Cooking with Barry & Meta236 recipes
Cooking with Barry & Meta
Kicking off 2023 with healthy, delicious soup: Sweet Potato & Carrot Soup
YUM! Barry just made this for lunch and it we both thought it was absolutely delicious . . . as in an extra helping for each of us. This hea...
End of the Summer Deconstucted Salad
Taking advantage of the last of our garden produce, I made this deconstructed salad that I dressed with parsley-infused olive oil and balsam...
Creamy Roasted Carrot Soup with coriander, cumin, garlic & ginger
Vibrant orange and nutritious, this soup is perfect for crisp, cool days and evening. Great as a dinner starter or with a luncheon salad or ...
Zesty Carrot Salad
Garden fresh carrots were especially good is this eye-catching and delicious salad that is packed with flavor, color, crunch and nutrition! ...
Creamy Zucchini Soup
This zucchini soup is super easy as it relies on potatoes and cheese to create it’s creamy texture. A great way to use up garden zucchini!!...
French-inspired Carrot Salad using homegrown carrots
We were on the receiving end of beautiful homegrown carrots. Bright orange with green fern-like tops, they are well formed and oh-so-much-be...
Michael Symon’s Chunky Cucumber Salad
Sometimes it's the little things that make a difference! I grew up eating cucumbers and onions -— they are a summertime staple. Mom always p...
Creamy Apple Pie Salad
Dessert or a honey-infused side salad? Either way, this is a yummy variation of a Waldorf salad, made with a cream cheese and yogurt-based d...
Deviled Eggs . . . kind of like the ones Phyllis used to make
Mom always made the Deviled Eggs for Easter . . . they were basic but the BEST! She never really measured but I know the basic ingredients s...
Chicken & Grape Pasta Salad
Make ahead main dish salads are easy along with being cool and refreshing. Perfect for a springtime lunch, or a light supper. This one is fu...
Broccoli & Carrot Salad -- variation of a classic
A new spin on a classic, this version of broccoli salad includes grated carrot and is dressed with a Dijon-based vinaigrette. Floy Bowers’ v...
Hot Chicken Salad Casserole
There are so many variations of this classic hot Southern chicken salad. All rely on chicken, mayonnaise sliced celery, onion and almonds. E...
Cabbage Roll Soup
All the delicious flavors of classic baked cabbage rolls, but so much easier. This unstuffed cabbage soup is hearty, filling and the perfect...
7-Can Soup
Here’s a “dump” recipe that is amazing. Created by The Pioneer Woman , I would have never given it a second thought, but then we ate it at a...
Slow Cooker Ham and Bean Soup
It was so nice to come home to the wonderful rich aroma emitted by this soup. We were hungry and the soup was ready. Barry said, “The only...
Cheese Wookies
These were the signature crackers, served with their salads, at the Leelanau Country Inn in Glen Arbor, Michigan. It has become one of our f...
Mini Cheese Balls
This recipe appears in the 2010 edition of Taste of Home’s HOLIDAY & CELEBRATIONS cookbook as provided by Meta West. Ranch salad d...
Baked Potato Soup
It was cold and rainy Saturday night and we had leftover mashed potatoes so Barry decided to make one last batch of winter soup. This w...
Chicken Spaghetti
This is a quick-fix dish that reminds me of the recipes I used to make during the early years of our marriage. Back then canned soup wa...
Waldorf Salad with Dates
This classic salad was created in the 1890s at New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel by maître d' Oscar Tschirky. The original salad contained on...