Welcome to the Kitchen

Welcome to the kitchen, all.

You won't find any...well, not many...fancy recipes here. I'm so tired of "easy weeknight meals" that have ingredients that are so expensive you could have eaten out (or maybe you've never even heard of them or know where to buy them) or that obviously adhere to a new definition of "easy" with which you are not familiar and includes knowing what words like "flambe" mean or require you to have some kitchen gadget like an automated salad-spinner-ice-cream-scoop-in-one. So here are some recipes using real ingredients that you know what they are, tools most people have in their kitchen, and with instructions for any fancy kitchen maneuvers that might be required. If something needs explaining, the details are here...comment if something's not clear, and I'll try to help. The idea is to have EASY recipes that are QUICK, are TASTY, and don't require ingredients you need a dictionary to pronounce.

Everything posted here is a recipe I've tested in my own kitchen. And it's been given the status of "a keeper" by at least one person in the family. Believe me, if I can cook it and make even one person think it's a keeper, you'll be hard-pressed to mess it up. In short...I can burn water.

If I can do it, you can do it!

Where possible, I've included nutrition information and/or diabetic exchanges, as well. These are ESTIMATES. I am not a dietitian or nutritionist. Nor am I a doctor. I just thought that information will be useful for you to have a ballpark figure, as at my place, I've got a diabetic to cook for, and I find it helpful to know if what I make falls somewhere within their diet...or is so far off it that it should be marked "Toxic" and "Do Not Eat" for them. The figure is based on nutrition info and exchanges for the ingredients, researched online...then added together for the full recipe. I'm not giving medical advice...just convenient reference.

I've included tips where I can if I've found a short cut or substitution in a recipe.

Enjoy!