Sorry, I’m not feeling very creative right now. I can’t seem to come up with a shorter more creative name. Something like Sombrero bake…that’s horrible. Let’s just leave well enough alone. Want to know what else I’m sorry for? I forgot to take pictures of this one as I cooked it. And it’s not so much that I…
Easy Garlic Parmesian Chicken Bake
Tonight was one of those horrible nights. I’m going to go ahead and assume that everyone has them, so please, don’t feel the need to correct me. Anna and Oliver both got shots today, Anna’s first set, and she was not happy about it. At all. The tylenol didn’t help her at all and while…
Rosted Pumpkin Seeds
We’re coming up on Thanksgiving / Halloween so it’s officially time for pumpkin seeds. It was actually time in our house last weekend because they had some ginormous ones at the grocery store and I couldn’t help myself. Now, you can do these the quick way that you’re used to, instant gratification style, but I’ve…
Scalloped Potatoes
This is a recipe for my cousin Jenny 😛 You see, we have the same splurge of a pot, and I promised her that I’d load her up on recipes for it, which I hadn’t done. Until now. Consider this the start, though I also make chicken with 40 cloves in it. Looking at those…
Manicotti with Meat Sauce
So, while the fresh egg pasta of my last post is great and all, I’m guessing it’s a lot more useful with the recipe for the actual meal. So, here goes, manicotti with meat sauce. You don’t have to use home made pasta though (obviously). Just, please don’t use those hard manicotti tubes. The ones…
Food Processor Fresh Egg Pasta
So, last weekend Bo sat through a marathon of cooking shows with me (what a good sport), and he came away from it with a migraine and a request for manicotti with a meat sauce for dinner one night. Obliging wife that I am, I spent three and a half hours this weekend making it for…
Ridiculously Crispy Smashed Potatoes
This may be one of those recipes. Those recipes that you read through and thing “that’s too much effort for a side dish”. It’s not, but you’ll never know that until you make them yourself. I have not had one single person eat these at my house that didn’t ask for the recipe. They really…
Free-Form Fruit Tart
Or, as I lovingly refer to it: The easiest, most delicious, spectacular, did I mention delicious, tart ever! I didn’t take many step by step pictures, almost none actually, but it’s because every time I make this tart all I can think about it eating it. I never remember to get the camera out. Use…
Homemade Hostess Cupcakes
Ok, so these are straight from Cook’s Country, see here for the free recipe Chocolate Cream Cupcakes I wouldn’t say that these are the greatest cupcakes ever, and I certainly ran into some issues, lol, but they were still worth making. Really, can you ever go horribly wrong when making a chocolate cupcake? I don’t…
Skillet Lasagna
Finally, I’m back to posting up recipes, and boy, do I ever have some catching up to do. So, where do I decide to start? With what we had for dinner tonight. This is because I’m feeling ridiculously overwhelmed at the stack of recipes I’ve got in a pile, in a bag, in our office,…
An Explanitation of References
First off, this image has absolutely nothing to do with references, but they’re my favorite and I’m hungry so I’m sure you can figure out how they ended up there. You know when you’re about to cook something, say steaks or a pot roast, and you just can not remember what temperature medium is? What?…
An Explanation of Downloads
So, you might be thinking “What downloads could a cooking blog possibly post up that I would want?”. Well, the answer is, maybe none? But maybe lots? I go in fits and starts of trying to organize my life. Basically, when I become beyond frustrated with the amount of random spices in a drawer, or…
1 Minute Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce
Here in Canada honey mustard sauce for your chicken fingers is a real rarity. That’s one of the MANY reasons that I love our annual trip to Florida. That and Disney, I can’t get enough of Disney either. Imagine my surprise tonight then when I was able to make one in 30 seconds. And that…
(only for the pucker loving) Lemon Squares
I can’t take credit for this recipe, at all. I’ve tried dozens of lemon square recipes over the years and never loved any of them. The crust was either too soggy, or rock hard, and so often the lemon filling would be bland and get a crust over the top, neither of which is appealing….
Home Made Flakey’s
I really wasn’t sure what this was last night, and it took me looking at the pictures this morning again to figure out what exactly I’d concocted. What it was was a flakey, and a delicious one at that! Don’t be scared off by the strange line drawings, it was easier to draw it out then…
Gone in a Blink Nacho Dip
This is a favourite amungst both my side of the family, and Bo’s. My mom’s got her version, my Nana has her’s, and Jenny’s got her’s too. Now, I’ve finally got my own! This isn’t to say that everyone else’s wasn’t good enough for me. The issue was that no one could ever remember exactly what portions…
