Let’s start the next “Specials” week with a cookie recipe. This is the recipe for chocolate cookies my mom made for us when I was growing up. Everyone I’ve made these for loves them. I’ll bet you will too! PrintAngie’s Chocolate Frosted Cookies Ingredients1/2 cup butter 4-6 TBSP cocoa 1 TBSP coconut oil 1 cup…
Author: Lanie Fioretti
My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!
Pasta with Chicken and Cream
If you bought the fajita marinated chicken breasts this week, and you have leftovers or just want to make something a little different with them, you’ll love Pasta with Chicken and Cream. This dish helps me get back to the way my family ate, long before I was a part of it, with meat as sort…
Picante Beef (Slow Cooker)
Thought for the week: The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. –Kahlil Gibran Make Picante Beef with Texas style beef ribs, chuck roast, or brisket. When you use a cut with some fat and marbling, it turns out moist and so delicious. PrintSlow Cooker Picante…
Gluten Free Products + recipe links
Author: Kathy I have been practicing a gluten free diet now for nearly two years and even though I am not an expert on the diet I have found a few products that are good. Tinkyada makes pasta products from brown rice and the taste and texture is the same as regular pasta and makes…
Hawaiian Potato and Macaroni Salad
Hawaii is one of my favorite places, and I live like a Hawaiian while I’m here. We rent a three bedroom house on the Cook’s Bay where there’s an underwater preserve and a pod of spinner dolphins. We sit on the terrace, wait to see the dorsal fins, then jump in the water with them…