Category: Recipes
Stress-Free Thanksgiving: Cranberry Citrus Martini (and Don’t Forget the Drinks)
Confession: I’ve been known to carefully plan holiday dinners but totally forget about drinks. Usually it’s my husband who clues into the conspicuous absence of beverages. He asks me if I bought anything to serve for drinks. And my response? Usually something like “Well, there’s water!” He’s not fond of that answer. Don’t worry — [...]
Stress-Free Thanksgiving: Roasted Vegetable Barley Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
One of the keys to planning a stress-free Thanksgiving lies in the planning aspect. Good planning doesn’t just center around dishes that complement each other — the dishes also should make sense in terms of timing. For instance, if you have one oven (which clearly needs to cook the turkey) and only four burners to [...]
Loaded Guacamole Onion Ring Burger
Burgers and I are fickle friends. I don’t eat a lot of meat, and when I do burgers aren’t usually high on my want-list. It’s not that I don’t like them. Honestly, a really good burger is a total treat — juicy, flavorful and so satisfying. They just aren’t my favorite, and when you limit [...]
Mushroom Tomato Flatbread Pizza
I hate talking about the weather. It seems like such a menial thing — like I can’t think of anything else to say. But over the past few days, the weather has been weighing heavily on my mind. I’ve paid a little more attention to forecasts because there’s a storm coming. It’s a big one [...]
Roasted Spaghetti Squash with Avocado
Yesterday I decided it was time for a change of scenery so I headed to the coffee shop to work. Living in a small town that means I am likely to run into at least one person I know. So when I saw one of my daughter’s teachers from last year, I wondered if she’d [...]
Quickie Molten Chocolate Cake For One
This post is for all the chocolate-loving, cake-craving, sweet tooth having food lovers out there. And this recipe? It’s for those afternoons when all you need is a quick chocolate fix but don’t want or need a whole cake (or a batch of cupcakes). It makes one perfect, moist, molten Nutella filled cake just for [...]
Cheesy Smothered Breaded Chicken with Buttermilk Biscuits
You know what? This chicken is seriously good. Every bite is a creamy, crispy, earthy, rich delight. I mean, this is the kind of dish that renders the dinner table silent as you all dig in and enjoy. It’s just that delicious. It’s pretty easy to make too. You cook the chicken on a rack, [...]
Easy Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
Most weekday mornings go something like this: The kids wake up. I wake up — either thanks to the kids, my alarm or Snoopy trying to convince me to let him out. I drag out of bed. Get the kids breakfast (note to self: it might be time to empower them to get their own [...]
Roasted Five Spice Squash Seeds
These might look a lot like roasted pumpkin seeds. But they aren’t. They’re actually from a spaghetti squash. And they’re just as delicious. Ok. Are you ready for this? This might blow your mind a little … You can roast seeds from any squash for a delicious snack. Seriously. Squash seeds are edible and can [...]
Cajun Shrimp and Sausage Bake
When I was in high school, dinnertime was a little complicated for our family. My parents worked. I had many activities and a job. So getting dinner on the table for all of us? It was challenging. Because there was seldom much time between when my parents got home and when I needed to go [...]
