Dog Breath Mint Biscuits DIY

Simple recipe to make for your dog’s bad breath. It takes just a few ingredients from your cupboard with some fresh mint and parsley. You can use dried parsley and mint if you don’t have fresh. The fresh is better because it has a strong scent. Baking the biscuits yourself is so much cheaper then…

Seared Bay Scallops

Bay scallops are the large scallops that usually very pricey in the seafood case of the grocery or fish market. Normally scallops are cooked for special occasions or just ordered in a upscale restaurant. They are cooked with a lovely brown crust on the top and bottom of the scallop which looks difficult to do….

Savannah Red Rice

Budget friendly casserole for when you are out of ideas and money. An easy dish to make from rice, canned crushed tomatoes and bacon or ham. It can be served as a side dish or the main coarse. I have made this on the top of the stove when I didn’t want to wait for…

Icebox Date Nut Cookies

Make ahead cookie dough and bake the next day. The buttery cookie is soft and chocked full of bits of dates and walnuts. Make the cookie dough the day before and roll into 6 inch logs. Refrigerate over night to slice and bake the next day. This cookie recipe was popular after WWII and calls…

Chicago Style Italian Roast Beef Sandwich on Homemade Italian Sandwich Rolls

A very simple and easy bread recipe. Anyone can make these rolls. They are crusty and chewy on the outside and soft inside. There is only five ingredients in this recipe, which makes it budget friendly. You can mix and knead by hand or use your stand mixer. The recipe makes 6 sandwich rolls perfect…

Crockpot Express Italian Roast Beef

This recipe for Italian roast beef using the Crockpot Express is very fast to prepare. It has the flavors of blended Italian herbs, garlic and wine. You will fall in love with this delicious roast. I don’t want to waste a drop of the au juice or thin gravy, so I save the left over…

Soft Potato Bread Sticks

This recipe uses instant potato flakes and rapid rise yeast. It takes about a hour and half to make this bread sticks recipe, from start to finish. You mix, knead and shape them before you set them aside to rise. It only took 30 minutes in a warm place when I made these. It really…

Cranberry Toffee Refrigerator Cookies

Wonderful crispy toffee ice box cookie with a modern twist of dried cranberries and chocolate chips. Refrigerator cookies became popular after WWII when electric refrigerators became a modern marvel and housewives found wonderful ways to utilize it to help prepare food. The time that this cookie rests in the refrigerator develops the flavors and texture….

Old Henry Bars

This recipe was given to me when I was in Girl Scouts in the 1950’s. We traded cookie recipes to put together a recipe note book. It was part of a badge we were working on. Eventually several of the cookie recipes made into my mom’s recipe box. I later copied them for myself. I…

Buttermilk Sugar Cookies

A soft buttermilk sugar cookies that is easy and inexpensive to make. The recipe stirs up quickly from just a few ingredients that normally is on hand. This old fashion cookie is soft and very delicious. The batter is light and fluffy, almost like a pound cake batter. Just drop them by the spoonful on…