12/26/04 - Christmas Leftovers
Find fabulous recipes using leftover Christmas foods like ham, beef, turkey, candy canes, and cranberry sauce. Enjoy.
12/20/04 - Holiday Central
When it comes to the holidays, everyone is trying to save time and money. These articles will help you by providing easy recipes and menus, make ahead foods, gift ideas, and entertaining menus and plans. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, or Kwanzaa, these tips and hints will help you keep your sanity during this season of celebration.
12/19/04 - Special Holiday Menus
Christmas is coming fast! If you have some entertaining to do, look no further than this collection of special, yet easy, holiday menus. From roast chicken to rack of lamb to salmon steaks, you'll find menus that will wow your guests, yet leave you time to celebrate too.
12/17/04 - Holiday Menu: Mexican Peacocks
These easy and delicious recipes all start with chicken thighs, a very moist and tender cut of chicken. Try Lemon Tarragon Scalloppini or Tuscan Chicken Sandwiches for dinner this week.
12/16/04 - Holiday Menu: Crockpot Jambalaya
This special holiday dinner menu features a festive crockpot Jambalaya recipe with chicken and shrimp, a crisp lettuce salad, some special breadsticks, and a fabulous dessert pie.
12/15/04 - My Favorite Holiday Recipes
For years, I have collected my favorite Christmas recipes in a small spiral ring notebook. That way, when I try a new recipe, if it is wonderful it gets added to the notebook. I'm very particular about the recipes in this book; they have to be delicious, foolproof, and they must remind me of Christmas no matter when I'm making them. So enjoy my collection of recipes.
12/11/04 - The Weekend Cook - Busy Holidays
The weekends before Christmas are always so hectic. You could just go to drive through windows of your local fast food establishment, but why spend the money and calories on food that isn't very good? Turn to these menus and recipes to get you through this weekend.
12/4/04 - Hanukkah Celebration
This wonderful, traditional Hanukkah menu features a roasted chicken, crisp potato latkes, and simple fried won ton crisp recipes.
11/28/04 - Freeze Ahead Holiday Desserts
This large collection of cake, cookie, pie, and dessert recipes all can be made ahead of time and frozen for the busy holiday season. Enjoy everything from Apple Snacking Cake to Pecan Praline Cookies.
11/21/04 - Busy Cooks Newsletters
This is the place to sign up for all of my newsletters! From the regular Busy Cooks Newsletter which is sent out every Monday, to How to Cook Email Classes and Recipe of the Day, get all of these newsletters sent free to your inbox.
11/14/04 - Start With - Chicken Thighs
These easy and delicious recipes all start with chicken thighs, a very moist and tender cut of chicken. Try Lemon Tarragon Scalloppini or Tuscan Chicken Sandwiches for dinner this week.
11/08/04 - Freeze Ahead Casserole Recipes
These easy and delicious recipes for freezable casseroles are excellent for winter and the holiday season. Try Stuffed Pasta Shells, Chile Rice Casserole, or Pizza Spaghetti Style this week. Or make all three and fill your freezer!
11/01/04 - November Recipe of the Day
It's November, and that means a new Recipe of the Day Email Course. Sign up now and get a new recipe free every day in your inbox to help you start your holiday season off right.
10/31/04 - How to Cook Beef
Learn about the science of beef, what meat is made of, what happens when it cooks, and methods to best cook that expensive hunk of protein. When you know a bit about the components that interact as beef cooks, you will have success, whether you're braising a pot roast, grilling a steak, or roasting a rib roast.
10/26/04 - Hot Water Pastry - Step by Step
Learn how to make a pie crust using Hot Water Pie Crust recipe, step by step with photo instructions, so you can make pies for your family and friends. This foolproof recipe is very forgiving and easy to make and work with. Soon it will be a permanent part of your repertoire and you'll be able to make pies whenever you want!
10/25/04 - Halloween Weekend!
Next weekend is Halloween, and I'm writing The Weekend Cook a bit early so you have time to plan and shop. Find six full menus with recipes for a weekend's worth of delicious food. I'm featuring cozy and comforting recipes that cook in your crockpot or are made ahead for convenience. Have a happy and safe Halloween!
