Sweet Potato Pie Do you love pie? Do you choose pie over cake? If you answered 'yes' to either of those questi

Sweet Potatoes! Sweet potatoes have really grown on me the last few years. To start, they're really good for y

Rice Krispie Treats Rice Krispie Treats are a classic-- everyone ate them as kids, and for many, they were a f

Thanksgiving Dinner It's almost that time. It's always funny to me that we spend hours and hours, sometimes ev

Mashed Potatoes When you think classic Thanksgiving dinner, there are a lot of dishes on that menu: the turkey

Turnovers! Have you had turnovers before? More importantly, have you made turnovers before? A turnover is a be

Tomato Soup Soup is one of winter's ultimate comfort foods. There's nothing like a bowl of hot, steaming soup

Thanksgiving It's already time to start planning ahead for Thanksgiving Dinner! What a wonderful time of year!

Carrot Cake Cake is one of life’s sweet pleasures. But not all cakes are created equal. You will reach the

Cheese Bread with a Twist We've all had cheese bread before. We all love it. You can never have enough cheese!

Brussels Sprouts I was well into my mid 20s before I even tried Brussels sprouts. I had heard awful things abo

Cookies! I grew up with a mom who baked. And she is a fantastic baker! She made cookies, brownies, cakes, pies

Pumpkin Season It's that time of year again. The time when the weather gets colder and the baked goods become

My Favorite Soup It's officially soup season, and I'm so excited! When sweater weather comes around, and pumpk

Sweet Potatoes Before we start talking about Sweet Potato Fries, are you ready for me to blow your mind with s

Tater Tots I have a confession to make. If you give me the choice between fries, onion rings, or tater tots, I

Mushrooms! Not everyone likes mushrooms. In fact, if I did a poll, probably half of you might say that you don

Football Food This time of year is what we call Football Season. It's a wonderful time of year, especially bec

Pot Stickers! Pot Stickers are a Chinese dumpling-- they are traditionally steamed and then pan fried on one s

Popcorn! I love popcorn! I will take popcorn over chips, crackers, or anything else salty. When I was growing

Apple Time Hands down, my favorite season is fall. I love the changing leaves, the cooler air, and of course,

Garlic Bread It's one of our things, really. We love Garlic Bread at Chef Shamy, and it's no wonder-- our Parm

Breakfast at Its Best Breakfast is the important meal of the day! You've got to eat at the beginning of the da

Quiche Quiche (pronounced "keesh") is often overlooked, but when I make it, I'm reminded of how much I like it

Zucchini Rice Zucchini season lasts for the whole summer, and into early fall! So there's still time to get so

I LOVE PIE! I do, I love it! I'll take pie over cake or cookies or any other sweet treat almost any day of the

Tabouleh Summer is here and lettuce is ready in the garden!  That means it's time for salad. One of my very f

A lucious combination of fruit, cream, jello, pudding and sponge cake. Makes a decorative and artistic additio

Cheese Dip! It's that time of year. The pigskin starts to fly, the air gets colder and crisper, and we go on t

Making home made sauces eliminates necessary and potentially harmful preservatives but also creates flavor con

Cheese Ball! Guys. Cheese!!!! Something we can all gather around and agree is delicious. A cheese ball is a wo

Pizza with a Twist Have you ever met anyone who doesn't like pizza? I honestly haven't. Everyone likes pizza!

Home made vanilla sauce made with all natural ingredients can also act as a custard for vanilla bean ice cream

These are without exception the best brownies ever!

Halibut, My Favorite Fish Because I grew up in a landlocked state, I wasn't familiar with the pleasures of fr

Chips and Dips Football season is upon us, so the time for appetizers and finger foods is upon us! One of my f