Mix together in large bowl.
1- 16oz bag frozen white shoepeg corn (cooked)
2- 15oz. can black beans –rinsed & drained

Chop very fine and add.
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
1-2 jalapeno peppers
1 small red onion
1 bunch green onion

Optional- Cilantro.

Mix together and pour over.
½ c. white vinegar
½ c. oil
½ c. sugar

Cool overnight or several hours.

TAYGA Aprons offer playful and cute aprons for children.  Allow your daughter or granddaughter the ability to show her true style and spirit while cooking up some memories with you! These children’s cooking aprons are the perfect choice for cooking, crafting, gardening or helping mom around the house. The cute children’s pocket is a perfect place to stash a yummy cookie!  Dressed in an apron, they will love to look just like mom or grandma! When you give a children’s cooking apron, you’re unwrapping a world of imagination and the potential for many memories or traditions to be created!

Spoil your child with the gift of cooking together. This is a great time of year to start the baking and cooking tradition that will continue throughout the year.  Wrap up an adorable children’s cooking apron with a cookbook and some cute cookie cutters and you will have a gift that will reward again and again. At the end of a crazy day of work and school take a moment to spend time together creating memories while talking about your day.  Don’t think of cooking and baking dinner as time away from your children any longer.  Make that time special and your children will look forward to tying on their aprons and learning from you!

We believe in all the details.

Wrap yourself in a feminine apron and try these eye appealing and palate pleasing Acorn Cookies. It’s a family favorite and is sure to be loved by all.

Look amazing in this pretty apron!

Acorn Cookies

1 C  Butter, room temperature

¾ C Light Brown Sugar, lightly packed

1 t Vanilla Extract

2 ¾ C Flour

Preheat oven to 350. In a medium mixing bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and vanilla. Stir in flour and baking powder. Using a rounded teaspoon of dough for each cookie, shape into balls. Pinch dough to a rounded point at one end to resemble an acorn. Place each on a cookie sheet either upright, rounded point up, or lying on one side. Bake about 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool. Melt chocolate over hot but not boiling water. Dip large end of cooled cookie first into chocolate, then into chopped pecans. Makes about 48 cookies.

Bake Some Holiday Magic

Enjoy a delicious duo with these peanut butter and chocolate swirl brownies. The marbled look attracts curious tasters and the flavor brings them back. Keep yourself free from mess by wearing a beautiful cooking apron.

Set the mood by wearing a fun half apron!

Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies

½ C Butter, softened

2/3 C Sugar

½ C Packed Brown Sugar

2 Eggs

2 T Milk

¾ C All-Purpose Flour

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add eggs and milk; mix well. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Divide batter in half. To one portion, add peanut butter and peanut butter chips; mix well. To the other portion, add the cocoa and the chocolate chips; mix well.

            In a greased 9-in. square baking pan, spoon chocolate batter in eight mounds in a checkerboard patter. Spoon seven mounds of peanut butter batter between the chocolate batter. Cut through batters with a knife to swirl.

            Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

Yield: 3 dozen

Taste of Home Cooking In this Women’s Cooking Apron

Slip into a cooking apron while preparing this colorful veggie casserole that is packed full of vegetables and flavor. This is the perfect casserole to bring to your next holiday potluck.

Colorful Veggie Casserole

1 C chopped green onions

1 Large Carrot, shredded

2 Celery Ribs, chopped

1 Small Green Pepper, chopped

1 Small Sweet Red Pepper, chopped

6 Garlic Cloves, minced

2 T Vegetable Oil

In a large skillet, sauté onions, carrot, celery, peppers, and garlic in oil until crisp-tender. Transfer to a large bowl; add hash browns, soup, 1 cup cheddar cheese, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, parsley and salt; mix well

            Pour into a greased 3-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheeses and paprika. Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 1 hour or until golden brown.

Yield: 12-16 Servings

Try this feminine apron while preparing the meal for your guests! 

Eat, Drink & Be Cozy.

This Holiday Season, entertain with ease. Gather around the dinner table and enjoy a heartwarming bowl of Baked Potato Soup and some good crusty bread.  Prepare this soup a day in advance so you can relax with your guests. When dinner time is ready, tie on a beautiful kitchen apron and you will look as good as this soup tastes!  Light the table with candles to set the mood for good conversation with family or friends.

Baked Potato Soup

2-1/2 lbs red potatoes, cubed

1 pound bacon, cooked and crumbled

1 jumbo yellow onion, diced

¼ bunch celery, diced

½ red bell pepper, diced

½ green bell pepper, diced

1 quart water

2 oz. (4tbsp) chicken base (recommended Orrington Farms Soup Base)

1 quart milk

1 tsp salt

1 tsp black pepper

1-1/2 sticks margarine

1- ½ cup flour

1 cup whipping cream

¼ bunch parsley, chopped

Boil cubed red potatoes for 8 minutes. Cook bacon and then crumble. Sauté onions, celery, with red and green peppers in a little of the bacon grease until softened.  Mix water, flour and chicken base with a wire whisk then add to large crockpot with milk.  Drain potatoes then add to pot with remaining ingredients. Cook for approx. 4 hours to allow the soup to thicken and the flavors to blend.

When it comes to celebrating the holidays, cookie baking is part of our family tradition! The ultimate joy of home baking is turning simple ingredients into something wonderful to eat. With the season approaching, I look forward to my daughters tying on their teen aprons and making our family favorite sugar cookie recipe. Remember to enjoy the pleasures of the process and the homey and imperfect cookies that fill the hearts and tummies of the family and friends we love.

My daughter and I in our matching mother daughter aprons.

Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

5 C Flour      

1 T Baking Soda

1 ½ t Salt

1 C Butter

1 C Crisco

Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Cream together the butter, Crisco, and sugar. Add the vanilla and almond flavoring. Beat in the eggs and add the dry ingredients. Refrigerate for about an hour. If it is dry add 2 T milk. Roll into balls and drop on greased cookie sheet. Flatten with a glass. Bake 10 minutes at 375. This dough makes excellent cutout cookies!

Decorator Icing

½ C Butter, softened

¼ C Vegetable Shortening

3 C Sifted Powdered Sugar

2 T Corn Syrup

2 t Milk

Cream butter and shortening together with electric mixer. Gradually add powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Add corn syrup and milk, and beat until smooth.

Yield: 2 cups

We have two new floral women’s cooking aprons in stock!  These “Allison” aprons are a favorite and look great on all body types.  These feminine aprons both include pink florals with reversible sides so you will have two unique looks for each apron.  The holidays are upon on us and a TAYGA kitchen apron is sure to pleasantly surprise the women on your list!

A wine kitchen apron is a great gift for a wine enthusiast. These half wine aprons are ideal for entertaining and make great gifts for the holidays and birthdays.  Get together with your girlfriends and have some fun!