I’m thinking of making a batch or two of homemade ice cream for the 4th of July and came across these yummy-looking candidates: Chocolate Salted Butter Caramel Southern Peach Chocolate Raspberry Truffle What’s your favorite ice cream?  Got a good recipe?
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Today within minutes of receiving this book in the mail, my youngest two daughters were sitting on the couch together turning the pages and squealing delightedly over nearly every picture. Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches is well named.  The pictures are great, and the food looks wonderful. After thumbing through the...
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Here’s how to do it, quick and easy! What are your favorite pizza toppings?
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Our oldest son is graduating from high school tomorrow, and we’ve got a party planned to celebrate! For a kid who appreciates good food as much as my son does, I wanted to do just a bit more than cake and punch. Here’s what we’re cooking up: Bacon-wrapped jalapenos Tortilla pinwheels Best Guacamole Ever...
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On any given day, I have half a dozen or so tabs open that are links to recipes.  Here are the ones I have open at the moment. Custard in an Electric Roaster Chinese Chicken Salad Cooking Korean Food Carrot Salad with Harissa, Feta and Mint Indian Spiced Vegetable Fritters And here’s the one...
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How to make kimbap (Korean style sushi) from Mary Ostyn on Vimeo. Here’s the recipe at MyRecipes.com
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This week I chatted with Coppelia from Air 1 radio about my cookbook Family Feasts for $75 a Week, and you can win a copy!  To enter the drawing, simply share your favorite affordable meal in comments.  (Get to comments by clicking on the title of this post, above.)  I’m looking forward to hearing...
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Warmer weather always gets me in the mood for a great salad. Here’s a Cobb salad that I made the other evening that everyone at our house enjoyed.
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Check out my latest food crush over at myrecipes.com
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If you happen to have leftover ham, here’s a hearty and delicious use for it.  I loved the looks of  a recipe I saw on Tasty Kitchen today, but decided it was a little too fussy for the numbers of people that I serve. So I added eggs and adapted it to be made...
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