Italian Blend Salad with Crispy Bacon & Cheese Croutons

The other night we made a grilled pizza! Post is coming, I promise! But for our starter, I found this recipe in the book called Relaxed Cooking, by Curtis Stone.  I knew it’d be great for a summer night with a grilled pizza! The original recipe called for spinach, but since I’m just starting to [...]

Read Full Post »

Shrimp, Asparagus & Cauliflower Stir Fry

During the summer months it gets so hot and humid all of a sudden where we live, so at dinner time I’ve been trying to keep our meals a bit on the light side.  Because when it’s hot out, like many others, we don’t feel like consuming a lot! This shrimp, asparagus and cauliflower stir [...]

Read Full Post »

Mojito Pork Chops

If you remember a few post ago, I made Mojito Rubbed Chicken, so I decided since we had a lot of pork chops leftover, why not try it with some pork, but change the recipe a bit!  They turned out great as well and I don’t think I could pick out a favorite of the [...]

Read Full Post »

Cinnamon Spiked Ham with Pineapple Rum Glaze

This was a totally different way that I’ve ever prepared ham or had ham prepared this way. The neat thing about this, was that you actually stick cinnamon sticks in the ham while it bakes!  They added so much flavor into the meat! It also makes enough so you have so yummy leftovers for your [...]

Read Full Post »

Lattice Topped Peach Pie

I love using my grandmother’s recipes.  They bring back so many memories of her baking days.  Next to her apple pie, her peach pie recipe is one of the best out there I have to say!  I would of made her recipe for the crust, but this was a last minute dessert so I just [...]

Read Full Post »

Egg & Sausage Strata

I saw this recipe on Rachel’s Good Thymes and Good Food food blog.  As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to save the recipe and make it for Chris for breakfast! It so easy to assemble and put together and just as great to re-heat! I sampled a little bit of it [...]

Read Full Post »

Peanut Butter Cup Pudding Parfait

My husband loves peanut butter cups, absolutely hands down his favorite type of candy! I had some heavy cream left over from a previous recipe and wanted to use it before it spoiled. So I thought why not make him some pudding.  In the middle of making the pudding, I spotted some peanut butter cups, [...]

Read Full Post »

Tilapia Puttanesca

Another tilapia recipe you are probably saying! But for some reason in our house tilapia is our fish of choice and the one I find my self buying more often.  It’s just such a tasty fish and there’s so much you can do with it.  It holds its moisture so well.  This recipe is a [...]

Read Full Post »

Chicken Sorrento

This is such a classic easy dish to put together. Simple recipe and simple ingredients, what beats that?  Chris was working late last night and I knew I needed something fast to get together for dinner when he got home.  So I remembered  a recipe with chicken that my mom used to make when I [...]

Read Full Post »

Mojito-Rubbed Chicken with Pineapple

When I saw this recipe in Good Housekeeping, May 2009, I knew I had to save it.  The name of the recipe it’s self just says “refreshing” to me on a hot summer day. I’m not a huge fan of the drink mojito, but this dish was amazing.  It was cool, fresh and very tasty. [...]

Read Full Post »