For Mother’s Day this year, I decided to make a gift from the kitchen. I had seen this recipe for red velvet cake balls at mykitchencafe.blogspot.com. She actually got the recipe from Bakerella. I decided to give those a try.…

One year ago, I joined Weight Watchers. While on their program, I discovered smoothies worked great for me for breakfast. Of course, my next step was to find recipes for smoothies. I took ideas from different recipes and created several…

Our family is in love with Cafe Rio sweet pork. Doesn’t matter what it’s in, we will eat it. So in order to help feed our addiction and save some money, I have been on the hunt to try to…

If your haven’t figured out by now, my favorite food blog is Mel’s Kitchen Café. I have never been disappointed with any of her recipes. When I saw these honey lime chicken enchiladas on her blog and knew I had…

Recently, I have really been trying to use up any leftovers that we may have. I really don’t like things going to waste. So, I had some leftover rice in my refrigerator and I had some leftover ham in the…

I got the recipe shockingly simple French dip sandwiches from Mel’s Kitchen Café. Her cooking is always right up my alley. This recipe is now in my tried and true file under shockingly simple. I love it when I find…

Potato salad is an American classic in my book. Over the years, I was never really happy with the potato salad recipe I had. It never tasted like my mom’s when I made it. Then one day, I decided to…

So, today I decided to be a little ambitious and try making my own hot dog buns. I found a recipe for Homemade Hot Dog/Hamburger Buns on Mel’s Kitchen Café. The recipe is actually for rolls, but Melanie uses it…

Several years ago, we went on a family vacation to Disneyland. We stayed at a hotel that included a breakfast buffet. Every morning the had Belgian waffles as a part of the buffet. Every day my husband would rave about…

I love beef stroganoff. Unfortunately, every recipe I have tried never got the thumbs up from my husband. He is actually quite picky about meat. If the meat is at all chewy, he does not like it. So I have…