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 …
for the love of creating
side dishes
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 …
asian coleslaw
we had paul and brandy over for dinner the other night. it’s just getting too hot to have egg rolls with chinese dishes, so this looked like an acceptable summer swap! it kind of reminds me of salad and dressing that you would get at …
ranch bacon pasta salad
pasta salad from the box is really good for hot summer months when you need something to go with dinner in a pinch. i decided to kick it up a notch and make it from scratch. it’s my first pasta salad (other than making mom’s …
mac n’ cheese
this is another one of those woe is me… i miss some of my tasty favorites from michigan blog… 🙂 here’s looking at you, bar louie’s mac n’ cheese. i still haven’t quite gotten the texture quite right, but this comes pretty darn close. guess …
cheesy potatoes
this is a side dish that can go with any meal. i love this dish so much, i can eat an entire bowl and call it a meal. 🙂 2 lbs. frozen shredded hash browns, thawed 1 c onion, chopped fine 1 can cream of …
baked zucchini
ahhh, the tastes of summer… i may have jumped the gun a bit on this blog, but i’m ready for the flavors of summer! we had a garden growing up and it was full of delicious vegetables. well, a few that i liked. one …
refried beans
growing up as a little girl, i was a very picky eater. just ask my mom. i grew up on chicken patties and found several ways to make them. refried beans were one thing i would not touch with a ten-foot pole. during my …
star trek feast
so my boyfriend tom is a nerd. it’s not a secret and i love him more for it. 🙂 the movie star trek premiered recently and so i decided to create tom a feast fit for a, well, star trekkie. my research started via google, …