food

Sausage Crostini and a Cascal Free Giveaway

November 5, 2012

The holidays are upon us, which means we get to cook and eat delicious foods. This is a great appetizer to serve at your own house or to take to a party to share. You can cut the ingredients in half and serve at dinner along side a salad or pasta. It is super simple [...]

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Chicken Paillard with Lemon Salad

October 29, 2012

Me and the hubs went to Florida to celebrate our anniversary a few weeks ago. While we were there, I ordered this dish for lunch and then at a different restaurant a few nights later he ordered it for dinner. Neither one of us had ever seen this dish before, but we both loved it. [...]

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Spinach and Three Cheese Pie

October 23, 2012

This Spinach and Three Cheese Pie is so GOOD! Don’t be afraid of the philo dough, the key to philo is to keep it moist. I don’t unwrap mine from the plastic wrapper until I am ready to use and I have my melted butter and pastry bush ready to go. I also keep a [...]

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Chicken Roulades with Sage

October 22, 2012

This is a easy and delicious dinner to put together for a weeknight, but elegant enough for weekend and guests. You can also portion this down to 1″ bite size pieces and serve as an appetizer. After you roll chicken, slice and place a toothpick in each section. Because it is smaller they will cook [...]

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Pumpkin Cupcake with Amaretto Cream Cheese Frosting

October 16, 2012

I discovered Pumpkin Pie Almonds. I am in love, well, I was already in love with anything pumpkin and pumpkin spice, adding the almonds only deepens my love! I didn’t know these wonderful creations existed, but of course like anything if you google it you’ll than feel like you must be the only one that [...]

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Brazilian Beef Stew

October 15, 2012

I stumbled across this short and simple recipe in Silver Spoon cookbook and the idea of coffee and wine had me interested. I had never put those two ingredients in the same dish. Made me wonder who thought it up? Since I am still dealing with the pepper surplus from my garden I thought I [...]

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Pumpkin Cake with Dark Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

October 9, 2012

I love pumpkin and chocolate together. Well, I pretty much love chocolate with anything, but I couldn’t find a pumpkin cake recipe with chocolate frosting. So I made up my own. This is a beautiful cake! It is beautifully delicious too! OH MY the cake is perfectly moist and the frosting is dark and decadent! [...]

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Mexican Quinoa Salad and Free Giveaway

October 8, 2012

Quinoa, can you pronounce it? I couldn’t, but its become part of our diet so I figured it would be good idea to pronounce it correctly when the boys asked what was on their plate, KEEn-wha is how it sounds. What is Quinoa? It looks like a pasta, but it’s a seed and is related to [...]

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Jalapeño Cheddar Biscuits

September 30, 2012

My garden is raining peppers, and I can’t keep up. I’ve dried, pickled, canned and now I am baking them up as fast as I can. This biscuit is perfect to accompany a soup, stew or in my case chili. Its Football season and chili will be flowing on Sundays. This biscuit rocks with a [...]

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Broccoli Feta Fritters

September 24, 2012

We eat a lot of Broccoli in our house. Jacob has been complaining about it, so I tried to come up with a new way to feed it to him without him feeling like his mom is making him eat his Broccoli. Broccoli is such a nutritional superstar that I want to make sure we [...]

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White Peach Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Frosting

September 18, 2012

White Peach Cupcake with Brown Sugar Frosting

I have to tell you these are the best cupcakes I have ever made. I think its the icing that allows me to make this statement, but the cake part is perfectly flavored and moist, so its not a chump! YOU MUST MAKE THESE IMMEDIATELY! I promise you, you will thank me! Jim and I [...]

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Italian Pork and Tomato Sauce Served over Risotto

September 17, 2012

Italian Pork Shoulder served over Carnaroli

My husband went to Costco and came back with pork shoulder again. I think he was trying to get me to make my Pork Tacos, but I had other plans. Because Fall is around the corner, I tend to start making dinners to freeze. Its nice to have a healthy, hearty meal I can [...]