Reading Time: 3 minutes Colorful Marinated Zucchini Salad How I got to this colorful marinated zucchini salad started out when I had just picked zucchini from the garden. I didn’t feel like another zucchini bread. My wife had made a bean salad that had sparked my imagination. The flavor of that bean salad was something special. I thought it might… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes No Sugar Added Cinnamon Rum Raisin Rolls I have been thinking about a no sugar added cinnamon rum raisin rolls for a very long time. My last cinnamon roll was over 30 years ago. I remember walking into a local bakery and buying one cinnamon roll with raisins. This was the yeast type bread with… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mom’s Refried Beans with Cheese These are my mom’s refried beans with cheese. She would make this version just for me. For anyone else, she had a different recipe. She always kept a jar of bacon grease in the refrigerator. When I would drop by that jar would come out and she would make these… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ranch Chicken Kabobs for Carnivores This is a great way to serve chicken in a new way. I had been looking for a chicken recipe for kabobs. I purchased some baskets that would let me produce kabobs without fear of the meat or veggies dropping into the barbecue flames. This recipe was going to be… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Low Carb Faux Brown Sugar Today, I made my first low carb faux brown sugar. I can no longer find my brown sugar substitute. I don’t want to spend twenty bucks for a pound of sugar-free brown sugar substitute(next best option). This is the next best thing for me. Unfortunately, this not sugar-free or no… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Chipotle Chicken and Veggies Panini This is how I developed the chipotle chicken and veggie panini sandwich. I had some sauteed veggie leftovers and was looking for some way to use them. I had some Chipotle chicken lunch meat and sourdough French bread too.  It got me to thinking that maybe I could make some panini sandwiches.… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes New NSA Products in Supermarket I found some new NSA products in the Supermarket. I do the shopping for my family and since I am a diabetic I am always looking for NSA products.  I found these products were on the shelves in June 2016. The new products, Canned Fruit, Flavored Coffee Creamers, and Pickles. I… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Chorizo with eggs (Huevos con chorizo) Chorizo with eggs is one of my favorite breakfasts. Gather a few jalapenos in escabeche and a couple of warm flour tortillas and you have a great breakfast. The Type of Chorizo to Use There are several types of chorizo available. There are beef, pork, and soy varieties available. Each… Read More »
Reading Time: < 1 minute Barbecue Steak topping Barbecue steak topping is something extra special. This is not a barbecue sauce and it’s not a basting sauce. This is a recipe for a topping that takes equal footing with the meat that it goes on. This topping is perfect when your steak or chicken needs a little extra to push… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Half of all Californian’s are Pre Diabetic Half of all Californians are Pre Diabetic, I heard that on the radio the other day. I could only cheer. Why you ask? Well, it goes like this. As a pre-diabetic for twenty-four years before slipping over to the diabetic side and being on this side for the… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Homemade Pizza Sauce Homemade pizza sauce finished pizza sauce There is nothing like homemade pizza sauce. I developed this recipe after purchasing some store bought pizza sauce. The taste of which, in my opinion, was very bad. My thoughts were that it shouldn’t be that hard to come up with a pizza sauce from scratch that I would… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Diabetes Pancakes and Me This recipe is about diabetes pancakes and me. I love pancakes so this was one of the first foods I had to learn to make my way(diabetic).  No more pancake mix, it’s baking mix or flour recipes for me. This recipe is inspired by a Bisquick recipe. It has evolved over the years… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Corned Beef Taco Bar Set up a corned beef taco bar the next time you have friends and family get together. The taco bar is really easy and simple to serve your family and friends on your next get together. The taco bar only has one thing to cook. The rest of the ingredients are either… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes The California Reuben Sandwich I call this sandwich the California Reuben Sandwich. This sandwich is a lighter version of the Reuben sandwich. This sandwich can be served cold or hot. This recipe deviates from the original sandwich in three areas. The first change is the bread. Instead of Rye, I use a Ciabatta roll. The ciabatta bread is… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Getting the freshest tortillas into your shopping cart This is a simple procedure when tortilla shopping to positively know that you are getting the freshest tortillas in the store. We have all seen it as we’ve been grocery shopping. The store shelves are being restocked as you near the product you want. New packages of tortillas are getting… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes When A Diabetic Recipe Is Not Diabetic I have been watching my sugar intake for the last 30+ years. Looking for sugar-free or No Sugar Added recipes is ingrained in me. I was following a string of 50 recipes that said they were diabetic. Reading the summaries and looking at the photos, I kept skimming until… Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutes Perfecting The Flaky Pie Crust There is nothing like a flaky pie crust. I have always considered the pie to be at the top of the dessert world. No cake or cookie could hold a candle to the richness of the pie filling accented by a truly flaky pie crust. When I retired I thought… Read More »