Dinners · Healthy and Delicious · Soups

"Skinny" Pasta Fagioli

I have long been on a quest to find a heathy version of my favorite soup from The Olive Garden- Pasta Fagioli.  I finally found it.  This really does taste just like the stuff at The Olive Garden.  Actually, I think it’s better. The great thing about this soup is you can make it on a… Continue reading "Skinny" Pasta Fagioli

Biscuits / Muffins / Scones · Breakfast

Double Lemon Poppyseed Muffins

I’m calling these muffins “Double” lemon because that’s what they are.  This moist delicious muffin is full of lemony flavor, but it is also topped with a delicious lemony glaze. When I make a cake, I will often use cake mix.  It’s really just the dry ingredients of a cake all measured out for you. … Continue reading Double Lemon Poppyseed Muffins

chicken · Dinners · Healthy and Delicious

Healthy Chicken Piccata

Chicken piccata is one of my favorite things to order at a restaurant, but I have never tried to make it myself until now.  It was actually a surprisingly quick and easy dinner to make.  In a restaurant this is usually served with some kind of pasta.  Being on a bit of a health kick… Continue reading Healthy Chicken Piccata

bars · Desserts

Old School Peanut Butter Bars

These peanut butter bars are astoundingly addictive. There isn’t much else to say about them.  Words cannot do them justice.  They aren’t like the Reeses type Peanut Butter Bars.  Oh no.  These bars have a moist, chewy cookie crust, and are then smothered with peanut butter and chocolate frosting. Keep calm and try not to eat the… Continue reading Old School Peanut Butter Bars

chicken · Dinners · Healthy and Delicious

Penne Rosa with Chicken, Spinach, and Mushrooms

Last night while scarfing down this delicious (and healthy) dinner, my husband proclaimed it one of the best things I had ever made. We have been making an effort to eat very healthy lately, so I cut way back on the cream usually used in penne rosa (actually used half and half) in this recipe but it… Continue reading Penne Rosa with Chicken, Spinach, and Mushrooms

cookies · Desserts

Cinnamon Butter Filled Snickerdoodles

Cinnamon butter filled snickerdoodles What do you get when you breed a snickerdoodle cookie with a muffin and fill it with a glorious cinnamon-brown sugar-butter filling? Well, you get perfection. Sure, this isn’t much to look at.  “What is it?” you might be asking (as was I, as I tried to come up with a… Continue reading Cinnamon Butter Filled Snickerdoodles

Breakfast

Blueberry Breakfast Braid

Blueberry Breakfast Braid I am obsessed with fruit filled pastry.  I blame pie alone for 90% of the pregnancy weight I put on with each of my kids.  Pastry braids are super easy and beautiful, and are made with store bought puff pastry sheets.  They take only a few minutes to assemble and are impressive looking… Continue reading Blueberry Breakfast Braid