Bunco Garden Party! Bunco, a long standing tradition and a great excuse for girls to get together and well, do what girls do! Eat some good food, drink some wine and chat for hours. Not once, since I have been part of this group, has anyone busted out a deck of cards! I am…
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Slow Cooker Rotisserie Chicken
Whats that saying? A bird in the slow cooker is better than 2 in the oven? Let me say, without question, this is the best roast chicken I have ever cooked up and, I have cooked up many a roast chicken my friend. It is one of my favorite comfort foods and get me started on the leftovers…the mashed…
Caramel Banana Upside Down Bread
This Caramel Banana Upside Down Bread is so pretty but so easy to make! It’s a bread…no it’s a cake! It taste like cake to me…like really, really good cake but it’s cooked in a loaf pan so it’s bread? I really don’t know and don’t care…I just love it! Caramel Banana Upside Down Bread Ingredients…
Raspberry Cordial
Nothing says summertime like fresh fruit…like fresh raspberries….like fresh raspberry flavored booze! Like Whoa! I believe it qualifies as a serving of fruit as well…bonus point, sold!…cha-ching! (And yes, I’ve been sampling…what kinda cook doesn’t taste her own wares?) This takes about 2 minutes to throw together but needs to sit for about 1 week and can go as…
Peanut Buster Parfait Ice Cream Cake
This was such a hit! Mr. LaughingSpatula had two, yes two pieces! Salty, sweet, caramely, chocolaty goodness…all served up over a cookie crumb crust. And how long does this masterpiece take to make? Oh, ’bout 10 minutes to assemble. Pop in the freezer for about an hour and you got summer yum! NOTE: You could…
Chicken Tamale Pie
Since I am such a Cooking Light fan, I’m not sure how I missed this recipe but I’m glad Pinchofyum brought it back to life! This will go into the weekly meal rotation file. Perfect for work night’s and another recipe for store bought Rotisserie Chicken! Whooo hooo! NOTE: You can substitute the spice mixture for…
Caprese Grilled Chicken
Grilled Caprese Chicken! Perfect for indoors or out…simply switch out your grill for a skillet and sear your chicken! We love our chicken around here! Easy, healthy and versatile. Now add some cheese and boom! Doesn’t get much better than this…easy, healthy, fast! I’d say those are three requirements that make this a perfect recipe. …
Fresh Corn Salad!
A summer staple! All you need is fresh corn, peppers, maybe some onions…a little sour cream and you have a crunchy yummy summer salad! I used Polano and Red Pepper but you could substitute most anything. Avacodo would be nice too! I’m keeping this commentary simple…just like this salad! Ingredients 6 ears of shucked fresh corn 1 Poblano pepper…
Homemade Lemoncello!
When life gives you lemons…soak ’em in booze! I love the idea of homemade booze…who knew? When I think about all the stuff you could soak in Vodka it makes me all woozy! Vodka is a neutral spirit, it goes with everything! This is stuper easy (a little boozy humor). Steep lemon peels in your favorite vodka…
Blueberry Pie Bars
I found several variations of this recipe on Pinterest (cause’ that’s where all the groovy recipes are). I eventually settled on Kleinworth & Co. version. Why?.. well they had the best picture of course so they must be the best, turns out I was right! You can use fresh or frozen blueberries and I’ll just bet you…
BBQ Chicken Soup with Cornbread Croutons
Soup with a twist and a secret ingredient…I LOVE secret ingredients! I’ve never heard of BBQ Chicken Soup until I had it at SODO Kitchen, a lovely restaurant located in the Seattle Starbucks Headquarters building. The food is fresh from local Farmers and the staff is lovely! The Catering Manager was nice enough to share this recipe…
Artisanal Crackers with Olive Oil & Rosemary
Artisanal Crackers with Olive Oil and Rosemary – Flour, olive oil, water and rosemary are the backbone of these delicious and incredibly easy to make crispy crackers! You would pay a fortune in a gourmet food store for these. Get your cheeseboard ready…there’s a new cracker in town :). We love how easy these are…
Jelly Donut Muffins
I’ve been making these for years. The recipe is from my favorite cookbook of all time. The Complete Cooking Light Cookbook. They are called Raspberry Filled Cinnamon Muffins in the book but they are so tender, like a donut, I changed the name and the filling! I am not sure, but I think this was the…
Magic Cake – One Batter, 3 Layers!
The first time I tried to bake this I killed it, I mean that literally …a total disaster! I shouldn’t have been near an oven that day, let alone a European recipe that I didn’t understand! After I put the cake in the oven and was cleaning up, it was not a big surprise to…
Slow Cooker Sausage, Mushroom and Orzo Soup
Spring is in the air in Seattle (well as much as Spring can ever be in the air in Seattle), so I thought I’d get soup out of my system until fall! This can be prepared stove top or slow cooker. Slow cooker works a little better because the sausage has time to marry with the…
