RASPBERRY DRESSING

RASPBERRY DRESSING

Makes 1½ cups of dressing If you use your imagination to think about interesting ingredients and unusual dressings, salads can be fun and delicious. Most days, we like our salads to have fruit, and this dressing is a perfect compliment. It’s made with raspberries and...
TEXAS BARBECUE SAUCE

TEXAS BARBECUE SAUCE

Makes 4 cups Barbecued meat is always better with barbecue sauce. This is our favorite–a sweet version that tastes great on almost any meat. You may not know this, but different states have different barbecue sauces. While this one is like the sauces they make in...
TEN TOMATO KETCHUP

TEN TOMATO KETCHUP

Makes 4 cups, enough to refill a squeeze bottle We love ketchup, and we’re willing to bet that you do too. But, do you know what the number two ingredient in most brands of ketchup is? SUGAR! Turns out, the companies that make ketchup don’t remove the seeds, since it...
BLACK OLIVE TAPENADE

BLACK OLIVE TAPENADE

Makes 1 cup Our boys love black olives. They like them sliced into dishes and salads, they like them plain for putting on their finger tips and popping off with their mouths, and they love them in this tapenade, an olive-based dip. Since olives are a wonderfully...
MOCK-A-MOLE

MOCK-A-MOLE

Makes 2 cupss Sometimes we put forth the effort to make a real guacamole, but considering how often it’s requested in our house, we usually use this simple recipe to create a quick dip our kids use for just about everything! It’s nice to make this way because you...