10/18/04 - Main Dish Pie Recipes
Main dish pies are fun to make and delicious to eat; you'll find advice, information, tips, and some fabulous and easy recipes for entree pies. With refrigerated pie crusts or my easy recipes, the sky's the limit on the kinds of savory pies you can make. Try Ricotta Artichoke Pie, Taco Pie, or Italian Sausage Pie for dinner this week.
10/11/04 - Five Ingredient Crockpot Chicken Recipes
These delicious and easy recipes are for five ingredient crockpot chicken entrees. Try Sweet and Spicy Crockpot Chicken or Honey Chicken with Dried Fruit for dinner this week.
10/04/04 - More Meatloaf Please!
These delicious and different recipes for meatloaf are perfect for fall family dinners. Try meat loaf recipes made with ground chicken, turkey, pork, ham, beef, and even a vegetarian variety.
09/27/04 - Apple Recipes
Apple recipes are one of the best parts of fall. These quick and easy recipes for apples include main dishes, salads, and desserts.
09/25/04 - The Weekend Cook: First Fall Weekend
For the first weekend of fall, these quick and easy recipes are nutritious, comforting, and family favorites. Enjoy the weekend with these simple and delicious recipes.
09/18/04 - Crockpot Sandwich Recipes
These easy and delicious sandwich fillings recipes cook in your crockpot or slow cooker for hours. Whether it's chicken, beef, pork, or vegetarian, these sandwich recipes are quick and easy.
09/11/04 - More Impossible Pies
Impossible pies are easy and delicious main dish and dessert recipes made by pouring a batter made from baking mix over sweet and savory ingredients.
09/04/04 - Five Ingredient Pork Recipes
These quick and easy five ingredient recipes for pork entrees include crockpot recipes, stews, soups, and casseroles.
08/29/04 - The Weekend Cook: Labor Day Weekend
The long holiday weekend is summer's last blast of fun; celebrate it with these easy and delicious recipes and menus to take you through the weekend.
08/22/04 - More Five Ingredient Meals
Five ingredient meals use the best of summer produce to make the quickest and easiest dinners ever using just five ingredients TOTAL, except for salt, pepper, sugar, and oil.
08/18/04 - Wrap It Up!
Wrap sandwiches are a great variation on traditional sandwich recipes that you can make with almost any sandwich filling and different types of bread including pita, cracker bread, and tortillas.
08/17/04 - Healthy After School Snacks
If your child has sports activities after school and can't come home to eat, here are some quick and easy idea for food to pack for them so they can fuel their bodies for sports.
08/10/04 - Five Ingredient Ground Beef Recipes
These super easy recipes for main dishes start with ground beef and use five ingredients or less, not counting water, salt, and pepper.
08/03/04 - Disaster Meals
Find a collection of quick and easy recipes that you can make even in an emergency when you lose power. Learn how to stock your pantry with staples that can feed your family in an emergency.
07/25/04 - Recipe Makeover: Carrot Cake
A complicated recipe for carrot cake gets a makeover into a much simpler recipe that still tastes wonderful but uses about half the number of ingredients and takes one-third the time.
07/18/04 - Start With - Shrimp
Shrimp has always been a luxurious, special treat for me. I love its sweet flavor, tender and bouncy texture, and the beautiful pink and salmon color. These recipes start with shrimp, add a few ingredients, and finish as delicious recipes perfect for family or company.
07/11/04 - Frozen Summer Desserts
These easy and delicious recipes for frozen summer desserts range from ice cream pies to homemade sorbet. Cool down summer days with these quick and perfect ice cream desserts.
07/04/04 - Start With - Scallops
The Start With series continues this week focusing on fresh or frozen bay and sea scallops. With a bag or two or frozen scallops in your freezer, you're minutes away from great meals, including Scallop Scampi, Sweet and Sour Scallops, and Scallop Tacos.
07/01/04 - The Weekend Cook: Summer Holiday Weekend
For this long holiday weekend, The Weekend Cook returns! Having meals planned and food in the house by Friday means you can devote your weekend to having fun, whether it's at the lake, in a park, or just in your own backyard.
06/23/04 - Fourth of July Menus
The Fourth of July is such an easy holiday to celebrate. The theme, colors, and even lots of traditional foods and recipes are built right in. July 4th red, white and blue accessories are everywhere! It's easy to make your backyard or picnic spot the most colorful in your town for entertaining.
