Wow Chow Cooking

My daughter made these. Oh my word, get ready for the cookie of your dreams!! We found a basic cranberry-white chocolate cookie recipe and then, as is our custom, tweaked it to perfection. We dried our own cranberries for this (in a dehydrator, it’s SO less expensive than buying the packages stuff, which also tends [...]

My pal Carole asked if anyone had any ideas for banana bread, and it reminded me that I’ve never posted my Banana Bread recipe here! I love banana bread, but banana bread seems pretty basic to me. You can add chocolate chips or nuts, yeah, but the recipe does not deviate all that much. Years [...]

Cool weather is here, hurray! I rarely cook in the summer (except for grilling), but now that autumn is on the way, I am getting the “cooking bug” once again. And right now, apples are everywhere. The kids have been busy picking, peeling, and dicing apples for our freezer. All winter long, I have access [...]

In case you haven’t noticed, store-made brown sugar isn’t good for you. No, really– it’s just granulated white sugar with caramel coloring. YUK. I make my own, which has *minimal* nutritious value, but hey– it’s better than that caramel coloring stuff! With my recipe, you can adjust your sweetener to your own liking, whether you [...]

We did a little experimenting this weekend with some zucchini, seeing we have a massive zucchini population explosion going on here at the Mecomber homestead. I posted about my Stuffed Zucchini recipe here, gushing about how versatile it is, etc etc. Well, my beloved daughter yanked herself away from her stereo cabinet and computer for [...]

This is a savory, wonderful chowder. It’s perfect for rainy summer days, or winter evenings. I don’t know if it will win you any Vegas vacations in a cook-off but it will definitely win the heart of your family! And it’s so easy on the budget, it’s amazing. My kids all love it, and it [...]

This is not your average American-style chili recipe. I actually made it up when I was out of a certain number of ingredients (isn’t that how all recipes are eventually created, lol?). Wow Chow Chili, as most of my recipes are, can be completely customized according to your likes. I like my chili only a [...]

Easy easy easy! I love it when cooking is this easy. Here’s a really simple, DIY marinade for meat. I used it on beef steak, but it’s delicious with chicken or pork, too. Also, it’s verstaile enough for vegetables. 5 pounds beef steak (I slice mine into chunks for quicker cooking) 1 cup Balsamic Vinegar [...]

These are perhaps the most succulent meatballs you will ever eat. All the meatball recipes that I have seen bake the balls in the oven. This pretty much destroys the savory goodness of the meatball. Plus, you may as well hand out the nutcrackers when serving the meatballs, they get so hard. My meatballs are [...]

This is one of my easiest recipes. The family likes it so much that I make it every week. It can be served with egg noodles, rice, or linguine. It is SO EASY to make! Super Easy Chicken Florentine serves 6-8 Chicken breasts, boned, skinned, and cubed 2 cans Alfredo sauce 1 28oz. can spinach [...]