Recipes

I grow mint in the garden, and have so much of it. If you know anything at all about mint, you know it grows like a weed. People often ask me, what do you do with all that mint? One thing I do is use it for tea. My older son and I have several [...]

real simple to make:
-peel as many potatoes as you want. 2 is sufficient per person
-shred potatoes
-fry potato shreds, light veggie oil as needed, until done
-eat, enjoy!

In the middle of eating this lovely dish I thought, hey now, I grew this food! well everything but the rice
Okra and tomatoes sauteed in a little olive oil with fresh garlic over white rice(and it’s no-salt, low-fat too!)
This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!

Cut each biscuit out with juice glass.

I love making biscuits from scratch, they are the BEST. the secret to good fluffy biscuits is vegetable shortening, baking soda, & butter. Easy on the butter, just a little for light flaky taste. You will need:
2 cups all-purpose flour1 tablespoon baking powder1 teaspoon salt3/4 tablespoon white sugar1/3 cup [...]

So the boys wanted me to make cookies the other day. I was writing so I told them they had to wait. They said We don’t want to wait! Come on, mom, make us some cookies! I said No, later. They said Ok we’ll just make them ourselves. I said Ok, go for it. They [...]

This is how I make black beans and rice with tofu. This is a very simple and easy dish to make, and it is quite tasty. It takes about 30 minutes, a bit more if you use a rice cooker. The ingredients:
Black Beans RiceTofuOnionOlive OilSeasoning

You’ll need 16 oz. cooked beans or two 8 oz. canned. [...]

This is a quick tutorial for making seaweed and rice wraps, also known as vegetarina sushi. This is bare bones using just rice. It is very, very simple and easy to make. You will need for each wrap 3-4 heaping tablespoons cooked rice, warm, and one sheet of dried seaweed, also known as nori. You [...]

Tofu Stirfry is my family’s favorite meal. We have it every Friday; it has become a tradition. Here is a tutorial how-to so you can make this meal too. With pics! Click to see big.
Rice is included when having tofu stirfry. I use either brown rice or white rice. Brown rice is healthier. This meal [...]