cooking with crystal

I love asparagus and am always looking for new ways to cook it. This past summer I grilled it outside and boy was it delicio...

I found this recipe in a Williams Sonoma Catalog and it looked so good, so I knew I had to try it. The basis of the recipe comes from...

I recently got Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible and I am obsessed with it! It has SO many fabulous recipes and I am on a mis...

Holy smokes! Now here is a recipe that you will make again and again and again. You will serve it at parties and with your...

I have such a warm spot in my heart for chorizo. I grew up eating it for breakfast mixed up with some eggs in a burrito and for ye...

I happened to be watching Rachel Ray one morning and she made this bacon, leek, and tomato brisket and not only did it look SO tasty, d...

Unless you walk into the unknown, the odds of making a profound difference in your life are pretty low.

When you come to the edge of all the light you have,  and must take a step into the darkness of the unknown,  believe that one of two ...

The whole idea of Mormonism is improvement — mentally, physically, morally and spiritually.  No half-way education suffices for the La...

Lemon Brownies *Warning* These are for serious lemon lovers. I made these and they are quite different from lemon bars, but nev...