Here´s my easy to follow guide with the basics you need to know for successful home canning.

Soup is an awesome way to make a nutritious meal with little or no fuss involved. Dried lentils cook up faster than most legumes and contain ample protein for this soup to be a meatless recipe. With the addition of tomatoes, onions, garlic and aromatic herbs, this soup is healthy and delicious!

How many crackers in the crust? How many bananas in the cake? Will one box of brown sugar be enough?

The Pennsylvania Dutch celebrate Shrove Tuesday by eating yeast raised potato doughnuts, which are lovingly known as "Fastnachts."

Now that spring has finally sprung, we are seeing lots more seasonal growth around the country. The dormant states from the last few months are finally beginning to flourish, so take advantage and cook fresh!

Pennsylvania Dutch Pot Pie is really not a pie. It´s a delicious thick chicken stew, similar to Chicken and Dumplings, but made with square pot pie noodles instead of the dumplings. Use ready made noodles or make them from scratch with this easy recipe.

Alternatives for a healthy breakfast can be as easy as 1-2-3. My Healthy Breakfast Banana Smoothie recipe is so easy to make and has only 3 ingredients. I have many variations for this simple recipe that will be a great hit in the spring and summer months, or at birthday parties for the kids.

You don't always have to have the exact ingredients to come up with a traditional dish. This recipe is a great example of that by substituting expensive ingredients in a classic Italian recipe, fettucine with clams with almost the same results in my Easy Seafood Clam Sauce recipe...Delicioso!

Roasting times for the most popular cuts of beef and pork + braising less tender cuts of beef

Ok, so you ate bad things on Valentines Day and all of the other rich holiday eating days. That's understandable, so be good to yourself and make my easy Pan-fried Rockfish with Sauteed Salad one day this week. It's guiltless, light and delicious and can be made in approximately 10 minutes.