Treat your family to this garlic lovers roast beef. It’s easy to prepare and very flavorful. If you love garlic as much as my family does, this recipe for garlic lover’s roast beef will delight you. Almost every bit if the roast has a bit of garlic in it! The seasoned crust of the roast …
Food and Drink Recipes from The Gardening Cook
This recipe for a gluten free peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookie has all of the ingredients that I normally love in regular baked goods, but they have no refined sugar, and are wheat free. These gluten free peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookie – a Healthy alternative I have recently adopted both a sugar …
This Roasted Carrot salad is super easy to make and so delicious. Your family will ask for this recipe as a side dish again and again. I love roasting almost all vegetables. It seems to bring out the natural sweetness in them. If your kids don’t like veggies, try roasting them. You may be surprised to …
This recipe for oven baked cod and shrimp with a lemon mustard sauce is perfect for a busy weeknight when time is at a premium. Best of all, the dish is low calorie and also Gluten Free. The whole recipe takes only 25 minutes from start to finish. But don’t let that fool you – …
Pork and vegetable fried rice is a staple of most Chinese restaurants. But you don’t need to rely on takeaway to enjoy it. Just make your own. It is pretty easy to do and tastes great. Best of all no MSG which most Chinese restaurants use. Keep reading to find out how to make this …
We had an Asian dinner party recently, and I wanted to end the meal with something light that would finish off the exotic Asian flavors in clean manner. But I still wanted my guests to think of this as a lovely dessert. I came up with this Japanese fruit plate and they loved it! This …
This toasted sesame teriyaki chicken recipe is easy to make and super tasty. There is no need to head to your favorite Chinese restaurant. Make your favorite dishes at home. It is easier than you might think. Keep reading to find out how to make this popular Chinese recipe. This Toasted Sesame Teriyaki Chicken will …
Poultry seasoning is a delicious dried spice mix that really brings out the flavor of chicken and turkey. Don’t you just love it when you are all set to make one of your favorite recipes and discover that you are out of a single ingredient? I had that happen to me tonight as I was …
Are you looking for the perfect bite sized portions of your favorite recipes? The muffin tin recipes below make portion control a breeze. Muffin tins are not just for muffins anymore. There are loads of creative ways to use your ingredients and then cook them in a muffin tin. The finished recipe is a handy …
This round-up features 20 of my favorite holiday fudge recipes. Some are my own recipes and others have been submitted by blogger friends of mine. The holidays are a time of the year when I love making fudge the most, because of all the creative flavors. Below you’ll find everything from classics like peanut butter fudge, …
These candy cane peppermint kiss cookies are a variation on the normal kiss cookie that is so often seen this time of the year. They are also lighter than the traditional kiss cookie and perfectly festive. They are a great choice for a cookie swap or to take to your child’s school party. I’ve made …
Prepare to have your sweet tooth tempted with this collection of dessert recipes. I admit it. I love desserts much more than I should. I’ve gone through just about every phase of dessert cooking there is. From light fruit desserts to rich decadent treats that no dieter would be able to look at without gaining …
The Red Lobster restaurant is known for its signature cheddar biscuits, creamy clam chowder, and delicious seafood dishes of all types. This copycat recipe shows an easy way to re-create Red Lobster’s Nantucket Baked Cod recipe at home. It uses items that you most likely already have in your pantry. As nice as Red Lobster’s dishes …
Our Thanksgiving menu planning is done, and now it’s leftover time! This hot turkey sandwich is my favorite way to use up the leftover turkey that seems to abound after the holiday meal. I actually love the leftovers and buy a turkey much larger than I need so that I can make the taste last …
This 4 layer Mexican dip is very easy to make, but don’t let that fool you. The flavor is fantastic! The recipe combines jalapeñ0 chilis with canned chili, and cream cheese. It’s topped with Mexican cheese and cooked in the microwave. If you need a quick party appetizer, this one fits the bill perfectly! Bring …
This recipe for Italian Herb Vinegar is perfect for any Italian or Mediterranean recipe. I love growing herbs and combing them with vinegar and oil gives me a great ingredient for cooking. Herb infused vinegar oils keep the flavor of the herbs well and add such a special taste to any recipe. Make Your Own …
A cookie exchange is the perfect way to share your favorite cookie recipes with friends and family. Who doesn’t love a great cookie recipe? They are generally quite easy to make and family members are sure to love them better than boxes of store bought cookies. And this time of the year, many people have …
If you love to use hard boiled eggs in recipes, put this curried egg salad with olives on your rotation. It’s the perfect filler for a pita pocket. Pita pockets are the perfect containers for any salad type sandwich. They hold the ingredients well and don’t spill the contents all over you like a sandwich …
If you love the taste of peanut butter, these peanut butter recipes will be right up your alley. I am like Claire from Lost. I can’t get enough peanut butter. I just love the stuff and could sit with a jar of Jif peanut butter and a spoon and lose a few hours. So it …
If you’re looking for an impressive dinner that is easy to cook, you’re in the right place. This recipe for roast beef with rosemary and garlic is a favorite at our house! My husband’s favorite meal is roast beef, so I cook it often. I’m always trying new ways to delight his taste buds. And …
Fall is the time of the year when apples are so plentiful. Apple pie, Caramel Apples, Applesauce, and, of course, Hasselback baked apples. These caramel baked apples are a super delicious way to end a meal and you won’t miss a normal high-carb dessert at all! How to make caramel baked apples I love using …
These sweet Pilgrim hat cookies are the perfect choice to tempt the little ones (and the young at heart!) this Thanksgiving. They are easy to do and will have them wondering where they all disappeared. It is such fun to have some treats for the Thanksgiving menu that the kiddies will love. Perfect for Thanksgiving …
Take Lunch to a New Level with this Lasagne Sandwich Recipe. Looking for something special to serve for a lunch for your friends? Try this decadent lasagne sandwich recipe. Lasagne is one of my favorite meals. I love the layers of goodness the seem to combine so well together. But lasagne takes quite a long …
At our house, we grill year round outside. So I am always trying new ways to grill steak. This recipe for grilled top round steak is easy to do. It does need marinating for at least 6 hours but you could do this over night in the fridge and then just throw on the BBQ …
Printable recipe – Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel. One of my favorite treats whenever I go to the local fair at the fair grounds is a cinnamon sugar pretzel. The sweet taste and soft texture of it is so much fun to eat. This recipe reproduces that feeling for me. It’s delicious and light and just the …
Printable recipe – Make Your Own Potato Chips. We all love snack foods but they are just full of chemicals most of the time. My favorite is potato chips. There are many recipes out there for home made potato chips but many of them fail when I try to duplicate them. This one comes out …