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...

Pita bread

I love pita bread. We buy it every week or two to snack on with hummus. So, when I saw this recipe on Brown Eyed Baker I immediately added it to my Must Try list. I really enjoyed this recipe. I think next time I’m going to try half wheat...

Spinach lasagna

I have to admit, I feel a touch silly for posting a lasagna recipe. I mean, it’s actually fairly simple, no-brainer recipe. But since Brian swears he doesn’t like lasagna, then inhaled the largest piece of lasagna I’ve ever seen, I figured aw, heck. I may as well.  I know...

French onion soup

This soup was labeled as a Panera Bread french onion soup knock-off. The thing is, now that we have had this, Brian and I actually prefer it to Panera’s! FOR THE ONIONS:1/4 cup butter4 medium yellow onions, sliced FOR THE SOUP:2 cans (14 oz each) (Swanson) beef broth3/4 cup (Swanson)...