I believe in 2nd chances. Don’t you? Especially around Valentine’s Day. Aren’t you feeling like giving a little extra love to someone or something? These recipes never found their audience, but they deserve a second look. Most of these recipes are my absolute favorite all-time things to eat! Yeah, I ‘m making big claims here …
Main Dishes
No Boil Lasagna With Turkey Sausage
Okay, you guys. I need to confess something. It’s not going to be popular with the general public, so please don’t throw mildly expired tomatoes at me. And definitely don’t tell the Italians. Judge me for 5 minutes (setting the timer helps so you won’t dwell on it) and then you have to go back …
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps With Persimmons
And one. Two. Three. Breathe! That’s me pretending to get in shape so I can continue the facade of my New Year’s resolutions. No seriously – I’m doing this 30 day flat abs challenge from Blogilates.com. I’m trying to be realistic about it. Because flat abs? At this point I’d settle for “smaller mound” abs. It’s …
The Best Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
This hearty, savory, health-saving, homemade chicken noodle soup is a labor of love. It will cure the yuckiest of colds and the saddest of days. I know, I’m totally making some serious promises here, but when something is magic, it’s magic. Like pixie dust only not as sparkly and tastes like chicken. Do you argue with …
Healthy Chicken Enchiladas
Before we get into how juicy and flavorful this low fat Chicken Enchiladas recipe is, before you go nuts over cheese drippings flavored with tomatillos, chilies, and cilantro, let’s chat about something that has nothing to do with enchiladas but everything to do with one of the most common cooking mistakes. You see, word on …
Best 4th of July Recipes To Wow Your Crowd
It’s July 2. Or 3rd. And like me, you’re scrambling at the last minute looking for some swanky new recipes for the 4th of July BBQ Bash. If you’re on top of things and already have an excel spreadsheet typed up mapping your recipes, shopping list, food prep, and what you’re going to wear, I don’t …
Spaghetti With Brie, Tomato, And Basil
In my crazy-young-reckless years living in Los Angeles, I was a stage manager for a play. I was also the lighting person, casting assistant, script supervisor, and anything else no one else wanted to do. I was a real go-getter, ya know. I was treated to this delicious brie recipe by one of the actors …
Yummy Ugly Chicken
Sometimes when you’re a food blogger, you have to pull a few tricks out of your hat. Like when I’m making a side dish for the blog, I focus all my attention on the side dish, and then it occurs to me we have nothing but Green Beans with Caramelized Onions for dinner. Oh, you …
Spicy Chicken Lettuce Wraps
When I first heard of chicken lettuce wraps, I have to admit, I was a teeny bit skeptical. Lettuce wraps were for those “healthy” people. You know the ones. I’m more of a “let’s wrap that in cake” kind of gal. But after a few trips to PF Chang’s, I was hooked. I’ll probably experiment …
Plain Jane Supper a.k.a. Easy Pan-Seared Pork Chops
Sorry, Jane. I know you get a bad rap. But don’t worry. I’m going to change everyone’s perception. Plain Jane is the new black. It’s hip. It’s quick. It’s the new “it” thing. Don’t believe me? Read on.
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Pork Stir-Fry With Honey, Lime, and Ginger
My town is in an Asian food crisis. We have a few Chinese restaurants, a couple of Thai restaurants, but I’m going to break it to you gently: they suck. I complained. I griped. I whined. I threw a temper tantrum where I hurled my body onto the floor and flung my arms and legs …
Mama’s Kicked Up Goulash
Do you ever wanna cry out “I want my mommy!” If you admit to that, I won’t tell a soul. You can come huddle with me in the corner and we can both cry into our childhood teddy bears and then pretend to the rest of the world that we’ve got our shyou-know-what together. We …
