Category: Easy Recipes

  • Fresh Corn Salad

    Fresh Corn Salad

    I found this recipe in Penzey’s spice catalog and thought it would be great for the barbecue I had planned for Saturday.  When I have people over, I like to do as much ahead of time as possible and in this case I planned on making a few salads and then barbecuing a tri-tip when…

  • Fish Filets with Honey Mustard Sauce

    Fish Filets with Honey Mustard Sauce

    I love recipes that scale, that are just as easy to do for two people or ten! You could bake or broil (or grill?) these filets. I broiled them. I’m not a big fish expert but would venture to guess this would work pretty much the same on each white fish filet. I used a…

  • Applesauce Pork Chops

    Applesauce Pork Chops

    Adapted from a Taste of Home recipe… I almost always cook up sauteed apples whenever I make pork chops. That’s easy. Peel (or not) , core, and slice apples, then cook in a bit of butter and sprinkle with brown sugar when they’re soft. This recipe called for cooking the pork chops with the apples…

  • Easiest Fruit Cobbler Ever

    Easiest Fruit Cobbler Ever

    This is just too easy. Mix the batter up and pour it in a greased 9×9 pan. Put the fruit on top. Bake.

  • Dressed Up Black Beans

    Dressed Up Black Beans

    A friend just taught me a great easy way to dress up a can of black beans. Saute a half cup or so of sliced or chopped onions very slowly until caramelized. Then add the can of black beans (without draining them) and mix it all up. Simmer slowly until the liquid has dissipated and…