CREAMY CHICKEN AND MUSHROOM SKILLET DINNER! – Juicy and tender chicken smothered in mushroom gravy all cooked up in the same pan! No skimping on the gravy here! We used chicken thighs for this recipe but chicken breasts or even chicken tenders would be delicious as well! It’s all about the gravy! How to…
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Lemony Coconut Snack Cake
This snack cake is bursting with lemon and coconut! Sometimes you just don’t need a full size cake, but you NEED cake never the less! Did you know that you can bake most any muffin recipe in a 8 x 8 pan and turn it into a snack cake? Yup, it’s true! I…
Cold Poached Salmon
“Your poached salmon is only as good as the broth you cook it in” – words of wisdom from my Mom. The title of this post COULD be misleading- it is poached salmon, served cold. But tomato-tomahtoe- it is delicious and fresh. I would recommend you use fresh herbs– it makes such a difference in…
Summer Vegetable Tian
I recently bought a fitness tracker. After reading reviews until I was practically blind, I decided on the Fitbit Alta . This thing is amazing! It tracks steps, calories and even your sleep! I haven’t slept since 1982 so I suppose that feature is lost on me…but the other stuff is pretty cool! It’s wireless and…
Double Crunch Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries
These Crunchy Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside! Baked, not fried for a healthy french fry fix! Another recipe using pre-browned Panko Crumbs. First there was Panko Crusted Salmon, followed by Crispy Oven Baked Fish and Chips and now…well now we have, Double Crunch Oven Baked Sweet Potato…
Light Peach Ice Cream
Fresh and Light Peach Ice Cream – is there anything better than homemade ice cream on a hot summer day? This recipe is from an old Cooking Light magazine I had hanging around. It uses whole milk and half and half instead of heavy cream. No precooking makes it a breeze! There is a…
Panko Crusted Salmon and The Secret to Perfectly Browned Crumbs!
The panko adds a crunchy topping to the moist salmon for wonderful texture! But do you even notice sometimes your breading isn’t brown when your fish is done due to the short cooking time? We have got your fix! I am totally obsessed with Panko Crumbs lately. This is the first of three recipes that…
Homemade Orangecello
How to make Homemade Orangecello! This beautiful liquor makes a fabulous gift when put in a pretty bottle but save some for the cook! Oh pretty little glass of boozy deliciousness! Meet Orangecello …. her BFF is Lemoncello and I love them both equally! I suppose you could ‘cello’ about any fruit? (see how cool I…
Bean Salad with Tomatoes and Feta
Crisp Bean Salad with Tomatoes and Feta, all tossed together in a simple vinaigrette! This dish is the first one to go when I serve it at BBQ parties! If I could go back in time, I would have watched my diet a little more. Less cheese, less wine, less cheese, less wine, less cheese, less…
One Bowl Cinnamon Apple Bars
Whip up these delicious Apple Bars in just a few minutes…using one bowl! This is the perfect recipe for those fixer-upper apples you have hanging around but just can’t throw away! I always seem to have so many apples. It’s apparent when you cruise my recipe index that I love apple desserts! There is: Apple Cake…
Quick Caprese Bread
A quick and easy bread full of sun dried tomatoes, chunks of fresh mozzarella and fresh basil! A no yeast quick bread that you can throw together at a moments notice. I have had my eye on this recipe for awhile and after whipping up a batch of San Marzano Soup I thought this…
Lemon Biscotti
We love this Lemon Biscotti recipe! Easier to make than cookies. Tender on the inside and crunchy on the outside. So good with a cup of tea and also make wonderful gifts! ‘Summer time…and the lemon is easy…. ‘ Oh I do love cookies and summertime and lemon and biscotti! My second Biscotti posting…
One Pot Italian Chicken with Orzo
This One Pot Italian Chicken with Orzo is so simple and so flavorful! We make it on a regular basis around here . Use chicken thighs or breasts, it comes together in a flash for a great busy weeknight meal! I originally posted this several years back – Skillet Italian Chicken, when my blog was…
Tropical Chicken Burgers
These Tropical Chicken Burgers are full of chopped mango and jalapeño for a big flavor easy to make and healthy burger! Tropical Chicken Burgers where have you been all my life! Chopped mango, jalapeño, red peppers and onions all mixed together with ground chicken – it’s a perfect burger that comes together quickly and can easily…
Egg Baskets
These yummy breakfast Egg Baskets have two ingredients! I love incorporating store bought ingredients that make a recipe so easy! In this case, store bought fresh hash browns do the trick! Cute little devils…arn’t they? Two ingredients – yup two! Pre-packaged fresh hash browns (like Simply Fresh) and eggs. Thats it! Bake the hash browns…
