Recipes

Making homemade tomato sauce, although a labor of love, can be very time consuming. Here is a weeknight recipe that tastes like you slaved all day. It's your secret!

I love sweet potatos, but I don't like they way most people sweeten them even more. This is a little sweet and a little savory. I tasted something like this...

I like this because all you need to have is hot water. This recipe came from my love of Spiced Cider and Hot Chocolate. I combined the two.

Usually around March I start really craving summer and all that comes with it. I like to make a grilled dish that reminds me that summer is coming soon. This...

I had nice-looking short ribs in the fridge but had no recipe on hand; but I copy-edit cookbooks, so I knew the basic technique for browning and slow-cooking. I opened...

This is a variation on the classic 15 bean soup mix you can get at the stores. I give it a great flavor boost by replacing the questionable “Soy Protein...

Another one of my slow cooked recipes meant to fill your home with great cooking scents on those cold winter afternoons in Chicago! Like many of my Tex-Mex recipes, this...

This recipe came entirely out of my family's love for Spice House Salmon Seasoning. All the inspiration I needed!

My Mother is Hungarian and I always loved it when she made this dish. It is tradionally served with Farfel. This is a lowfat heart healthy saute version of the...

If you have every had currywurst, you have got to try this mustard recipe.

Quick and easy recipe that is full of spicy flavors and pleasing textures.

This is the recipe my father, Willie, passed down to me. Beginning around age 4 our outings together always included a trip to the Spice House to get all the...

First place winner at the Wisconsin State Fair, 2011