It was just the holidays, and we needed some vegetables after eating practically nothing but chocolate, cookies, and cakes for weeks. So I tossed this together for lunch, it's kind of like one of those frozen pastas meals you can get at the store. I admit that I definitely bought many of those when we lived in our first apartment with a kitchen the size of a postage stamp. It ...
Recipes
Crustless Pumpkin Pie Bites
Love pumpkin pie, but not a fan of crust? Try these simple pumpkin pie bites! Crustless Pumpkin Pie Bites Print Ingredients 15 ounces Pumpkin Puree ½ cup sugar ¼ cup brown sugar 2 large eggs 1 tsp vanilla ¾ cup evaporated milk ⅔ cup flour 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice ¼ tsp salt ¼ tsp baking powder ¼ tsp baking soda Instructions Spray foil cupcake liners with ...
Orange pasta – linguine in orange sauce
I hope you enjoy this simple recipe for orange pasta, linguine in a bright orange cream sauce. It's a simple cream sauce made with fresh squeezed oranges and zest. An easy weeknight dinner, add chicken to make it a complete meal. We love adding breaded chicken for a quick kid friendly weeknight meal. Orange pasta - linguine in orange sauce Print Ingredients ...
Slowcooker Spinach Artichoke Dip
Is there anything tastier than spinach and artichoke dip? Plus, it sounds like you're eating something healthy when you definitely are not. This recipe is so simple, just some dicing and some heavy duty stirring, get your stirring muscles ready for this one. What I found makes this a little easier is to add the cubed cream cheese, sour cream, and cheeses in the ...
Brown sugar cinnamon pork roast with glazed apples and carrots
I love fall, while a good pumpkin spice, or pumpkin pie can be amazing, I'm all about the apples. So we've been using apples a ton lately in our cooking, and our 9 year old is extremely happy about that. Apples aren't just for desserts, they pair perfect with pork too! This meal is devoured in our house. Everyone goes back for seconds, it's the perfect fall meal. It's so simple ...
Blueberry Peach cobbler pie recipe
This blueberry peach cobbler pie recipe is a perfect hyrbid, part pie, part fruit cobbler, all parts delicious. A blueberry peach pie, topped with a brown sugar cinnamon oat cobbler crust. Serve it warm with a scoop of ice cream. Pie is one of the best desserts in my book. My birthday is later this month and my only request was a birthday pie. Specifically an apple pie ...
Roasted Summer Squash Marinara
It's summer squash season, which seems ironic, because it doesn't feel like summer anymore. The weather is cooling, the geese are starting to move south, the orchards are starting to open for the season. Fall is starting to creep in. We're soaking up the rest of summer though, and spending a lot of time tending our garden. We have an abundance of summer squash, which is ...
Sheet pan lemon roasted gnocchi
This was a recipe that was impossible to name. You have roasted gnocchi, onions, garlic, and grape tomatoes roasted until the gnocchi is perfectly golden and the tomatoes are bursting. Then you have the salad of torn basil and spinach, dressed with a great little dressing of a citrusy hazy IPA, olive oil, and lemon pepper. We just call it sheet pan gnocchi and it's one of our ...
Lemon Curd recipe (without using a double boiler)
There's something about lemon that's so bright and fresh and perfect for just about everything. I even use lemon for my favorite ever roasted vegetables. So naturally, I fell in love with the Noosa lemon yogurt, it's like eating a lemon meringue pie, but I can't find it in stores near me! So I recently made it my mission to make my own lemon curd from scratch. The first time ...
S’Mores Brownies
Last week was the 4th of July and I wanted to make a simple dessert to bring to the BBQ, ok, so I had my husband and 9 year old do the baking while I watched the little one. It was my idea though, so I get the credit, right? We made some really simple S'mores brownies in the oven! Yep, S'mores without the fire. We used my favorite Pampered Chef brownie pan a box mix, a simple ...
Homemade Chocolate Bar recipe
Homemade Chocolate Bar Recipe Chocolate bars will always remind me of waiting in line at the grocery store as a kid, if you stare long enough, one might magically happen to land on the conveyor belt of groceries, right? Now that I'm older I enjoy overpriced candy bars with fun things like potato chips in them. Candy bar maker Using a silicone chocolate bar mold I can ...