06/16/04 - Grilled Recipes
Grilling is unbelievably popular. Almost every other show on the Food Network is about the most popular grilled recipes, grilling and barbecue contests, and how to be the best grillmaster. These are all of the grilled recipes I've collected over the years, divided into entree, side dish, and dessert categories.
06/09/04 - More Five Ingredient Meals
Five ingredient meals use the best of summer produce to make the quickest and easiest dinners ever using just five ingredients TOTAL, except for salt, pepper, sugar, and oil.
05/31/04 - Dinner on the Grill
For Memorial Day or any summer celebration, make this delicious dinner for family and friends. It's my very favorite summer meal, including glazed tenderloin steaks and grilled corn on the cob.
05/23/04 - Five Ingredient Grilled Entrees
These easy and delicious recipes cooked on the grill are perfect for spring and summer entertaining. These recipes all use five ingredients or less, not including salt, pepper, and water.
05/16/04 - Make Ahead Meals
When you're feeling energetic or you have some time to spare, put together a casserole or two and store it in your fridge for dinner in the next 2-3 days. These easy recipes are delicious (some are five ingredient!) and sure to be family pleasers. Try Potato Carrot Soup or Chili Rice Casserole this week.
05/09/04 - Meat and Fruit Entrees
Meats, whether grilled, sauteed, or broiled, are excellent paired with the fresh fruits of spring. These easy recipes are delicious and very good for you too. Try Pineapple Lamb Chops, Salmon with Fruit Salsa, or Baked Sole with Mangoes for dinner this week.
05/02/04 - Top Five Convenience Products
These convenience foods are always in my pantry, fridge, or freezer. With them I can make dozens, if not hundreds, of recipes in a flash. Try Alpine Meatballs, Cherry Chicken Salad, Minute Apple Tart, and more using frozen meatballs, puff pastry, and three other great products.
04/26/04 - Start With - Cake Mix
It's time for something sweet! These easy recipes all start with a cake mix and result in delicious and quick bars, cookies, cupcakes, and even a dessert pizza. This is also a great way to get your kids cooking in the kitchen. And you can even make your own cake mix to save money and help control ingredients!
04/19/04 - More Four Ingredient Recipes
These super easy and super quick recipes use only four ingredients (not counting water, salt, and pepper). I've collected entrees and side dishes so your meals are ready in minutes. Try Dutch Pancake, Tomato Green Beans, or Minted Chicken Breasts with Cucumber Sauce for dinner this week.
04/11/04 - Easter and Passover Leftover Recipes
Your refrigerator is now comfortably stuffed with Easter or Passover leftovers, so you are set for a week of wonderful recipes. Think of that ham, the matzohs, the roast chicken, or the hard cooked eggs as the starting blocks for a whole bunch of great meals. Try Ham Filo Roll, Seafood Medley, or Jelly Bean Biscotti this week, and enjoy.
03/29/04 - My Favorite Pillsbury Bake-Off Recipes
Try some of my favorite recipes from the first ten years of the Pillsbury Bake-Off, including Peanut Blossoms and Caramel Cream Sandwich Cookies.
03/22/04 - Side Salad Recipes
Side dishes and salads are the key to easy meal planning. These recipes will help you round out your meals with excellent taste and nutrition. Try Scandinavian Cucumbers or Strawberry Asparagus Salad this week.
03/19/04 - Welcome Spring Weekend
The Weekend Cook celebrates a new season! Welcome spring with a weekend's worth of menus that are easy, delicious and nutritious, including Filo Sausage Egg Bake and Strawberry S'More Tart.
03/15/04 - St. Patrick's Day with a Twist
Find delicious and unusual recipes using corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick's Day, including Corned Beef and Cabbage Tarts and Corned Beef and Cabbage Slaw Sandwiches.
03/06/04 - Five Ingredient Chicken Recipes
Find great new recipes for chicken entrees, sandwiches, soups, and crockpot recipes that use five ingredients or less, including White Bean Chili and Cranberry Grilled Chicken.
03/01/04 - Long Cooking Slow Cooker Recipes
Long cooking slow cooker recipes may sound strange, but many people want to find crockpot recipes with a very long cooking time, to correspond with their hours away from home. These recipes all need, at minimum, 10 hours of cooking time.
