French Toast

Breakfast. The most important meal of the day. Especially true when French Toast is on the plate! This recipe is so good that it made me go out and purchase a ginormous cookbook that weighs

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Spring Vegetable Risotto

Spring Vegetable Risotto. Just look at all that green goodness. Warm, delicious, creamy comfort food at its best. This time, spruced up for spring with leeks, spinach, asparagus, peas, and lots of fresh green herbs.

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Oatmeal Heath Bar Cookies

Cookies. Up close and personal so you can see all the deliciousness. Dark Chocolate Chips. Heath Bar Toffee Pieces. Oats. Butter. Well, you can’t actually see the butter but it helps to know it’s there.

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Baked Oatmeal

Baked Oatmeal with Berries and Yogurt. Yes, oatmeal can be baked into something other than cookies. When baked, the oatmeal turns into a fluffy, almost cake-like texture even though there is no flour in the

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Spinach & Mushroom Stuffed Shells

I love stuffed shells. Neat little packages of pasta stuffed with whatever ingredients you like or might have on hand. I’ve made stuffed shells many different ways – with Italian Sausage, with Artichokes, with Sundried

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Tuna Noodle Casserole

So, in college we made something lovingly called Tuna Blob. It had exactly 2 ingredients – the cheapest boxed mac and cheese mix we could find and the cheapest can of tuna we could find.

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French Onion Soup

French Onion Soup. Let’s take a moment to gaze upon this lovely little pot of goodness. Toasted cheese and delicious French Bread floating on top of caramelized onions in rich broth. Heaven! Fancy Pants Restaurant

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Chocolate Caramel Brownie Bars

Chocolate, Caramel, Pecans. Sign me up! My lovely sister is somewhat famous for making these delightful brownie type bars for parties. The recipe comes from someone she knew in junior high school and yet, some

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Italian Sausage Stuffed Eggplant

Say YES to Eggplant! Italian Sausage Stuffed Eggplant! Now that I have your attention I should tell you that I absolutely LOVE eggplant. Always have. Even as a kid. After I posted the Greek Orzo

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Greek Orzo with Roasted Vegetables

Greek Orzo with Roasted Vegetables. A healthy, easy and delicious side dish or even a vegetarian dinner. Tastes great hot or cold so you can pack it up and take it along next time you

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Valentine’s Day Dinner

Happy Valentine’s Day! Otherwise known as International “Let’s Eat Chocolate Day!” What a great holiday….but not always the best day to go out to dinner. Especially this year. It’s Monday. Geez, the week just got

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Gumbo!

Gumbo! Gumbo! Gumbo! Sing it with me people…. “Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and file’ gumbo…’Cause tonight I’m gonna see my ma cher amio” Did you know that Hank Williams wrote that song? Me neither.

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Chicken Curry

Delicious Chicken Curry with peas and peppers. Coconut Milk, peanut butter and curry paste make the sauce. Yes please! This is a recipe that I unabashedly stole from my friend Jen in Minneapolis. Remember Jen

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Krispies

Admit it. You know you want them. Chocolate Peanut Butter Krispies. Evil. Wicked. Delicious! Do you have a chocolate peanut butter thing? We all do. This is another Grandma Kenney Specialty. Remember Grandma Kenney of

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