I love pasta, the rest of the family tolerates my pasta dinners. I wanted to use up some sausage, sweet peppers and mushrooms. And I wasn't in the mood for Sausage and Peppers either in a sandwich or over rice. So I started thinking pasta. With some sauce. Creamy. Decadent. Easy. And I happened to … Continue reading I came up with Super Easy Sausage & Mushroom Fettuccine “Alfredo”
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Make an Elegant Easy Pastry for Breakfast or Dessert
I have a lot of berries in the fridge and wanted to incorporate them into breakfast today. Nothing too difficult, but something my family would eat without realizing it is, at least in part, good for them. I decided to use puff pastry, which I always have in the freezer. The berries (sliced strawberries which … Continue reading Make an Elegant Easy Pastry for Breakfast or Dessert
Making Easy Pasta with Broccoli and Sausage
Ree Drumond has a recipe for Rigatoni with broccolini. Well, broccolini is a bit hard to find my my neck of the woods, so I decided to create a riff on her recipe using regular broccoli and any tubular pasta. Since we are trying to eat "better", a whole grain pasta is more healthy than … Continue reading Making Easy Pasta with Broccoli and Sausage
Mom’s Delicious Molasses Cookies are Easy to Make!
My mother often was baking something when we kids arrived home off the school bus. Most often it was cookies. With four kids and a a farmer husband, Mom baked a lot. So when my cousin and I were talking the other day, reminiscing in part about growing up on the farm, he asked me … Continue reading Mom’s Delicious Molasses Cookies are Easy to Make!
One Easy Chicken Method Can Make Many Different Recipes
I have a favorite way of starting many chicken dishes. It's a couple simple steps that will create a crispy piece of chicken that you can then go on and use in many recipes. We like our chicken well done. I usually cook low and slow, and often longer than in many recipes, to get … Continue reading One Easy Chicken Method Can Make Many Different Recipes
A Surprising way to make Cheesecake – in a Pressure Cooker!
I love cheesecake. It's probably my all time favorite dessert, and what I will most often order when eating out, just to see how well the restaurant can make it (or defrost it anyway). However, I don't make a big cheesecake very often - it's too much for 2 of us to eat, and too … Continue reading A Surprising way to make Cheesecake – in a Pressure Cooker!
Cook up a Super Easy Spaghetti Casserole
Spaghetti and meatballs - an iconic dish. But I really dislike trying to make and fry meatballs (I often just bake them or drop them straight into the sauce, which I do make). But a spaghetti pie, is so easy! It's a spaghetti casserole, part cheese like lasagna, and part meat sauce. And more cheese … Continue reading Cook up a Super Easy Spaghetti Casserole
How to Make Perfect 3 Cheese Stuffed Shells with Meatballs
We don't eat a lot of pasta based meals (to my chagrin) due to dietary restrictions, but stuffed shells and meatballs is one of our favorites, after spaghetti and meatballs. I tend to make a lot of stuffed shells at once, and then freeze a couple meals worth. This time around I had a bag … Continue reading How to Make Perfect 3 Cheese Stuffed Shells with Meatballs
A new Sweet Southern Cornbread
I love cornbread. And since it's made with a lot of whole grain, it's not unhealthy for those of us watching simple carbs. But the sugar in in can be unhealthy. I have found I can use golden monk fruit to replace half the brown sugar in it without altering the taste or consistency. I … Continue reading A new Sweet Southern Cornbread
How to Make the Ultimate Secret 3 Chile Chili
It's a late fall day in the Northeast. Cold, even a few snow flurries are present. Which makes me think of big pots of warm deliciousness on the stove top, making the whole house smell good. And my 3 Chile Chili fits the bill perfectly. I learned to make chili from my mother in law. … Continue reading How to Make the Ultimate Secret 3 Chile Chili