Spicy Chicken and Hominy Soup
This slow-cooked soup is also called "posole," a traditional good luck New Year's meal in my native New Mexico. Everyone...
Blackberry-Topped Sponge Cakes
The recipe for my blackberry cakes is easy to play with. You can replace the sponge cake with angel food, pound cake or ladyfingers....
Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Filled with chicken, mushrooms, water chestnuts and carrots, these lettuce wraps are both healthy and yummy. The gingerroot, rice...
Lentil White Bean Pilaf
Vegetarians will be happy to see this hearty meatless grain pilaf on the holiday buffet table. I like to make this when I have extra...
Chocolate Cherry Truffles
My cherry truffles were the delicious result of a kitchen experiment involving a bottle of kirsch I’d received as a gift and some...
Slow-Cooker Malaysian Chicken
Malaysian food has influences from the Malays, Chinese, Indians, Thai, Portuguese and British. In this dish, Asian ingredients combine...
Loaded Cheddar-Corn Potato Patties
Make these small for the perfect bite-size appetizer. Pile them on a cake platter, and watch them all disappear.
Cream Puff Dessert
I took this rich dessert to a fellowship meeting at our church. Everyone loved it! In fact, so many people asked for the recipe that...
Campfire Dessert Cones
Kids love to make these! Set out the ingredients so they can mix and match their own creations.
Crawfish Etouffee
This crawfish etouffee is a fun and interesting dish to serve when entertaining. For some, it's an introduction to crawfish and Cajun...
Mild Tomato Salsa
I got this salsa recipe from my sister, and my children and I have been making batches of it ever since. We pair pint jars with packages...
Quick Moroccan Shrimp Skillet
When my niece was attending West Point, she was sent to Morocco for five months. I threw her a going-away party with Moroccan decorations,...
