Cool as a Cucumber Salad

2 medium sized cucumbers 1/2 cup light sour cream 1/2 tsp. salt, black pepper freshly ground to taste preference 2 Tbs. rice wine vinegar 2 TBS dried parsley 1/2 tsp. dried dill. Peel and slice cucumbers into 1/4 inch half moons.  Combine next five ingredients and...

Mary’s Spaghetti Sauce

1 onion, chopped 1 Tbs. olive oil 4 cloves, garlic, pressed 1 pound Italian sausage 1 six ounce can tomato paste 2 TBS each basil, oregano, and Italian parsley 1 fourteen ounce can tomato sauce 1 fourteen ounce can chopped tomatoes 1/4 cup white wine 1/2 cup parmesan...

Tortilla Roll Ups

Tortilla Roll ups 1  8 ounce package cream cheese 1/2 cup salsa, drained salt and pepper to taste 6-8 12 inch flour tortillas Buzz the first three ingredients in a food processor or blender.  Spread the cream cheese mixture evenly over each tortilla, about an 1/8th...

Let them eat berry coffeecake!

  Berry Coffeecake This coffeecake can be made the night before. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. In the morning, let it warm to room temperature, thirty minutes, before popping it into the oven. 2 large eggs 1 cup milk 2/3 cup white sugar ½ cup...

Basmati fried rice

  A very simple dish to create if you have leftover rice from the night before. Basmati Fried Rice 3 cups cooked basmati rice (leftover from the night before, cold) 2 tsp. Sesame oil 1 Tbs. Canola oil 1 ½ cup fresh spinach, chopped (triple washed from the grocery...