I replaced the rice with quinoa for this delicious pudding. It was great with slivered almonds and blueberries.

Did you grab a bag of frozen cooked shrimp instead of raw? No worries, you can still use them for something other than shrimp cocktails!

This delicious low fat Moroccan Quinoa Salad travels very well.

This fresh and delicious shrimp cocktail is very easy to prepare.

There’s something comforting about a savory browned meat pie on a cool winter night.

Delicious creamy Indian spinach with cubes of cheese.

This quick and easy pistachio and picholine olive sauce clings really well to the orecchiette.

Thai Style Cucumber Salad – These cucumbers were labelled “pesticide-free”, ever wonder what that means?

A leafy green salad with candied pecans, apple and goat cheese, tossed in a light vinaigrette.

A quick and easy appetizer. Smoked sausage coated in a reduced red wine and honey glaze.

Croquettes; a great way to use up leftover ham!

Squash stuffed with brown rice, pecans and goat cheese.. a wonderful vegetarian meal.

I like to add rum soaked raisins to this Hungarian apple cake. My grandmother added ground walnuts to hers.

This 18th Century English recipe struck me as interesting.

Turkey, Italian pork sausage and tomatoes make a delicious meatloaf.

A pretty darn good cookie recipe from the back of a label.

Each of these Austrian potato dumplings contains an apricot.

Grape and Cabernet Sorbet. A delicious adult treat for the hot weather.

Turn those plump ears of corn into this delicious and satisfying soup.

Intensely flavoured and silky smooth concord grape gelato.

Onions are in season in Texas at the moment… this soup is delicious.