Chicken Pot Pie

This recipe is so delicious and so simple! My dear friend Dana has had this on her blog for several months and I can say with great emphasisim, it is fantastic! I made a few changes to how I usually make it this time, including making it mile-high style (this...

Herb Chicken with Creamy Orzo

This is one of the very first recipes I tried in my adventures into non-sucky cooking. In reality, I think successfully making this for dinner is what finally made me realize that I could actually improve my culinary skills and made me want to try. So kudos to Annie from...

Honey Wheat bread

I first made this bread a few months ago and I really enjoy it. While the American Sandwich bread still holds a special place in my heart (and a weekly spot in my kitchen), this bread is a great one to break up the routine. It is fully with a...

Blue Cheese Dressing

I’ve only ever made this to go with our hot wings, I’ve never tried it on salad, but considering how good it is on hot wings I can only imagine it would go well with other things also. Ingredients: 1/2 Cup plain yogurt or dairy sour cream1/4 Cup cottage cheese1/4...

Buffalo Chicken Strips

Boneless buffalo wings are one of my favorite foods- that’s saying a lot. We’ve been making boneless wings with our fryer for a couple of years now but 1) it’s so bad for you with all of that fried food and 2) the oil is oh so expensive. I came...

Apple-Stuffed Pork Loin with Cider Sauce

Ingredients: For the stuffing: 2 Tbs. olive oil1 1/2 cups chopped Golden Delicious or other  baking apple (I used Northern Spy apples)1 cup chopped yellow onion1 garlic clove, finely chopped (I used 3 smallish cloves)1/2 cup finely chopped dried apples or 1/2 cup finely chopped dried apricots (I used apricots)1/4...

Cinnamon Apple Squash

I bought a butternut squash and an acorn squash at our farmers market a few weeks ago and never got around to using them. I finally decided to do something with them today but I couldn’t decide what. I finally just threw each squash into the oven and concocted this...

Corn bread

I absolutely love corn bread, but I haven’t had it in years. The last time I had it was, I’m certain, the Jiffy corn bread mix. That hardly counts! 🙂 So when I was looking for a nice side dish or two for dinner tonight I thought of this. It...

Feta dip

Since I made pita over the weekend, I figured I needed to make something fabulous to go with it. One of Brian and my favorite indulgences is pita and feta dip. I set out on a quest to find a great feta dip recipe. Turns out, it wasn’t hard! The...