Daktari's Diner

I planted a garden this year.  It looks like this.  This is the tame side anyway where the rambling squash vines are hidden.  But this is m...

This one is so easy and delicious, it's sinful. Ingredients 1/4 to 1/2 cup yellow popcorn Butter flavored non-stick spray 1 T Splen...

I spent the major part of my weekend going through boxes of mementos from my school days and books and culling and clearing out crap stuf...

I'm a fan of The Pioneer Woman blog .  Over the years, I've gotten so many ideas for meals from that site that I could honestly be t...

Today being Easter and all, I thought I'd do something traditional and eat eggs. But I wasn't much in the mood for the whole dying t...

I'm the first to be straight up with you.  I'm not a fan of salt.  Sure, I'll shake a little on popcorn.  Maybe on fried chicken...

One day back toward the middle of February, a package arrived at Bek's house. It contained three dozen chicks. Two were destined for t...

Sorry I haven't been posting.  Believe it or not, I've been eating out of my freezer for weeks now due to high work demands.  Oh w...

Ok, so I know I'm a novice at meal planning and I've not yet mastered the plan that uses leftovers of one meal for new meals in the ...

I've had a craving for pasta lately. I found this recipe at Food Network and added chicken to it. I thought I'd share it here. Usual...

I found some shrimp in the freezer.  Two pounds of it that I refuse to let go bad.  I decided to make perhaps my favorite shrimp dish: sea...

Well for those who have been watching my weight loss progress, I wanted to provide an update, since there have been some changes lately.  Un...

So I wanted to check back in on the meal planning and offer some thoughts.  I really got a little militant about the whole deal and did some...

Here is a recipe I tried this weekend. We used it to make soft tacos. Please see the notes at the bottom of the recipe. It can really be tai...

I have raved before about The Schamle's Favorites hummus recipe .  I love it.  Love it, love it, love it!  But it makes a mess o' hu...

Ok.  Made this recipe today from Mel's Kitchen Cafe with some modifications, so I'll reprint here and go through it.  I'm going ...

I have been trying to do some better meal planning.  When I started thawing a turkey last week, I thought that I would be ready to tackle tu...

Following up on my earlier post , I was true to my word and bought and prepared brussel sprouts .  I followed the recipe suggested by Mama B...

 Breakfast today was a nice, hearty huevos rancheros.  Just a pair of corn tortillas topped with some leftover northern beans I was given...

Would you eat this for breakfast? I do. Raspberries over steel-cut oats with a side of grapefruit and a slice of spinach quiche.  Two ...

I had found a recipe on a cooking forum I belong to and it sounded really, really good! I copied it and worked on trying to reduce the calor...

When I was a kid and my mother made chicken or turkey, my sister and I got to break the breastbone.  Or wishbone as we liked to call it.  ...

This is one of my most trusted cookbooks. A gift from my Gram. I love this cookbook. I would guess that it was put together in t...

I have made this soup several times and everyone loves it. I wanted to try a "lighter" version, so I tried that this past Sunday. ...

Leanne D got me to thinking about zucchini bread.  I had some zucchini in the fridge and decided to treat the kids at school tomorrow, who, ...