Category: Easy Recipes

  • Carrot and Cilantro Salad with Mandarin Oranges

    Carrot and Cilantro Salad with Mandarin Oranges

    Okay, when I see the same basic idea in three different places I figure it’s time to try it. This is so simple, you don’t need any measurements.   Basically it’s the simplest carrot salad with grated carrots, olive oil and lemon juice. Plus a pinch of salt if you’d like.  That alone was delicious but…

  • 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.