When having a party, a cheese plate is a wonderful appetizer that will generally become a focal point with people gathered around chatting. Making a cheese plate doesn’t need to be fancy, but here’s some things to think about when creating your work of art.

It’s been 7 years since the last time I celebrated Mother’s Day with my mom. It’s terrifying to think that so much time has gone by since her passing, but one thing remains strong: I still miss her every day.

Some Pinterest ideas are great, some not so great. This one started out with what I thought would be good. I love pancakes. I love banana pancakes. So I tried this recipe seen all over Pinterest.

Hi, my name is Vivian, and I’m a carboholic. You may think that I’m being disrespectful to alcoholics/etc., but for me, this really is a serious problem.

Blanching your vegetables is the process of scalding vegetables in boiling water for several minutes. Why blanch? The best reason is that it prevents Blah vegetables! It’s also necessary if you want to freeze your vegetables for use later.

I know, I’m early, but some of these Christmas gifts need to be planned months in advance. Here are a couple great ideas for making your own foodie Christmas gifts.

I feel that as a food blogger (ack! I said it!) I am expected to have a lot of funny anecdotes and tons of preamble leading up to the recipe I’m posting. But sometimes I really do not have anything to say about the recipe. […]

IDAHO SUNRISE… a.k.a. BAKED EGGS AND BACON IN POTATO BOWLS by Gimme Some Oven was hands down a winner!

Last year when we heard about the BBQ Competition in our hometown Santa Clara, we thought “Hey! Let’s enter next year.”  I really didn’t think we would enter, but as it came up, my husband and son were so excited that I took the plunge […]

Well, it’s been one year since my first post here on Dish Ditty Recipes. When I started this site, I had a goal of 200 recipes for the year.  I thought that was going to be tough to do as that’s a little more than […]