One of our favorite hobbies is cooking, trying and perfecting new recipes. As we perfect them, we’ll be collecting them here to share with you. And, it gives us a place to store all of them, instead of on scraps of paper stuck to the fridge. A couple of things to note:

First, we like to cook with high-quality, fresh ingredients. It’s really not that much more expensive than buying pre-packaged stuff, and it is much healthier, and tastes much better, than processed foods.

Second, we like recipes that are simple, so in many cases we have modified gourmet recipes that require using every pan in the kitchen so that you can actually prepare them in a reasonable amount of time and not have a mountain of dishes to deal with after dinner.

• Artichoke Dipping Sauce
• Beef and Barley Stew
• Beef Stroganoff
• Black Bean Soup
• Brandon’s Best Chili
• Enchiladas
• Fake Stroganoff (Hamburger Helper Style)
• Fettucine with Mushrooms, Chicken, and Cream
• Fresh Tomato and Mozzarella Salad
• Fried Chicken
• Funnel Chanterelle Soup
• Glazed Sweet Potatoes
• Guacamole
• Homemade Pasta
• Hot Wings
• Massaman Curry
• Nachos Grande
• Omelets
• Oven Roasted Potatoes
• Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
• Potato Soup
• Pot Roast
• Shrimp Scampi
• Spanish Rice
• Spicy Thai Noodles