sesame chicken with snow peas
if you’re faithful to my blog, you know that i’m not a huge fan of asian food. it’s growing on me, but i’m still not giddy over it. well, the point of this blog, for me, is to try new recipes/cooking styles and so i’m …
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tom’s birthday cake
a few years ago i asked tom what kind of birthday cake he wanted. he said he wanted something with chocolate pudding filling. this cake is dense and fudgey, it also has ripples of chocolatey pudding goodness throughout. it got tom’s vote and we’ve had …
pepper jack chicken with succotash
i am now a big fan of food network magazine… i recently picked up a subscription to it and have loved finding interesting new recipes. i am a “picture” person, so i am always drawn to the foods that are the most colorful and …
roasted pepper pasta salad
summer is a great time for pasta salad of any kind. since i live in the south now, i get a whole lot of summer weather, which means that i get to try lots of pasta salad recipes. this is one was featured on the …
zucchini fritters
growing up, we always had a garden and in the summer we had fresh veggies coming out of our ears. one of my favorites was zucchini. mom found quite a few ways to make it: baked zucchini, zucchini bread, zucchini bars, zucchini casserole, and it …
pizza dogs
i think i may have mentioned this before, but i was a picky eater growing up. dear ol’ mom was nice enough to keep some things on hand for me, including freezer chicken patties (which i can prepare several ways!) and hot dogs. this is …
chicken tacadillas w/ roasted corn pico de gallo
i am a big fan of rachael ray… and was very excited recently to watch her in the mornings on some extended time off from work. this was one of the recipes that she featured… which included fish. it almost made me want to try …
pistachio chicken
my mom’s friend lori gave this recipe to my mom a few years ago. lori’s recipe is for pistachio fish. i do not like fish, but when my mom made this recipe using fish, i thought it made the fish taste bearable and had to …
sausage, egg and cheese bagels
this is another “food i miss from michigan” post. mcdonald’s breakfast down here excludes sausage, egg and cheese bagels on its menu. the only good reason to have mcdonald’s breakfast is to splurge, and i think the bagel is the best way to do it. …
mountain dew cupcakes
so this guy named paul often comes over to our apartment and more times than not, raids the mountain dew in the fridge. it was paul’s birthday last week and to celebrate, i made up a batch of mountain dew cupcakes. i thought it was …