I. Love. Caprese. Salad – but making it for a crowd can be a bit of a pain – and expensive if you want really good tomatoes & mozzarella. This salad combines a new technique – zoodles – with a classic salad. I don’t have a spiralizer, so I use a julienne peeler on the […]
Month: April 2015
Leftover Shepherd’s Pie
Have some leftover meat (chicken, pork, or beef – I’m flexible)? Maybe you have a bunch of veggies you need to cook up. Either way – consider a filling and flexible Shepherd’s Pie for dinner. I love this recipe, I’ve made it with turkey, chicken, ground beef, leftover roast, leftover prime rib, ham, leftover pork […]
One More Reason to Have Chicken Stock in Your Freezer
I LOVE having chicken stock in my freezer – not only for recipes – but for quick soups as well. I generally freeze some of my stock with pieces of roasted chicken left in it so I can make soup in a jiffy. Literally – this isn’t a recipe – thaw soup & chicken – […]
Devils Food Chocolate Mousse Cake
We had friends over for dessert and drinks the other night – I love entertaining this way because it doesn’t involve a ton of cleaning – but does invite conversation and fun/tasty cocktails. I had every intention of making a triple layer chocolate mousse cake I found on Pinterest – but after I got ready […]
Lasagne Roll Ups Recipe
I REALLY like Kale – its an amazing vegetable and so good for us – but working it into more recipes can be a challenge. I generally put it in any cooked recipe in place of spinach – because cooked spinach is gross – and Kale holds its integrity and mouth feel MUCH better. I’ve […]
Carrot Cake Roll with Walnut & Cream Cheese Frosting
We love carrot cake – but this Easter it was just the 4 of us and I didn’t need a HUGE cake, because we really don’t need that much. I had such luck with a pumpkin roll at Thanksgiving, I thought I’d try a carrot cake roll. This cake doesn’t have the walnuts baked in, […]