the same boat. One reader commented that pork is a lot cheaper than chicken in his neck of the woods. I was surprised by the comment and today I did some comparison shopping at my local market. Chicken is cheaper, but I only buy whole birds or breast meat in bulk. However, the price of pork (at least the cuts I looked at) was not exorbitantly high. While I wouldn’t consider buying more pork based … Continue reading →

Make Your Favorite Foods Healthier

If you are trying to make healthy lifestyle choices, you may think you have to give up some of your favorite foods. Not true! There are lots of ways to make your favorites lower in calories, fats, and sodium. Love mashed potatoes? Mash white potatoes with low-sodium and/or fat-free chicken broth instead of milk, butter, and salt. Mash sweet potatoes with orange juice instead of butter for a touch of sweetness. Making a stir fry? Fat-free Italian salad dressing makes a flavorful sauce without adding a lot of fat and calories. Use fat-free sour cream, fat-free yogurt, and fat-free cream … Continue reading →

Spreading Smucker’s Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest,

The J.M. Smucker company which has been operating for 110 years never fails to offer fine tasting jams and jellies which make the family breakfast table a bit cozier. Smucker’s jams and jellies are also a healthier alternative to cream cheese or butter. Try some of your favorite fruit spread on an English muffin and you will gladly say goodbye to the high fat bagel and cream cheese habit. Unless, of course, you use fat free cream cheese and decide to add a dollop of Smucker’s fruit spread for a deluxe breakfast treat. Adding jams and jellies for sweetness instead … Continue reading →

The Road to Super Bowl Fun

It’s been 13 long years since the Green Bay Packers played in a Super Bowl and now that the drought is over, residents in Wisconsin are ready to party like college co-eds on graduation day. I’m sure it’s the same way in Pittsburgh, but since I live in Packer Nation I can only speak of the craziness that has engulfed my neck of the woods. People have been planning Super Bowl parties since the minute the Green and Gold won the NFC Championship game in Chicago against the Bears. Stores are decked out in Packer colors and are offering everything … Continue reading →

Rockin’ New Year’s Party Dishes

Ring in 2010 with a meal to remember. Whether it’s prime rib, a huge lobster dripping with butter or a succulent turkey, menu choices for New Year’s celebrations should be opulent and delicious. Fortunately, fancy doesn’t have to mean hard. The following recipes prove that. The Tenderloin with Bordelaise Sauce and Holiday Pork Roast don’t require professional chef skills to make. Still, the end results make stunning additions to your first dinner of the New Year. BEEF TENDERLOIN WITH BORDELAISE SAUCE Ingredients: 12-inch center cut beef tenderloin Kosher salt Fresh ground pepper 3 cloves garlic, minced, divided 4 tablespoons butter … Continue reading →