02/28/04 - Everyday Menus
Everyday menus is just what it sounds like! Every single day, I'll post a new breakfast, lunch, or dinner menu that is quick, easy, and delicious. Join me and get inspiration every day of the year.
02/23/04 - Start With - Canned Tuna
The 'Start With...' series continues with quick and easy recipes that use canned tuna and some other easily storable ingredients. Find everything from an updated Tuna Sandwich to Tuna and Spinach Risotto.
02/16/04 - Healthy in a Hurry
What makes a recipe healthy? I've been looking through cookbooks and on the internet, trying to pull together my definition of healthy foods. To me, healthy eating means consuming a wide variety of whole foods, eating lots of fruits and vegetables, limiting fat and sodium intake, trying to exceed the minimium Daily Value (DV) vitamin and mineral recommendations set by the USDA. Try Nectarine Sole Skillet or Sweet and Sour Ground beef.
02/13/04 - Valentine's Day Menus
These Valentine's Day menus are a perfect way to celebrate a special relationship or just treat yourself and your family in the middle of a cold and dreary winter. One menu uses crockpot recipes so dinner can be simmering away when you're at work.
02/08/04 - Five Ingredient Stir Fry Recipes
Five ingredient stir fry recipes have got to be the fastest ever! Once your ingredients are prepped, cooking takes just a few minutes. Try Asian Apricot Chicken or Beef and Snow Peas for dinner this week.
02/05/04 - Comfort Food Weekend
The Weekend Cook continues with menus for your weekend that will keep your family warm and cozy. Some of my favorite recipes are used this weekend, including Heavenly Cheese Mold and Crockpot Salsa Swiss Steak.
02/05/04 - Five Ingredient Stir Fry Recipes
Wow! These easy stir fry recipes use just five ingredients. With prepped ingredients you can buy at your grocery store, you can have dinner on the table in 10 minutes.
02/01/04 - February Recipe of the Day
Sign up for my February Recipe of the Day newsletter and receive a new recipe, along with some tips and hints, each day free in your inbox. Join me and we'll cook and bake our way through the shortest month of the year.
02/01/04 - My Favorite Chocolate Recipes
Even if Valentine's Day didn't occur at the coldest time of the year, chocolate would still be considered a necessary winter food. Find my very favorite chocolate recipes, from Snicker Pie to Molten Chocolate Cakes, and treat yourself.
01/30/04 - Keep Warm Weekend
The Weekend Cook returns! The weather is unbelievably cold where I live; that seems to be the case across the United States. These menus will help keep you warm inside and out. Try Fajita Crockpot Stew, Breakfast Strata, and Peanut Butter Chocolate Fondue this weekend.
01/19/04 - Five Ingredient Crockpot Stews
It's time for more five ingredient recipes! These easy and delicious thick stews, chilis, and chowders cook in your crockpot all day while you are free to do anything else. Enjoy Sausage and Corn Chowder, Vegetarian Chili, or Beef and Mushroom Stew this week.
01/12/04 - Hearty Pot Pies
Winter is the perfect time to make some pot pies. These old fashioned but streamlined recipes use corn muffin mixes, traditional pie crust, biscuits, and breadstick dough to top savory mixtures of vegetables and meat for a hearty main dish.
01/11/04 - January Recipe of the Day
Sign up for "Recipe of the Day" and receive a new recipe every day in your inbox. With the last recipe of the month you'll find a link to sign up for the next month's group. Each month I'll introduce a new group of recipes, along with some helpful hints and tips. From breads to appetizers to desserts to entrees, your own recipe collection will grow along with mine.
01/10/04 - Start With... Ground Beef Substitute
With the discovery of Mad Cow Disease (BSE) in the United States, many consumers are more wary of beef products. In this continuation of the Start With... series, you'll find lots of easy and delicious recipes that use ground beef substitutes. These are tried and true recipes that will fool many a meat-eater, with taste and texture very similar to ground beef.
01/03/04 - Winter Menu of the Week
Sign up for my new email course featuring a new menu, along with baking and cooking tips, every week. The course is divided into four sections, following the seasons of the year. The first course, Winter Menus, is available now. Everybody can use new ideas about what to serve their friends and family; every week, a new menu complete with recipes will arrive in your inbox.
