Fruit and Kale Salad with Poppy Seed Buttermilk Dressing
I like kale and all the other dark greens. My stepdaughter thinks I buy the stuff to torture her. She frequently accuses me of hiding kale in everything from spaghetti sauce to cupcakes. I am guilty sometimes! Now that she is off to college kale, chard and...
10 Kitchen Holiday Gifts Ideas
Awesome Gifts for the Home Cook in your Life Getting kitchen stuff at the holidays is fun for a home cook. Over the years some of what I have received has been awesome, some not so much. I thought that this year I would put out a gift guide for my...
Mandarin Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing
Mandarin Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing Sometimes you feel like bacon sometimes you don’t, who am I kidding you should always feel like bacon. Spinach salad with hot bacon dressing is a classic recipe that has been part of my family for years, salty...
Meet Michelle…I firmly believe that if you passed high school chemistry you can learn to cook well, and I know that $50 at a grocery store will yield you more delicious food than $50 spent at most restaurants ever could. At my home the wine is good, the company great and the food is fabulous. There is no reason why it can’t be the same at your house! Together we can all cook better than most restaurants. Read More
Italian Pesto Meatloaf
I have been making the same meatloaf with a sweet and spicy tomato and honey glaze for a while now, and I was getting sick of eating it even if my family was not. Thus I decided it was time for something new: pesto meatloaf. The cup of left over pesto from my last...
Beer Marinated Grilled Chicken Fajitas
Around here we love a nice TexMex meal either at home or in a restaurant. Chicken fajitas are one of the favorites, but at $15-$20 per person eating fajitas in a restaurant is always kind of depressing. The chicken is bland or dry and the veggies over cooked, but...
Pasta alla Vodka Plus
Pasta alla Vodka Plus I like a nice hot bowl of pasta with a rich creamy pink sauce once in a while, and alla vodka sauce is one of my favorite variations of the pink sauce. Adding the meat from a half a leftover roasted chicken and a pint of mushrooms made a lovely...
White Lasagna with Turkey and Mushrooms
White Lasagna with Turkey and Mushrooms I almost always have everything need to make white lasagna on hand in the house, and for a impromptu weekend family style dinner my turkey lasagna is the perfect one dish meal. In fact, this meal was created when I was low on...
Irish Cheddar Cheese and Guinness Spread
Irish pub cheese spread is a great way to start your feast on St. Patrick’s Day. I make mine with roasted garlic and good Irish cheddar because they are two of my favorite things in the world. Many of the other versions of pub cheese I have seen use caraway seeds,...
Fennel Sausage and Mushroom Pasta
This fennel sausage and mushroom pasta is a quick and inexpensive pasta dish perfect for any weeknight. With a green salad and nice bottle of wine you could easily transform this into a casual dinner party meal. The fresh made tomato sauce is a great way to use up...
Lazy BBQ Ribs
These are called lazy BBQ ribs for a reason; they are easy and cook all day so a lazy Sunday is the perfect day to put these ribs in the oven and forget about them. Or on busy weekday get them in the oven first thing in the morning before you start your crazy day and...
Brie and Broccolini Pizza
It's pizza night for the grownups, my brie and broccolini pizza with lots of spicy chorizo and tangy balsamic vinegar reduction is so good you will never want to share it with the kids. Don't skimp on buying good brie and even better chorizo sausage, your pizza will...
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