Recipes

Homemade General Tso’s Chicken

31 July 2012

I am a huge fan of Asian food, and General Tso’s Chicken is one of my favorites. Now you can make it at home and be sure that there is no added MSG or other preservatives. The real key to this recipe is the sauce. General Tso’s Chicken is sweet, tangy and spicy and my [...]

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Homemade Taco Meat in the Slow Cooker

24 July 2012

Who doesn’t love tacos, burritos, and enchiladas? With this simple slow cooker recipe for making your own taco meat, you can have a quick Mexican dinner whenever you want it, and because you make it yourself, you have the comfort of knowing exactly what is in your food and even more important, what isn’t. When [...]

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Slow Cooker Chicken

21 July 2012

No matter how little experience you have in the kitchen, you can make this slow cooker chicken. It takes minutes to prepare and then the slow cooker does all the hard work. I can’t even begin to tell you how many different chicken recipes I have in various cook books all over the house.  What [...]

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Homemade Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies

17 July 2012

I don’t often share my own recipes for sweet and desserts, but I couldn’t resist this one. Peanut butter cookies make the world a better place, don’t you agree? It recipe is as no-frills as they come, but when they taste this good, who needs frills? INGREDIENTS 1/4 cup sifted flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 [...]

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My Earth Garden: Guacamole

Homemade Guacamole

13 July 2012

Good guacamole is absolutely essential to Mexican dishes (just like salsa), and this is another recipe that is addictive and it will get you rave reviews every time. INGREDIENTS 2 ripe avocados, peeled, seeded 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 Roma tomato, seeded & diced 1/4 cup sweet white onion, minced ½ jalapeno, seeded & minced [...]

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My Earth Garden: Homemade Dirty Rice

Homemade Dirty Rice

10 July 2012

Dirty rice has been a favorite of mine for as long as I can remember, but as you can imagine most of the convenience food versions are full of sodium and a list of chemicals a mile long. That’s when I set out to make my own homemade dirty rice recipe that would bring all [...]

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My Earth Garden: Heirloom Tomatoes

Homemade Pizza Sauce in the Slow Cooker

7 July 2012

By now you should be seeing a good number of fresh tomatoes coming in from your home garden and if you’re like me you are always on the lookout for new ways to use them. What better way to preserve tomatoes than to make convenience foods that your family loves? I started experimenting with my [...]

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