Chocolate marshmallows and peanut butter bind the cereal, nuts and oh, yeah, mini peanut butter cups. Yum!

Gumbo roux made easy by browning the flour in the oven!

Feed vegetarians, vegans and your meat eaters with a build-your-own taco salad.

Easy Oven Baked Chipotle Wings – Tender and spicy wings sprinkled with a rub and baked in the oven–Yum!

Clam Chowder–with fresh and canned clams, potatoes and leeks.

Comfort food meatloaf topped with tangy barbecue sauce.

Thai Chicken Salad–a layered array of colorful vegetables, edamame and chicken. Yum!

Onion Soup with Mushrooms topped with sourdough baguette cubes and Gruyere.

Chicken Soup with Rutabagas. What is a rutabaga?

FOODjimoto’s Top Ten Posts of 2011–with recipe links–and a Give-A-Way that goes until the Lunar New Year, Jan. 23rd.

Meatball sandwiches with peppers, onions & cheese on a crunchy french roll.

Creamy and rich pasta with chicken and shimeji mushrooms with a lighter version included.

Umani–A Japanese stew with an array of root vegetables and chicken in a sweet & savory broth.

Energy Bars made adapted from the Rice Krispies Treats recipe–with peanut butter and trail mix ingredients.

Hearty chicken, mushrooms and vegetables in a creamy broth.

Biscuits made from Bisquick – the first thing I learned to cook.