Salad - Chicken Pecan Salad

The combination of sweet and spicy pecans and sweet berries in this chicken salad makes it a taste sensation! I have given tins of the pecans alone as gifts at Christmas time; they are delicious. The berries listed are suggestions; substitute whatever kinds you fancy, in whatever quantities! Makes a beautiful summer dinner.

Beech Mushrooms On Wood Background

beech mushrooms on wood background

Meat And Poultry - Chicken Noodle Soup

Chicken, vegetable and noodle soup pretty much from scratch, but still a quick and essential part of your repertoire.

Red Wine

Two red glasses of red wine in a macro image

Seafood - Caribbean Fish With Mango Salsa

Tilapia fillets are rolled in coconut-flavored bread crumbs with a special spice mix, then pan fried and served with mango-pineapple salsa for a Caribbean-inspired dinner. Most any mild, firm fish will work, and it's great made with scallops, too.

Herbs And Spices - Warm And Spicy Autumn Punch

The aroma of this punch tells you that autumn is in the air. Hot apple cider is sweetened with pineapple juice and honey, and spiced with clove-studded oranges, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

Desserts - Jelly Doughnut Cupcakes

Simple but pretty yellow cupcakes are filled with raspberry jam and sprinkled with confectioners' sugar. They taste and look just like jelly-filled doughnuts.