salted caramel sauce
we’re snowed in. and i LOVE every second of it. we’ve both been working from home, which is awesome. not any different for me, but it is very nice to have tom around! we’ve also been loving on our new puppy, lucy… and so now …
for the love of creating
recipes
pizza rolls
the super bowl is just around the corner, and these definitely need to find a spot on your spread. they’re basically a dinner roll, made with pizza dough and filled with cheese and pepperoni. i tried a new pizza dough recipe for this, and the …
peach whiskey bbq chicken
this dish is very simple to throw together, but tastes like it took all day. it is another dish that i have made a few times before blogging about it. the most recent time, i used my new favorite kitchen “thing”… my dutch oven. swoon! …
italian chicken soup
after stumbling upon this soup, i have made it THREE different times. THREE. that is a lot of times for me to make something in a few months time. just sayin’. i have modified the original recipe to make it a bit easier to throw …
egg nog waffles
it’s the time of year for… egg nog, among other things. i wanted to find a way to incorporate egg nog into our breakfast. i first tried egg nog french toast, which was a massive fail. they were very blah. we went to ihop and …
cheese sauce
this cheese sauce is great. it is great with chili cheese fries, can be used for dunking pretzel bites, smothered on top of nachos… i’ll bet that it would be great mixed up with some pasta. the evaporated milk gives it a very smooth …
pretzel bites
who doesn’t love pretzels? they’re a great snack for just about any occasion. you find them at the mall while you’re shopping, at the ballpark, at the movie theatre, at home… you get my gist. this recipe is fairly simple and easy to make. it …
aunt deb’s cheesecake
when i first tried my aunt’s cheesecake, it was love at first bite. my aunt and i share the same chocolaty sweet tooth, so it was not a huge surprise that this cheesecake is pure awesomeness. i cannot even begin to describe how perfect this …
pollo rosa maria
carrabba’s italian grill is one of my all-time favorite restaurants. there is not a single restaurant to be found anywhere near the lovely state of wa, so i’ve had to take matters into my own hands. i believe i first made this dish back in …