Here’s a little piece of trivia for you. You know how some recipes say to deglaze the pan with wine to pick up the yummy brown bits at the bottom of the pan (like my Whole Wheat Penne with Turkey Sausage and Roasted Vegetables and my Butternut Squash Soup)? Know what those bits are called? Fond. […]
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Southwest Skillet Scramble
On weekends, Tim and I like to put together different variations of skillet scrambles using different meats, veggies, and cheeses. They are so quick and easy, made all in one pan, and you can make them millions of different ways. Tim loves eggs, so he’d eat them any which way. I decided to put something […]
Grown Up Grilled Cheese
You may have noticed recently I added a “Recipes” tab to the blog. If you haven’t, go ahead, take a look. I’ll wait. Ok, did you see it? Pretty cool, huh? Well, it may not seem that exciting to you, but it’s pretty exciting to me because I figured out how to link the recipes […]
Tortellini with Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Tortellini is one of those foods that I have a hard time stopping eating once I start. There’s something about the little cheese filled pasta that I just love so much. I don’t normally talk brands on here, but there’s this one particular type of tortellini that I find especially intoxicating – Cheese & Spinach […]
A Meal Fit For a Birthday
I mentioned in a previous post (about a certain delicious oatmeal cake) that my mom recently had a birthday. We all went down to my parents’ house and spent the weekend there to celebrate. Tim, my sister-in-law, Jill, and I cooked my mom a super special birthday lunch. Since I was deemed the project manager, […]
Butternut Squash Soup
There are a lot of good pre-packaged soups out there, but there’s nothing quite like making soup from scratch. This butternut squash soup is flavorful and creamy, full of hidden vegetables, and is light because it does not have any cream! This recipe makes enough soup for Tim and I to eat it a couple […]
Today’s Tip: Washing Leeks
I think leeks are a very underutilized vegetable. I didn’t even know what they were until a couple of years ago when I saw Rachael Ray using them on her show. The first time I saw them, I thought what are those giant green onion looking things? Well, that’s kind of what they are. They […]
Crispy Baked Sweet Potato Fries
As an adult, I have really grown to love sweet potatoes. I would not even eat them as a kid, but now it seems like I can’t get enough. Plus, they’re a superfood – they’re full of fiber, complex carbohydrates, protein,vitamins A and C, iron, and calcium. Between the delicious sweet and savory taste and the health benefits, what’s not […]
Oven Baked Zucchini Sticks with Sweet Onion Dip
A while back, I found a recipe on Pinterest that I wanted to try, but it was a side dish so I was waiting a main dish to pair it with. The other day, Tim wanted to make turkey burgers, and I thought that would be the perfect opportunity to try these oven baked zucchini […]
Fake Fancy: Cheesy Quinoa Casserole with Broccoli and Asparagus
Last weekend, I asked Tim what he thought we should cook for dinner Sunday night, and he chose cornish game hens. When I was trying to think of what to cook with them, I remembered some quinoa I bought a while back and hadn’t done anything with. I figured I could incorporate a vegetable somehow […]
