Advertisements When it comes to take-away food, Chinese food is one of my family’s favorites. But it can get super spendy to order for everyone. So I’ve been trying to sort out how to make our favorite dishes at home. Most recently I’ve come up with this recipe for Easy Beef Broccoli – a classicContinue reading “Easy Beef Broccoli”
Category Archives: Vegetables
Easy Couscous & Veggie Salad
Advertisements When it comes to pasta salads, I like to have them loaded with veggies. I also prefer to use a vinegar and oil based dressing instead of a mayo based one for pasta salads. If you like both of those concepts and some bacon then let me introduce you to your new favorite pastaContinue reading “Easy Couscous & Veggie Salad”
Pepperjack Cornbread
Advertisements This is not your basic boring cornbread. This recipe brings the heat and cheesy goodness – giving some oomph to your cornbread. I’ve included my recipe for homemade cornbread mix at the bottom of this page but you can also use ypur favorite box or bag mix. Most of all you are going toContinue reading “Pepperjack Cornbread”
Confetti Chicken & Pasta
Advertisements I’m wasn’t entirely sure what to call this recipe – chicken, bacon, red bell pepper, corn, green onion, parmesan, and cream. It is quite good – just was not sure what to call it and then it struck me how colorful it turned out. So I settled on Confetti Chicken & Pasta and IContinue reading “Confetti Chicken & Pasta”
Easy Broccoli Alfredo
Advertisements Not all dishes have to have a big protien presence. Occasionally you need a lighter dinner or maybe a budget dinner. Or maybe you need a bit heavier lunch because you have to skip dinner or won’t be able to have a real sit down dinner. Whatever the reason, this recipe for Easy BroccoliContinue reading “Easy Broccoli Alfredo”
Jalapeño & Pepperoni Pizza
Advertisements Pepperoni Pizza is a staple in our home. Even made from scratch – most of our family can prepare the dough to have time to rise before making from dinner. Because it really is that easy. But sometimes that simple – yet delightful – pepperoni pizza occasionally needs to be stepped up a notch.Continue reading “Jalapeño & Pepperoni Pizza”
Summer Squash & Sausage Lasagna
Advertisements Lasagna is my husband’s very favorite meal. He asks for it with every birthday that passes. I have made it more than a dozen different ways but this one might be the real winner. Its a combination of Italian sausage, summer squash and roasted tomato sauce with plenty of cheese! And its pretty easyContinue reading “Summer Squash & Sausage Lasagna”
Roasted Tomato Soup
Advertisements The weather around here is turning colder every day. And while I love soups all year round, I ramp up the soup making in the colder months. This soup recipe I, actually, stumbled on to rather by accident. I was making pasta sauce to jar for later in the year, and had too muchContinue reading “Roasted Tomato Soup”
Creamy Italian Tortellini Soup
Advertisements Some people, a few from my family, have a notion that soup can not be hearty enough to be the whole dinner. And those same people were proven wrong when I served up this very hearty Creamy Italian Tortellini Soup. It is a creamy soup loaded with kale, carrots, onions, celery, potatoes, sausage, andContinue reading “Creamy Italian Tortellini Soup”
Roasted Hatch Chile Salsa
Advertisements You are literally FOUR ingredients away from this flavor packed hot salsa. Well, the hot part depends on the type of Chiles you decide to get. But you are going to love this Roasted Hatch Chile Salsa for your next Taco Tuesdays – or any day for a nice late night snack. I haveContinue reading “Roasted Hatch Chile Salsa”