Soft and chewy with crackly crunch on the outside!  Cookie perfection!  These classic cookies are easy to make and everybody loves them!  Don’t wait until the holidays to whip up a batch! So lets just do this shall we?  Lets just post cookies all month…no chicken, no salads or veggies, nothing but cookies! Soft Ginger…
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Easy Roast Chicken
Is there anything better than a simply roasted chicken? Â The flavor is nothing like anything you can get anywhere else. Â You master this simple recipe and you can feed your family for ever! After years of cooking, I mean ‘years’…I have learned my limitations in the kitchen. Â I don’t do fancy. Â Â I have tried…
Southwest Chicken and Rice Skillet
Rice, chicken and veggies all cooked up in the same skillet! Â Make this simple Southwest Chicken and Rice Skillet once and you will be making it over and over again! I am truly in love with Southwest flavors lately and this whole skillet thing is just up my alley! Â Throw it all together in one…
Perfect Molasses Crinkle Cookies!
These Perfect Molasses Crinkle Cookies are way to good to only make during holidays! Â It’s the perfect all year cookie! I am not such a great baker and that is why I call these ‘Perfect Molasses Crinkle Cookies’ – because if I can make them, you can! I searched for the perfect molasses cookie…
Homemade French Onion Dip!
Homemade French Onion Dip – to compare this to the store bought variety is unimaginable – there is simply no comparison. Okay, so ya. Â It takes a minute or two to ‘whip up’, but it makes a huge batch. Â One for you and one to take to Grandma’s house for the Holidays. Â Grandma is…
Easy Italian Chicken Stew
I would say the secret ingredient to this Italian Chicken Stew is the Portobello mushrooms.  They deepen the flavor of the stew and give it a real meaty texture.  Another little secret weapon is a touch of cinnamon.  I know!  Sounds crazy, but don’t skip this step…just try a little.  It gives it a slightly mid eastern flavor.  …
Apple Gingerbread Upside Down Cake
Apple Gingerbread Upside Down Cake! If this doesn’t say Merry Christmas I don’t know what would! Did you notice the Christmas ornaments in the background pic?  Yes, I said it…Christmas!  Only 45 more shopping days folks…better get going! I do about 90 percent of all my shopping on-line these days and I’m not exaggerating.  I’ve never…
Thai Chicken Burgers with Kicked up Ketchup!
This Thai Chicken Burger and Kicked up Ketchup is our new favorite burger around here!  Using ground chicken, we could incorporate all those yummy Thai flavors we love! My experience with Thai food is fairly limited…not that we don’t like it…. we just don’t seem to get around to eating it – some new burger,…
Pumpkin Pie Spice Granola
This Pumpkin Pie Spice Granola not only tastes fabulous but your house will smell delicious too! Â You can serve this to your family or put in pretty packages for a great gift! My obsession with Pumpkin continues – and it ain’t over yet folks! I got more comin’ up after this! I’ve been making homemade…
Easy Strawberry Cake!
This easy to make Strawberry Cake is the perfect snack cake and a great vehicle to use up those strawberries! Don’t you love when you can take something in your fridge that you were contemplating throwing out, and turn it into something perfectly wonderful? I had these strawberries that were slowing shriveling up in…
Roasted Red Pepper Fettuccini with Creamy Feta Sauce
Roasted Red Pepper Fettuccini with Creamy Feta Sauce!  Well that just says comfort food all over the place.  If you are looking for a fast, easy and restaurant quality pasta dish,  you just found it! This comes together so quickly, with only a few ingredients.  You can lighten this up… but lets call this…
Pumpkin Cinnamon Duffins!
It’s a donut…It’s a muffin…It’s a Duffin!  This delicious mix of muffins and donuts are a cinch to make and will make your whole family smile! I don’t say this about every recipe (okay…I say this about every recipe).  But you really need to try these! These little things melt in your mouth.  At…
Pumpkin Cheese Cake Bars
It’s fall which means only one thing to me…Pumpkin in everrrryyyyttthhhinggggg!   First up is Pumpkin Cheese Cake Bars.  Cheesecake with frosting on it….how can you go wrong? I brought a few of these Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars to work and my pal Dana went bonkers…no really, I thought she was going to choke sucking the…
Spinach, Bacon, Feta and Mandarin Orange Salad
This spinach salad is an old family favorite; Even the salad haters in our family LOVE this! That includes my son in  law who usually only eat things that are between 2 slices of bread. With feta, mandarin oranges, and bacon – who wouldn’t love it? This spinach salad is a winner for everybody, and…
Fresh Raspberry Vinaigrette
All dressed up in pink and ready to party!  Fresh Raspberry Vinaigrette – comes together in a minute and will brighten up your same old, same old salad! I am not sure what took me so long to make this – could have been the lack of raspberries in the fridge I suppose :)….but never the less – once…