Pickled Radishes & Red Onion

I’m pretty sure you can pickle anything.  I remember eating pickled cows tongue straight from a Mason jar at my Granny’s house when I was a little girl.  Although I cannot remember the flavor or the texture of it today, I do remember liking it then.  Personally, I had never pickled anything before “this” jar…

Cowboy Pizza Dip

Not too long ago I saw a pin for pizza dip on Pinterest and traced the pin back to the blog “Closet Cooking.”  The photographs of the dish made me want to crack open my laptop and reach inside of it with a hunk of French bread to scoop up and gobble down a heap…

All In One Salad Bites

I believe, somewhere in my piles of cookbooks, there lies a cookbook containing a version of this salad.  I still think this idea is brilliant!  Whenever I eat a salad I always try to get a little bit of whatever is in the salad onto each forkful.  Depending on the salad this can really be…

Avocado Panna Cotta with Toasted Pistachios

Did not have pistachios when I snapped the photo. A week, or two, ago I saw a post for Cereal Milk Panna Cotta on the blog The Food in My Beard. It looked and sounded so amazing.  I visit this blog at least weekly.  The author is so over-the-top creative!  Anyway, I have never made Panna…

Granny’s Salsa

My attempt at Granny’s Salsa. I used mostly ripe tomatoes. Nearly all summer, and even last week, Granny has been churning out fresh batches of salsa with ingredients plucked from her and my father’s garden.  When I typed the words, “Granny’s Salsa” the thought of them struck me as funny.  Grannies are supposed to be…

Hot Chicken “Wing Style” Meatballs

Hot Chicken “Wing Style” Meatballs:Ingredients:-1 lb. Ground Chicken Breast-1/4 c. Panko-1 Egg-1/4 c. Carrots (small dice)-1/4 c. Celery (small dice)-1/2 c. Onion (small dice)-1 tsp. garlic powder-1 tsp. salt-1 tsp. pepper-PAM spray-1/2 to 1 c. Franks Red Hot Sauce-2 Tbsp. Butter-Blue Cheese Dressing (I used the brand “Light House”) Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In medium bowl…