Recipes

I have made cheese balls before but it always involved cream cheese mixed with ham or chives, not something sweet.  If you think about it, desserts that use the ingredients cream cheese and chocolate are delicious with a capital D, so why not a cheese ball?  Taste of Home has a super easy recipe that is sure to go fast, you might want to make two!

The weather today is suppose to be rainy, windy and cold.  There's nothing better than walking into a warm home smelling delicious with homemade chili and hand-crafted bread!  With the help of Taste of Home you can create that scenario tonight with ease.  I did and it made enough for lunches the next day!

I cringe when I get out of my car so early in the morning at work because we're starting to feel that tiny nip in the air.  While we're expecting to be back in the 80's this weekend I know that Fall is right around the corner.  I can't do anything to stop it, but I do have control over the taste of summer and you can too with this Taste of Home Chicken & Apple Salad Over Greens.

I have been visiting local farmer's markets and have noticed the abundance of zucchini, have you?  Some of them are HUGE!  I have a fantastic zucchini bread recipe from an old church cookbook that I overuse this time of year but I was looking for something different.  Taste of Home came through with something the whole family likes.

You don't have to necessarily be camping to make this fun and delicious meal tin foil meal from Taste of Home for your family.  You can "camp out" in your backyard and do this meal on the grill to make it authentic.  It's easy, tasty and your kids will talk about the memories you're making for years to come.

When I was in Mrs. Urbanski's Home Economics class in Wrenshall she taught us to make Tuna Noodle Hot Dish.  It was the first meal I learned to cook all by myself.  At that age I also liked tuna sandwiches (not tuna melts!) and cold tuna noodle salad.  As I got older, tuna started to gross me out.  NOW, I've found a new tuna salad that I love, you should try it!

Even if you aren't planning a Cinco de Mayo party at your house, you can "spice" up the day to celebrate by serving Taste of Home's Beef and Bean Chimichangas!  Why serve just chips and salsa when you can WOW the family with this easy recipe.  Of course, ask for help with dishes after the meal BEFORE you serve it.  You know they'll want to siesta after filling up on this delicious meal!

I couldn't believe how many people served ham this past Easter.  I saw them going home with people when myself and the Denfeld Cheer Team were bagging groceries at Cub as a fundraiser.  So, I figure there MUST be lots of leftover ham and I have an awesome recipe from Taste of Home to help use it up!

We've been talking about the health benefits of olive oil and the reason why Rustic Olive's olive oil and balsamic vinegar stands out above the rest with flavor and freshness.  With Easter this weekend people are looking for eggs, to color and to eat.  Did you know you can get farm fresh eggs at the Rustic Olive too?

We've been talking about the health benefits of olive oil and the reason why Rustic Olive's olive oil stands out above the rest with flavor and freshness.  With Spring almost here and Summer around the corner, people are turning to eating healthy salads.  Get a taste of Summer early with Andy's recipe from the Rustic Olive!

I saw the picture of this Taste of Home recipe and was enticed.  But what does Colcannon mean?  It's an irish word meaning white-headed cabbage.  It's a traditional Irish dish and looks yummy!

We've been talking about the health benefits of olive oil and the reason why Rustic Olive's olive oil stands out above the rest with flavor and freshness.  But, it doesn't mean it has to be used for cooking only.  Have you ever thought about baking with it?