Alley's Recipe Book

Woke up to a yard covered in snow and Spring flowers blooming.  Crazy Ohio weather, it is supposed to be near 70 degrees tomorrow. ...

Do you like ricotta?  There are a lot of people that don't.  Most of them substitute cottage cheese to replace ricotta... that's ...

Weekends seriously need to be longer!  It is so much harder to fit in fun things on the weekdays without rushing around and stressing out. ...

Happy first day of Spring!  After a super long winter, man, am I glad it's Spring.  The first flowers are starting to bloom.  We can ...

I'm not a vegan or even vegetarian, but I have attempted both.  I have great respect for people who strictly follow a veg way of lif...

Happy St. Patrick's Day Eve!  I know parties started yesterday, maybe even Friday, and everyone is drinking their green beer (well,...

I've said it several times and I'll say it again, spinach artichoke dip is my favorite appetizer!  Have you seen the new Miracl...

Can't believe it is already time to menu plan again!  And I didn't get to most of what I planned for last week.  Although to my defe...

I can't remember what I first saw Jamie Oliver in, but I became a pretty big fan of his after watching Food Revolution  where he trie...

Happy Mardi Gras!  I'm sure they're having fun in New Orleans, but for the other 99.999% of us, I hope you indulged a bit in ...