A Video Recipe for making those mints often served at wedding receptions and baby showers.

A recipe for all-beef mini meatballs that trades in the trouble and the mess for an easier oven roasting method.

This “healthified” chia-enhanced frozen coffee is packed with vitamins and protein and weighs in at a mere 200 calories!

A four ingredient-simple recipe for a maple-sweetened corn powered by the umami of bacon grease!

A “skinny” alternative to Mexican Street Corn that skimps on fat but not on flavor!

This BBQ pork butt plus a whole mess of other solid recipes for outdoor entertaining.

Buttery biscuits atop a sea of sweet strawberries and tangy rhubarb.

Rich chocolate cake layered with salty-sweet peanut butter buttercream, frosted with a crazy-good ganache spiked with peanut butter.

Rich, fudgy, chocolate cookie smeared with a cool, creamy, melted Andes Mint. A simple Christmas Holiday treat for the “must bake” list!

It’s time to stop taking Macaroni and Cheese for granted. If your kids are gonna insist, you might as well enjoy it too!

A do-ahead cold soup, beyond easy to make. The rich yellow hue of this squash gazpacho is a bright & sunny compliment to any plate!

This is the dip that’ll give your taco salad that creamy, tangy, and spicy kick! Great with raw veggies too!

Eating my way thru a small town celebration. Plenty of local treats and fair favorites – Hope to see ya next year! :)

A spaghetti salad chock-full of garden vegetables and whole grain pasta; fit for any potluck, picnic or social gathering.

A baked good made for the grill: An impossibly chewy, whole grain sugar cookie infused with the richness and complexity of apple wood smoke.

This BBQ-friendly recipe yields a hot, crusty loaf of bread without a lot of fuss.

Perfectly seasoned strips of slow-simmered beef tongue seared tender and juicy. If you’ve never done offal, this is a good place to start!

A dead-simple meatloaf that is perfect for a ravenous family on a weeknight when dinner doesn’t have to be a thirty-minute affair.

The jam-like texture of caramelized onions compliments a hearty cornbread that’s built upside-down in a cast iron skillet.

Doing this locally-raised steer justice; BBQ with no gimmicky pre-packaged seasoning blends or sauces.

An easy, one-pot answer to what’s going with what’s coming off the grill.

For great iced tea, all you need are a few simple kitchen gizmos and a tested method.