Cooking Just for You

Betty’s Olive Garden Black Tie Mousse Cake

    By Jan Ashby    

Just want to share a great, yet somewhat time consuming copycat recipe (Olive Garden’s Black Tie Mousse cake)..

VIEW FULL VIDEO INSTRUCTION – Step by step cooking:

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Old Recipe from India:  Mori Dal

Cooking indian food  can be lots of fun.

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Sharing with You a Few “Secret” Beauty Tips – Olive Oil Based

BY JAN ASHBY   

Olive oil can offer many benefits to you; there are health benefits, and beauty benefits too. Today I have some special beauty tips to share.

Of course, you are probably aware that olive oil is good for helping you control your cholesterol, and reduces your chance of getting colon cancer or breast cancer. Yet it also moisturizes the skin, and does some impressive things with your hair and scalp.  In other words, this post is called “olive oil beauty tips for skin and hair“.
Here are some homemade beauty treatments which work for me:    

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Dairy-Free Gluten Free Recipe Sites

By Jan Ashby

Hi.  Jan here.  Today I want to share with you some of the top resources on dairy free gluten free recipes that I’ve found in my journey across the Net.  The first one I’ll list requires a membership – yet it is a very organized site.. so it may be worth the $10 a month fee.  This is for you or your child’s health, after all.  It is called Onceamonthmeals.com.

With this site,  you will never want for Freezer-Friendly ideas.  These are easy and “family-friendly” freezable recipes you can warm up; including pasta dishes, slow-cooker soups & stews, and casseroles . 

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Best Gluten Free Recipes for You

By Jan Ashby 

Today I have hunted up several good sources for  Chicken Cacciatore casserole recipes, and slow cooker chicken recipes (plus Chicken Pot Pie recipes, homemade).  One truly good source turned up 35 different variations of chicken cacciatore – incredible variety (yummy!).  For those of you who have allergies, you’ll  be glad to know they’re in the “best gluten free recipes” category.

The site that has the 35 gluten-free chicken recipes is Yummly.com . One of the listings is for a recipe with garlic and is 650 calories – if you like garlic, you could go for this .

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