Chicken Fried Rice

This is a meal that comes together quick, is hearty and satisfying. Make it vegetarian by leaving out the meat, or you can make it as a side without the meat too. This is really something you can throw together to your taste – add more or less of the ingredients… you won’t hurt it. […]

Rice Pilaf with Orzo (or broken spaghetti)

The original recipe in Scratch Cooking calls for orzo pasta, but do you know how often I am in a regular grocery store? I started cooking this dish when I had a smaller family and shopped in normal grocery stores. Now, I typically buy basic ingredients each month, all of which I can find in […]

Stuffing

**As Seen In: Scratch Cooking, a 400+ page e-cookbook with hundreds of from-scratch recipes!**

This is a pretty basic, tame and classic stuffing recipe. This recipe makes enough to stuff approximately a 10lb turkey, or you can cook it in the oven as a side.

Ingredients:

1c sliced celery 1c chopped onion 1/4c […]

Mexican Rice

We enjoy cooking up this rice for our Mexican meals. It’s good stuff! I have also made this rice using enchilada sauce in place of plain tomato sauce.

Ingredients:

3 tb vegetable oil 1 c long grain rice, uncooked 1 ts fresh minced garlic ½ ts salt ½ ts cumin ½ c tomato sauce […]

Maple-Glazed Carrots

Carrots are one of those cheap veggies year-round that I seem to always have a lot of and tend to cook a lot more in the winter months when there are no longer any fresh veggies from the garden. This is one of our family favorites. I normally double this recipe and cook it in […]

Potato Pancakes

I am going to categorize this as both a breakfast and a side dish. In my house, potato pancakes are awesome as a breakfast when sided with bacon and eggs, but they are also a great side for smoked sausage.

Ingredients:

5 potatoes 1 egg 1/4c flour 2tb grated onion (squeeze liquid out) salt and […]