Dinners

Creamy Garlic Herb Mushroom Pasta

Going to go out on a limb and say this is the best vegetarian dinner I’ve ever made. It is perfectly seasoned just as written, the mushrooms are so meaty and delicious that you don’t even miss the meat, and a small bowl fills you up to the brim. Recipe slightly adapted from Pinch of… Continue reading Creamy Garlic Herb Mushroom Pasta

Dinners · Soups

Cabbage Roll Soup

Oh, joy, fall is here and that means it’s soup season. I always try to try at least a few new soup recipes to add to my rotation every year, and today I’m tried this cabbage roll soup recipe and it’s definitely a winner. Instead of tediously rolling cabbage rolls (I’ve done this more times… Continue reading Cabbage Roll Soup

chicken · dinner · Dinners

Buca di Beppo’s Chicken Limone

Back when I was a DINK (double income no kids) person I used to live for the chicken limone at Buca Di Beppo.  This delicious pan fried, perfectly moist chicken topped with a  rich lemon butter wine sauce with capers was my favorite thing to eat in the entire world.  You didn’t even need noodles… Continue reading Buca di Beppo’s Chicken Limone

Dinners · Side Dishes & Salads

Simply the Best Corn Salad

Nothing better than sweet summer corn, my friends! Nothing! This corn salad is proof that sometimes the very best things to eat come from the simplest ingredients.  It comes together, ready to eat in a matter of minutes, and it is so, so, so, so, so good. My family loves to have this on the… Continue reading Simply the Best Corn Salad

dinner · Dinners · Soups

Homemade Corn Chowder

I have been making a copycat recipe of the corn chowder they serve at Mimi’s Cafe in California for years.  Years.  I have only recently started adding and changing some things with the recipe, and I’m sharing the new and improved version of the soup today. Mimi’s Cafe is a chain, and there is one… Continue reading Homemade Corn Chowder

Beef · Dinners · Healthy and Delicious

“Lazy” Lo-Carb Spinach Lasagna

Several of my friends have had weight loss luck with a program called Trim Healthy Mama.  While I haven’t personally checked it out, I have seen some recipes and ideas floating around on Facebook that intrigued me.  This lasagna in particular. Loved the idea of using spinach in place of noodles! I almost never make… Continue reading “Lazy” Lo-Carb Spinach Lasagna

Dinners · Pork · whole 30 paleo

Spaghetti Marinara with Crispy Pork with Zoodles (or noodles!)

When I was a teenager, my parents took a trip to Italy, and when they got home, my spaghetti life was changed forever.  My Dad, who cooked dinner most nights in our family, came home proclaiming that the spaghetti we had been eating our whole lives was crap, and that the Italians did it better.… Continue reading Spaghetti Marinara with Crispy Pork with Zoodles (or noodles!)