A la Scott

  TURKEY CRUDITE PLATTER Perfect to munch before the feast without cutting your appetite. Ingredients  8 oz.                                                                 Whipped cream cheese  About 4 tablespoons                                    Ranch salad dressing About 4 tablespoons                                    Pumpkin purée About 4 teaspoons                                        BBQ sauce 1 can                                    ...

Barbecue Spaghetti Squash  Barbecue Spaghetti Squash  Perfect for sandwiches Ingredients  1/2                                                                         Spaghetti squash 3/4 to 1 cup                                                          Diced tomatoes or 1/2 cup of tomatoe sauce 1                                                                            Chipotle in Adobe or 1 teaspoon hot sauce              ...

   My grand mother was cooking carrots and turnip with her potatoes for my grandpa to eat veggies and it's what I do.  Over the years I came up with some personal touches.   My husband loves them. Grandma's mashed potatoes Ingredients  6                                                                           Red potatoes (not peeled) 2                                                                           Carrots 1                                                ...

  It's almost too simple to talk about it but it's too good to not to.  My husband said " it's one of your last minute concoction".  I take it as a compliment and a keeper. We had some for an afternoon snack with whole grain crackers and we finished it up with our sandwich for dinner.  Very tasty. Black bean salsa  Ingredients  1 can                                                                     Black beans 1 can                                                                     Tomatoes with green chilies (mild) 1/4 cup                        ...

Carrots and string beans are always a good thing to bring on vacation because they last long, unlike cucumbers for example.  Nowadays our meal is often a simple sandwich but the side dish vary and today is carrot slaw.  Carrot slaw Ingredients  4                                                                         Shredded carrots  2                                                                         Thinly sliced string beans 1 teaspoon                                              ...

Three bean salad Ingredients  14.5 oz.                                                                   Wax beans (fresh if you have them) About 3 cups                                                         Fresh string beans 14.5 oz.                                                                   Black beans About 2 tablespoons                                           Olive...

Cabbage is so convenient to have in the fridge, it has a long life, it's good boiled, raw, in a stir fry and roasted.  I'm sure it's good grilled too. Roasted cabbage Ingredients 1                                                                           Big cabbage, cut in 8 1/2 teaspoon                                                      Salt 1 teaspoon                                                          Chives A zigzag                          ...