Most Delicious Life
Food * Family * Fun
A mother and daughter sharing our best food, and our secrets to living the happy life with the goal of helping us all create a stronger family unit.
Cabbage and Rice Casserole
If you are not a cabbage lover (like me) then you will be so amazed at how good this is! It is rich and hearty and so tasty! Every time I make it (per my husband's request) I am surprised by how good it is. **This is delicious as a vegetarian dish...just leave out the...
Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Shawarma
Chicken Shawarma is an immensely popular street food in Middle Eastern countries. My daughter-in-law Saanya says that getting it from a street vendor is the absolute best way to enjoy and appreciate it. But, this is the next best option... Saanya with my son Jackson...
Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies
I started making these cookies about 15 years ago. I cannot remember where I got the recipe from. BUT we LOVE them! Especially my son Max, who is now 19. He's been away from home for almost 2 years straight. At Christmas time I asked him what cookies he wanted shipped...
Santa Fe Chicken Hot Dish
This is my GO-TO dish that I take to friends and family when they are sick or are in need in some way. It's easy to double and make a dish of it for my family at the same time. I LOVE meals like this that have everything a balanced plate needs in one dish. No side...
Grandma Altha’s Butter Cookies
Altha Dial was an amaziing woman and she was my grandma. She was married to my grandpa, Clessie Napoleon, and they made quite a couple. They had 3 girls and 3 boys and my mom, Colleen was the youngest daughter and self-appointed leader of the pack of boys. That's my...
Chicken Cashew
When I was 7 years old my dad gave my mom a Chinese food cookbook and a shiny new wok for Christmas. Some wives might not love that kind of gift, but my mom LOVED it! She immediately started using it. That year for New Years Eve she made chicken egg rolls, pork fried...
Sausage & Tortellini Soup
About 15 years ago I helped put together a cookbook for the women's organization at my church. I have to plug "church cookbooks." If you see them ever at a garage sale, or at a secondhand shop or estate sale, BUY THEM. They are the BEST kind of potluck. That being...
Beef Wellington
The exact origin of Beef Wellington is not known for sure. The legend goes that this dish was created for the occasion of Arthur Wellesley becoming The Duke of Wellington. I hope that's true! It is a British dish, but possibly created by a French chef as it has a lot...
Levain’s Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
Years ago while visiting my son on the Upper West side of Manhattan I came across this basement bakery. I bought a chocolate chip walnut cookie, and it was the best part of my trip thus far. It was warm and the chocolate was still melted and it was chock full of nuts....
Stromboli
On a cold winter's day on our little farm in Dixon, Illinois, I was scrounging for something to make for dinner. I found some frozen bread dough in the freezer and our version of Stromboli was born. It was a major hit. Here is what we like about it: It's pretty dang...