OLIVE GARDEN INSPIRED ZUPPA TOSCANA
This is the second Olive Garden inspired soup that I have made. My personal favorite is the Olive Garden inspired Chicken Gnocchi Soup. My coworkers were divided, some preferred the Zuppa Toscana and some the Chicken Gnocchi. I guess you will have to give both a try and have your own taste test. I found several recipes online […]
Super Easy Bread for the Bread Machine
I must confess that I don’t usually make homemade bread. At least not until I picked up a bread machine. Making bread always seemed so intimidating and now I just dump everything into a machine and it does it for me. I grew up helping my grandmother make the most awesome homemade rolls. I have […]
OLD WORLD PUFF PANCAKE
This pancake dates back to the 1920′s and is super simple to make. Ingredients 2 tablespoons butter or margarine 3 eggs 3/4 cup milk 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons sugar 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg Confectioners’ sugar Syrup or fruit (optional) Place butter in a 10 inch ovenproof skillet; place in a 425 degree […]
LOADED POTATO SOUP
I love easy recipes that taste like they took hours to make. This is the perfect potato soup. Even if you are not a potato soup lover (and I’m not) you will LOVE this recipe! The great thing about this recipe is that it’s a basic cheese & potato soup and you get to add […]
Hot Onion Souffle Dip
This is the time of the year you want to start eating those yummy hot dips instead of those cool summer dips and here is the perfect one ….. This is the best stuff I have ever had! I could literally eat it every day. A very kind caterer left me some when she packed […]
Green Chile Citrus Chicken
It seems like there are just not enough hours in a day so I love having simple meal ideas. There are so many quick and easy ways to make chicken and the Baja Citrus Marinade goes perfect with the green chiles. This recipe requires only 4 ingredients: chicken, marinade, green chiles, and cheese. As with any […]
CUCUMBER DIP
I got this recipe from my friend at Simply Nanna and it makes a great refreshing dip. When I make this, I add 2 – 4 large cucumbers because I love, love, love cucumbers. It’s a great way to use of some of those cucumbers that are ready in the garden. If you want a milder cucumber taste, add […]
CINNABON CINNAMON ROLLS RECIPE
I love to make these Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls and using the bread machine makes it super easy. You will need: 1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C) 2 eggs, room temperature 1/3 cup margarine, melted 4 1/2 cups bread flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup white sugar 2 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast Place ingredients […]
CHEDDAR BACON RANCH PULLS
I found this recipe on Plain Chicken. It look so good that I wanted to share it with you. You can find the recipe here. She also has a recipe for Cinnamon Roll Pulls that I’m going to try. You can check out that recipe here.
CABBAGE CREOLE
This is one of my favorite go-to foods. Even people that don’t like cabbage love it ! I remember as a child, my mother would make this. I hated cabbage. I repeat, hated cabbage. So did my sister and every other young person that I knew. The funny thing is that we all loved this […]
PORK LOIN WITH VEGETABLES
Need a simple easy meal? Make a Roast or Pork Loin with Vegetables… I throw a roast (I used a preseasoned pork loin) into the crockpot when I leave for work in morning, turn it on low, and nine hours later…Viola ! When I get home all I have to do is line a […]
The Best Fruit Dip EVER !
Hands down, this is the easiest, best tasting fruit dip ever. I have been making this fruit dip for about fifteen years. It actually came about as an accident. I wanted to make some fruit dip and could not remember what you actually put in fruit dip. I couldn’t decide if it was cream cheese […]
Crepes with Fruit….Yummy!
I don’t know what happened, but this morning I decided to make crepes. I haven’t made crepes in years and I had forgotten how easy they are to make. If you can make pancakes, you can make crepes. Ingredients 1 1/2 cups milk 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 eggs 2 tbs sugar 1 tbs cooking […]
EASY STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
I love homemade ice cream, especially when the recipe is super easy. This requires only 3 ingredients. INGREDIENTS 1– 2 lt bottle of strawberry soda 2 cans of sweetened condensed milk (eagle brand) 1 pint of sweetened frozen strawberries pureed (you can use fresh but it will be a little more tart) I have also […]
BACON, CHEESE, AND RANCH CRESCENTS
The title of my recipes should be called “No measuring required” because that is how I was taught to cook by my grandmothers. It’s hard for me to give exact measurements since I just slice, dice, and toss. This is another one of those recipes where you can’t go wrong. Really! There is no right […]
KEY LIME PIE ICE CREAM
Let me start by saying that I love anything key lime so when deciding what kind of ice cream I wanted to make for a picnic at work, I thought of key lime. Why can’t you make key lime ice cream? I did some research and couldn’t find exactly what I was looking for. All […]
caramel macchiato cupcakes recipe
I have been wanting to try making cupcakes using coffee creamers and I love the ways these turned out. For these cupcakes I chose Coffee Mates- Caramel Macchiato. I am one of those people that love anything that has caramel in it so when I spotted this creamer my mind immediately went to thoughts of caramel, […]
My Version of a Lava Flow
My first taste of a Miami Vice was in Puerto Vallarta. It was just the week before Christmas and my friends and I were on the beach soaking up the sun when this incredibly good looking waiter ( I was there with two other single ladies, so don’t judge me) brought me this wonderful fruity […]
Sausage Stuffed Squash & Zucchini
Usually summer rolls around, gardens are planted, and everyone ends up with squash and zucchini. Not just some squash, but so much squash that you are begging people to take it. I love to stir fry it with onions but after 3 weeks of stir fried squash, I knew I had to come up with another […]
Olive Garden Inspired Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
The first time I had this soup at Olive Garden, I knew I had to have the recipe. I looked at several recipes on the internet and decided on a combination of several. I added 2 cups of spinach instead of 1 and I used one pint of half and half and one pint of milk instead […]
Fresh Homemade Grape Jelly
2 bottoms jars are grape jelly – top jar is grape syrup (jelly that didn’t set) You will need: 5 Cups grape juice (about 4 ½ pounds grapes and ½ cup water) 1 Package powdered pectin 5 Cups sugar I usually make my juice and put in the refrigerator to use later. To prepare the […]
Homemade Pomegranate Jelly
There are several methods for extracting your pomegranate juice. I cut my pomegranates in half and scoop out the seeds. I then place the seeds in a saucepan, cover with water and bring to a boil. I then strain the juice/seeds through a jelly cloth or cheesecloth. If you don’t have fresh pomegranates, you can purchase […]
