Mexican Marinated Skirt Steak

Does anyone remember the Chevy’s Fresh Mex restaurants? I loved their food and was so sad when they closed. Luckily, someone bought me their cookbook as a Christmas present. So now I get to share their recipe and show you how it can be modified gluten free. You can make fajita’s, taco’s, a burrito or … Read more

Air Fried, Honey Hot Chicken Wings

Many places I go, they flour-coat their wings so I can’t eat them. Butter is also a common ingredient in a lot of buffalo sauce recipes. Thanks to Frank’s Redhot® Hot Buffalo sauce, I can make these crispy, air fried wings at home with no gluten or dairy and they have no added oil. My … Read more

Discovering the Best Plant-based Burger – Round #2

So when I did my first review Discovering the Best Gluten Free, Plant-Based Burger, I didn’t include the 2 most popular brands on the market. The Impossible™ burger and the Beyond Burger®. Since Lightlife™ was my favorite choice in the first round, I was compelled to include it in my second taste test. Below you … Read more

Deviled Eggs

I often get asked to bring my deviled eggs to family parties. They don’t last long so I always double the recipe when it’s for a larger group. Otherwise, the recipe below will satisfy a small group of friends or just to have a snack around at home. This is a basic, classic recipe that … Read more

Baba Ganoush

I’m growing some eggplants in the garden and a couple of them looked ready to pick today. The only problem is that I haven’t really cooked much with eggplant. Anytime I’ve tried, I just can’t seem to get it right.  I have had some wonderful Baba Ganoush before and attempted to make it myself once. … Read more

Top 10 Gardening Gift Ideas for Dad

Father’s Day is coming up quickly. Does your dad like to garden? If so, here are 10 gift ideas for dad on his special day. Gardening Hat It’s really important to protect your skin from the sun. This hat will help to keep the sun off the face and our most vulnerable body part, the … Read more

Southwest Gardening – Getting Started

Living in the southwest and learning how to garden is not an easy task but…it can be done. Whether you have a yard to build raised beds or a patio big enough for container gardening, you can have great success if you follow a few steps. Let’s get started… Step#1: Pick your Location You’ll want … Read more

Sun Dried Tomatoes

I got a ton of Roma tomatoes from my product rescue. I wasn’t quite sure what to do with them all. They were not that particularly flavorful and I knew that I would either need to cook them into a sauce or preserve them. So how can I add flavor? I know! Sun dried tomatoes would … Read more

Hot Banana Peppers

Hot banana peppers are easy to grow in the garden and are a very good producer. Each pepper is about 6 inches long and yellow in color (hence it’s name). They have 5,000 to 10,000 scoville units which produces a medium heat. They also have a wonderful pepper smell. If you can handle a little … Read more