About Me
So glad you stopped by. I’m Paula and I really do eat a lot of salad. Mostly out of a jar, of course.
10 Random Facts….
1. I love dessert. Just look at my recipe index. I once went several years denying myself anything with added sugar. Didn’t last. Couldn’t stand it. It’s a very unsocial habit.
2. Dieting doesn’t work for me. That’s why I have devised so many “skinny secrets” which include salad in a jar and my own method of making nonfat Greek yogurt.
3. I grew up on a large farm in Indiana but always dreamed of being a city girl. After graduating from Oklahoma Christian, I moved to Dallas and found the love of my life. (Kinda like Pioneer Woman in reverse.) Now I live smack dab in the middle of the Dallas-Ft Worth metroplex area.
Not surprisingly, many of my recipes come from that Midwestern farm where we raised our own beef, fruits, and vegetables. On the other hand, my Texas-born-and-raised husband taught me to love Mexican food and all things spicy so you’ll see plenty of that too.
4. I have a degree in Home Economics (known as Family and Consumer Sciences these days) and one in Ultrasound. I know, totally unrelated. One is fun, one pays the bills. Guess which.
5. Besides dessert and veggies, I am obsessed with moderate-in-calories recipes, pizza, bread machines and microwave cooking. Probably because of previous food-related jobs including kitchen supervisor and cooking school teacher at The Greenhouse (a luxury weight-loss spa), a research and development position with Pizza Inn, and teaching microwave cooking schools back in the 80′s.
6. My favorite way to waste time is taking pictures of food. Second favorite is photo-shopping them. Every picture of food on this blog was taken by me. The pictures of me on this page and my home page were taken by my friend Christina of Christina Lee Photography.
7. Except for my long-standing (or is it long suffering) husband, my favorite member of our family is my new grandson. Hope my other relatives will understand.
8. I’m a follower of Jesus, even if I straggle far behind at times. Thankfully, he keeps drawing me back — close to himself.
9. My primary purpose and goal for this website is to record all my recipes and share them with anybody who enjoys cooking or looking at food photos. Some day soon, I hope to turn this blog into a cookbook (most likely for myself, only).
10. I LOVE your comments and feedback. Thanks so much! Send questions to: pzrhodes at hotmail.com.
Paula
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Paula, I see there is another Debbie blogger, so I will shorten to Deb until I can come up with something more creative
My salivary glands are becoming active and it is all your fault.
I like the picture of the flour sifter (seems like I may recognize it), and your new icons on the site look cool. Happy New Year and enjoy Christmas with the kids this weekend.
I just came upon your website while looking for recipes for Greek yogurt – thanks for the great tips!
Paula,
so far I have prepared 4 of your recipes. Each one is so easy to prepare and delicious. Thank you for this web page.
Hi Paula! Your site is great! I love you recipies! I discovered you via your cute comment today on PW. Happy Valentine’s day!
Paula,
LOVE your site. Your recipes look divine and the photography is truly gorgeous. Can’t wait to spend many, many more hours with you!
Melissa
I happened upon your site through a search engine actually looking for jars to make a Turkey Layered Salad for a novel way of serving individuals. What a great site, I love it and intent to try several of the recipes listed. Have a Blessed Day.
Welcome Cheri. Thanks for your kind words. Did you find the Turkey Layered Salad? Now you’ve got me to thinkin.
I’m so happy to find your site! Way to eat your veggies! Thanks so much for sharing your great ideas!! Blessings, Rachel
Hi Paula,
I remember you well from PR. I just returned from a road trip with Jane Roberts and she told me about your site. Looks great!!! Anything that lets me eat dessert is a good thing.
If we ever get together again, lets eat brussels sprouts and eggplant, talk about our “2nd favorite people” and of course have dessert. Your grandson is is handsome just like your boys. Love this website and getting to see 2 of your many talents. Thankful we share the Savior, and daily know HIS love.
I tried making the greek yogurt and it came out EXCELLENT!!!! Thank-you so much. It tastes better that the one’s I can purchase at the store. One question: you mention in your recipe that after the milk has been incubated and formed, I can leave as is and eat it as reg yogurt. Do you know what the nutritional facts are for that? I used nonfat milk and dried milk just like the recipe called for. Thanks I would greatly appreciate it.
I poked the ingredients into the calorie analyzer at http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php. For a 6 ounce serving, they tell me there would be approximately 82 calories in regular nonfat yogurt made this way. It’s very easy to use the analyzer yourself in case you want to try it with different fruits or flavorings or a different serving size.
Hi there – I wanted to invite you to check our new food photo submission site at dessertstalking.com. We concentrate on beautiful photos of the sweeter side of life. Hope you will come and check us out – all the info you need are in our FAQ and Submission Guidelines. Look forward to seeing you soon!
First of all, thanks so much for visiting my site and especially for taking the time to leave such a nice comment.
Secondly, so glad you did or I don’t know if I would have found your site! I love it and I love what you create. The breads look amazing and I certainly intend to try a few of them.
Thank you again. BTW, I don’t meet too many people with the same name as me!
I enjoyed talking with you tonight. Your web site is great – if only I cooked!! Grandson must be very special since he is in most of the pictures!! I really would like for you all to come down to visit.
love, Lou
Yes ma’mm! I’d love to do a picture for you!
My email is cleeelegantphoto@gmail.com
Look at dates and let me know what works best for you. As of right now, I’m planning on having surgery on either July 13 or 22—so before that would probably be best.