Black bean sauce, ginger and thai chilies make this zucchini a perfect side dish to go along with any Chinese-style main dish. Add eggplant and snow peas served with a side of fried rice for an exotic weekday meal 

A simple Asian twist on jalapeno poppers served with sweet chili sauce. 

Pork loin becomes tender and delicious cooked slowly with sauerkraut and caraway seeds. This gets raves from my German father. My Irish husband loves it too! 

This is a very good drink if you like butterscotch. 

A simple light and sweet salad with goat cheese, dried cherries and walnuts. This dish reminds me of being on the beach. 

This juicy, tender pork loin is wrapped in bacon and roasted with a sweet honey balsamic glaze. 

This spicy, orange-flavored beef stir fry is my attempt to duplicate a dish at my local Chinese restaurant. 

Braised flank steak becomes flavorful and tender when simmered slowly in chicken broth with garlic, cloves, and lemon juice in a stovetop preparation that's easy on the cook. 

This is a staple of Thai cooking. Adjust the spices to your own tastes for a really great use for leftover rice!! Thai basil has a different flavor than that of regular basil and makes all the difference in this recipe. It is fast and fairly easy to make, but requires constant stirring. 

This sweet and spicy sauce is great brushed onto grilled chicken and steaks, it's also great for marinating. 

This is my version of a sweet and spicy soup I had recently at a wok restaurant in Eindhoven, Holland. Beef broth, tomato juice, and applesauce are simmered with spices and garnished with shrimp chips. 

Here it is guys, the stuff dreams are made of. This soup is made mostly of beer and served cold. 

Celery proves its versatility once again when baked into a cheesy casserole! 

Steamed cabbage leaves are baked with a creamy white sauce and Romano cheese in this delicious method of preparing an old vegetable favorite. 

Corn, green peppers and onions are fried with bacon for an exciting side dish that goes well with your favorite meat! 

A nice Christmas season punch of cold duck, fruit punch and lemon-lime soda. Easy and festive! 

Truly distinguished ice cold refreshing drink! Lemon zest is steeped in vodka for a week, then mixed with simple syrup and aged for 2 more weeks. 

This recipe makes two sweet rice pies, a dessert traditionally served on Easter by many Italian families. But it's not unknown for the pie to be made year-round as well.