Instant Pot Fettuccine Alfredo
The more I use the instant pot the more I LOVE it. It has become my very good friend during these hot summer months. Also, cooking pasta makes for a FAST meal. It the time it takes to build up pressure, cook, and then release pressure, I can make a salad and garlic bread and…
Cheesy Zucchini Bites
I always plant zucchini in my garden. I have learned, over the years, to only plant one. That is all I can keep up with (until the squash bugs come and I get grossed out). I love zucchini because it has such a mild flavor and it is so versatile. One of my favorite lunches…
Creamy Instant Pot Ziti
Sometimes dinner needs to get done in a hurry. That doesn’t mean you have to pop something from the freezer into the microwave. The instant pot is a great way to get dinner on the table quickly. It also means easy! This recipe, though similar to my regular baked ziti recipe, is ridiculously easy. I…
Ice Cream Dessert
It’s summer, it’s hot, everyone wants a cold treat. Are your kids making weekly trips to the grocery store for more popsicles or ice cream? Mine are – they don’t last long when it’s 90+ degrees out. I’m not complaining. I love summer and anyone who knows me knows I’d rather be hot than cold.…
Fried Pot Stickers
This is a recipe I have been making for years. My kids go crazy for them when I make them. I have to keep them at bay just to get them to the table. They are so tasty and are fairly easy to make. They just take a minute – by minute, I mean a…
Pineapple Onion Pulled Pork Grilled Cheese
In 2018 Andy and I went to Kauai, HI for my 40th birthday. During that trip we hiked Waimea Canyon. It was a beautiful hike but very hard. We should have started the hike much earlier in the day because it got very hot on the way back up. That’s the thing about hiking down…
Polynesian Chicken
Third grade was my favorite grade in elementary school mostly because I had the most amazing teacher. Her name was Mrs. Sievinen and I was so excited that I was in her class because I already knew her – we went to the same church and she was a family friend. Our third grade year…
Ginger Chicken
Finding things to fix for dinner can sometimes be a chore. That’s why I love recipes like this. Something different, loaded with flavor and easy to make. Also it’s quick – 30 minutes and done. and this dish is healthy – always a bonus when looking for quick meals. I love to use chicken thighs…
Chocolate Cake with Berry Filling
Does the world need another chocolate cake? Well, it needs this one! As cakes go, I am picky. If I am going to enjoy a cake it needs to be two things – not a white plain vanilla cake, and moist. The only white cake recipe you’ll find on this blog is for angel food…
Meatballs with Butternut Sauce and Cabbage Steaks
Sometimes recipes are born from food just laying around that I need to get rid of. That is the case with this recipe. Gabi bought a butternut squash with plans to use it for a dinner that she was in charge of making. It never happened and this butternut squash just sat on our counter…
Breakfast Burritos
Breakfast. Some people say it is the most important meal of the day. I am not a nutritionist or anything close so I can’t claim that breakfast is important for scientific reasons. I am human, though, and know that I need fuel for the day. So breakfast, it’s an important meal. It is also important…
Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Rolls
Fall is officially here and I am fully embracing all things pumpkin spice. I love that when the seasons change our food changes too! Isn’t that what we love about the holidays? Food?!? As we transition from flip flops to boots, shorts to jeans, and tank tops to sweaters, our food transitions from burgers to…
Crumb Coffee Cake
It is not too often that I eat cake for breakfast but when I do – I want a crumb coffee cake. My blueberry coffee cake is amazing as well as my cinnamon sour cream coffee cake. However, nostalgia always takes over and this one brings back all the memories. My sister and I were…