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Vegetarian Vegetable Soup

Vegetarian Vegetable Soup

This crock-pot vegetable soup is soup-er easy to throw together, and easy to modify to your liking. A classic vegetable soup, easy to make – nuthin’ fancy, here. Use whatever frozen mixed vegetables you have on hand. Don’t forget the V-8. The main recipe comes 

Bowtie Pasta Salad

Bowtie Pasta Salad

This pasta salad is great as a side or main dish. It’s cool for a hot summer day and filling because of the pasta. My mother made this for me (following my recipe) when I was recovering from surgery sometime around 2001, so it brings 

Crock Pot Beer Meatballs

Crock Pot Beer Meatballs

This is my classic pot-luck party dish, for which I’ve received many recipe requests. These meatballs end up quite soft if you don’t roll them tightly enough. The slow-cooker process allows the meat to soak up the beer, the longer you cook it. Make beer 

Easy Party Pinwheels

Easy Party Pinwheels

These are such a yummy snack or appetizer for any time, but these pinwheels are great for kids, and grown ups, too. You can double the recipe for more people, but I usually eat only about 10 (or the equivalent of one burrito size tortilla 

Schwager Dip

Schwager Dip

This secret family recipe has been passed down for generations; it’s a perfect dip for ripple chips and pretzels. It’s not a party without the Schwager Dip! A sweet, creamy cream cheese chip dip that you won’t find in the store, there’s nothing out there 

Zucchini-Carrot Medley

Zucchini-Carrot Medley

Here’s a quick and easy side dish that’s healthy and delicious. All you need is Zucchini, Carrots, Onion, salt & pepper for seasoning & olive oil for stir-frying. It makes a complementary side dish to our Pan-seared sirloin steak.

Pico De Gallo (Fresh Tomato Salsa)

Pico De Gallo (Fresh Tomato Salsa)

I love tomatoes. I love fresh tomato salsa. I love tomato sandwiches. My mother hates tomatoes. Isn’t that weird? So, if she never really ate them, how did I fall in love with this plump, juicy fruit? We didn’t have a garden, but when I 

Homemade Crunchwrap Supreme

Homemade Crunchwrap Supreme

Here is one of my husband’s favorite lunch recipes – the Crunchwrap Supreme can easily fit into a sandwich container to be reheated at work. And somehow, everything you make at home tastes so much better than the fast food equivalent. Food prep tip: To 

Mexican Pizza (Taco Bell Copycat Recipe)

Mexican Pizza (Taco Bell Copycat Recipe)

Another victim of the Covid-19 pandemic, Taco Bell retired the Mexican Pizza last Halloween. Over the course of its 32 years, it once had not only black olives and sour cream, but green onions, too! Taco Bell’s Mexi-American food used to taste good. You didn’t 

Taco Bell Enchirito

Taco Bell Enchirito

Everybody has a recipe item that they absolutely love that has been discontinued by one brand or another. This lovely enchilada-burrito (Enchirito) from Taco Bell has been retired at least twice. First, in the 70’s (the one with the black olive slices on top) and