Sweet & Spicy Meat & Noodles

I have made so much soup lately I was wanting some kind of meat and pasta dish. So I looked through the cupboards and decided to just make something up with some tri-colored spiral noodles, meat, and veggies.

Broccoli Cheese Soup

It was another chilly today up here in the middle of no where so I decided to try and make one of my favorite soups! Broccoli Cheese! Here we go I guess...

Pork Chops & Grits with Apple Glaze

One of my favorite things to eat for breakfast is grits, but tonight I wanted to try and make them be a dinner item and add on a pork chop. I always eat my pork chop with applesauce but I decided to do a twist on apple sauce and make an apple glaze. Hope ya like it!

Chicken Noodle & Rice Soup

It has been starting to get pretty dang cold up here at the new house and I thought what better way to warm up then some of my chicken noodle soup!

Turkey Meatloaf & Mashed Potatoes

When I was looking in the kitchen for something to make for dinner I found that I had a lot of lean ground turkey. So I thought I would try some turkey meat loaf and mashed potatoes! 

Spaghetti Sauce From Scratch

Growing up with my mom made me so spoiled about the spaghetti sauce I will and will not eat. I don't think I'll ever be 100% satisfied eating sauce from a jar. So tonight I decided to make sauce from scratch (though it will never beat my moms sauce, it sure came close!)

French Bread

I always feel like eating spaghetti is a sin with out fresh bread to soak up the left over sauce. So tonight I decided to make some fresh bread to go with dinner. It came out with the best crunchy crust but soft and fluffy inside!

Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

I had a lot of strawberries left over from when I made jam and I wanted to use them up before they went to waste. What better way to use them then to make them into ice cream! The taste of this ice cream is amazing!! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Sweet & Spicy Pickled Zucchini

As I said before when I made the zucchini brownies, I have so much zucchini I don't know what to do with it all. So this time I decided to pickle it... Goes great with sandwiches or anything else you like to eat with pickles!

Eggs Benedict

I had family over for breakfast and wanted to make something new and delicious. I decided to try and make eggs benedict. I think they were a success!

Creamy Soy Nut Peanut Butter

As I was sitting at the table enjoying my homemade jelly, I thought it just wasn't right to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich unless I made the peanut butter too! I wanted something fresh and delicious. I looked through MANY peanut butter recipes and decided to go down the soy nut route because it had both peanuts and soy nuts. I think I made the right choice! Delish!

Fluffy Chocolate Chip Pancakes

By Danielle's choice we decided to make some chocolate chip pancakes... her favorite! Found a recipe that said over and over how fluffy they were so thought we would give them a try. They came out awesome! So fluffy with the gooey chocolate wrapped up inside!

Strawberry Jam

Today my sister came up to visit with me and we decided to take a stab at making our own jam... After we started hulling and mashing the strawberries the aroma of strawberries filled the air and we knew it was going to be good!

S'mores From Scratch

Flipping through a magazine I found a recipe for home made graham crackers. I don't think that I have even thought of how they were made. The idea almost seemed too crazy to try but I knew I had to do it! So then we made them into S'mores! Yum!

Double Chocolate Zucchini Brownies

I have been getting a lot of fresh zucchini and was running out of ideas of what to do with it. I searched from something I haven't tried before and came accross a recipe for zucchini cake brownies. I decided to change the recipe a little... this is what I came up with! Hope you enjoy them as much as I did!

Cornbread Croutons

To go along with the delicious spicy caesar dressing we made the fresh cornbread croutons to go on top of the salad! They were fun to make and delicious to snack on!

Spicy Caesar Salad

I never was a fan of salad until recently and my favorite is creamy caesar salad. When I came across this recipe to make it spicy I knew I just HAD to try it!

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

I've always loved dipping veggies and crackers into dips especially hummus! So today I decided to try and make it myself. Luckily I had a little help in the kitchen from Danielle (who thinks I'm crazy for making things from scratch). She must love me though, because she was helping me all day!

Cowboy Corn Chowder

I know it's summer time and you might think that it is too hot to want to eat soup but I had some corn in the fridge that needed to be cooked. I didn't want to do just regular corn on the cob. So I looked through some books and decided on a corn chowder recipe. I didn't have all the ingredients so I decided to improvise.

Sweet & Salty Cookies

One of my favorite candy bars is a chocolate bar with sea salt in it. I just love the sweet and salty, haha. And I love eating a chocolate chip cookie and having a few salty potato chips with it at the same time... so when I came across this recipe I just had to try it!

Kabobs and Spanish Rice

Summer time is a great time for grilling veggies and meat. I thought what better way then to combine them into a kabob with a side of rice! I've never made spanish rice before but I thought what better time then now to give it a try!

Whole Wheat Pecan Waffles

My favorite meal has always been breakfast and I would have to say one of my favorites is waffles! I decided to do a twist on what I normally do and try whole wheat flour and add in some walnuts. Here goes nothing!

Home Made Bow Tie Mac & Cheese

Being Italian, I feel like I have a duty to at least try and make pasta from scratch. However, I wanted to make some homemade mac and cheese instead of the classic red sauce! Let's see how it turns out!

Breakfast Empanadas

Its been a while since my last blog but I've been so busy and with the heat being in the kitchen isn't always the best idea, haha. Cooking in the kitchen seems to be less hot in the early morning or late at night so today I decided to make breakfast! I was thinking about breakfast burritos but decided to go off that and make breakfast empanadas.

Chicken & Black Bean Flautas with Tomatillo Salsa

I wanted to make my mom a flavorful and very tastey Mexican inspired dish. I found a recipe that I liked, but I wanted to make a few changes to add more flavor and have the addition of meat. Having my Aunt Pam in the kitchen always helps coming up with the new additions to the recipe!

Lemon Meringue Pie

Being that it is my mom's birthday tomorrow, I knew I should get on baking her a birthday surprise. I know she isn't much of a cake person but her favorite kind of pie is Lemon Meringue. So the long process begins!

Couscous Stuffed Peppers with Goat Cheese

Wanting to make something semi healthy but full of flavor for dinner I looked in the fridge to see what I had. Not wanting my peppers to go bad I decided that I wanted to stuff them with something... Somehow I came up with some sort of a couscous base. So the couscous stuffed peppers with goat cheese was formed!

Homemade Summer Granola

It's summer time and one of my favorite things to eat is fresh fruit! I thought I would spice up my sliced fruit with some fresh granola and yogurt. I looked through several recipes and picked one that sounded pretty tasty with coconut, walnuts, and maple syrup. The recipe called for vanilla extract but I thought I would try maple extract instead. Guess we will see how it turns out!