Courses

Spinach LASAGNA!

Lasagna is one of those dishes that is so awful when it isn’t done well (and most people have been subjected to bad lasagna) that a lot of home-cooks decide not to attempt it. Lasagna really isn’t that hard, even delicious lasagna, it just requires some prep work. It isn’t a dish to rush home [...]

Baked Shrimp & Grits

Shrimp & grits is a Southern classic, but many recipes are heavy, calorie laden or greasy. This easy shrimp and grits recipe is light (adapted from a Cooking Light recipe) and is quick to make after a long day at work. I serve mine with a side of steamed veggies (Shown here with steamed spinach [...]

Veggie Chili

This chili recipe is very quick- after getting it all mixed together you only need to simmer it for about 25 minutes!  It is also vegetarian & incredibly easy- even the beginner chef can wow their family or friends with this recipe.

B whipped it up as a back up when we had our annual football [...]

Daisy’s Stuffed Peppers

Katie & I are having a stuffed pepper throw down, so without further ado I present to you my recipe. I served mine with sides of vegetarian refried beans & Spanish style rice. ENJOY!

 

3 firm, equal sized green bell peppers
1 pound ground turkey
1 can of unseasoned black beans
1 package of chorizo sausage
1 white onion, diced
1 [...]

Easy Chili

This chili is my “easy” recipe, as I have another that requires about three days of baking, cooking, simmering & stewing. The complicated chili is delicious but this one is just so…..easy….and perhaps just as tasty (but you didn’t hear that from me….).  You can either make this chili on the stove top in the [...]

Red Beans & Rice: The NOLA Classic

I love red beans & rice for so many reasons- it reminds me of New Orleans, it is downright tasty & it makes plenty of food so I get a lot of meals out of it. I love the smell of it bubbling on the stove on a Sunday afternoon. I typically make the red [...]

Chicken Corn Chowder

To me fall means squash & soup, so today I’m sharing with you the grossest soup recipe ever. Or at least I think it is gross. Well actually, my brother & I determined in elementary school that this soup was disgusting & therefore we were never! eating it!  again! I realize now that our family [...]

We Interrupt Berries For Basil

Last week, while Katie valiantly survived both a mega-headache & her first week of grad school (I can just smell the freshly sharpened pencils & notebooks) B purchased the largest bundle of basil known to mankind (along with copious amounts of cilantro & chives.)  (My cruddy photo of said herbs taking over my fridge.)

The lucky duck [...]

Marinara Sauce Two Ways

Have you ever read the label on your favorite grocery-store pasta sauce? Even if you buy a high-end sauce you’ll  realize that most likely a main ingredient is sugar, followed by a lot of hard to pronounce chemicals. Further, although there are probably 25 different “flavors” they all kind of taste the same. It was [...]

Spicy Black Bean Cakes & Mexican Corn

About a year ago I found an incredibly healthy recipe for black bean cakes in the back of a non-descript magazine & I cut it out and tucked it away in my recipe file. I then promptly forgot about it. Last weekend as I was looking for some new and exciting things to make for dinner I [...]