Topic “Tales of the Dinner Belle”

For someone who loves to cook, there is nothing better than when someone loves a dish you made for them.

There is a young man who lives close to us who takes care of our horses and other animals when we are out of town. He does such a good job and is always tries to get out of us paying him to do it. One day, I left some banana bread (...

Breakfast is supposedly the most important meal of the day, but many of us are so busy in the morning, we often end up with nothing but coffee and a bad case of the jitters.

My Zucchini and Egg Breakfast Burrito is so tasty and filling, you’ll wake up early just so you’ll have time to enjoy it. What makes this even better is this recipe...

As we age, our taste in food often changes. As children, we didn’t like spicy foods, but now we love a good five-alarm chili. And while many children turn their noses up at salads, the older we get, the more we appreciate and enjoy foods that are green.

Salads are one of my favorite things. They are fresh and full of healthy...

As I was going through the checkout at our local grocery store, the young woman looked at one of my items and then asked, “What is this?” I told her they were fresh beets.

She looked back at them and said, “Do you eat these?”

I said, “Yes. They are very good.”

She gave me a skeptical smirk and then went on with her...

There is something about the spicy sweetness of ginger. I love using it in all types of recipes, whether it is fresh and grated into stir-fries or dried and baked into all types of sweets.

One of my favorites is a wonderful...