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
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
Most of us bakers have had bad bread experiences. You know what I’m talking about. Hours of rising and kneading and rising and shaping and baking with the end result a loaf of “bread” that has the texture of a brick. A few years ago, I discovered this no knead crusty artisan bread recipe from… Continue reading No Knead Artisan Bread
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
We have baseball 4 nights a week right now. Baseball practice ends “at dusk” which, right now, is about 7pm. Since I am not willing to eat take out that often and I mostly dislike meals made in the crockpot, I am really having to get creative. My goal has been to eat as healthy… Continue reading Taco Salad with Cilantro Ranch Dressing
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!)
We have a Halloween tradition. Our great friends come over. We have a tummy-warming dinner of soup or chili (I try to make a new one each year) with fresh bread or cornbread and salad, and then we head out with all the kiddos into the (usually rainy) weather for a night of trick-or treating.… Continue reading One Pot Lasagna Soup
Rumbly in my Tumbly 