As promised I spent some time in the kitchen this week. I actually spent time doing what I really like doing which is using up all the, not sure what word I want to use. Scraps? leftovers? odd and ends? Basically there were a few pieces of ham, a leek, a half of an onion, well there is usually a half of an onion in … Continue reading Pasta Alla Norma
First blog of 2023 and I am setting the bar pretty low for myself. Meaning I didn’t cook anything at all last week to share. I was on vacation at an all-inclusive and only ate and drank all week long. We are home now and I am looking forward to making something, anything today, tomorrow and the next day. (Update I just made buttermilk pancakes, … Continue reading Vacation to Dominican Republic
Happy Healthy New Year! I am currently sitting at my island writing this on a Friday night, come Sunday when you read this I should be sitting on a beach or maybe by a pool on an island. My husband and I are spending his birthday relaxing doing a whole lot of nothing. I am going to share what I made for Christmas dinner with … Continue reading Herbed Crusted Beef Tenderloin
Gifts have been opened, paper tossed and my husband is cleaning up the kitchen. I hope you all are having or had a nice Christmas morning doing whatever it is you are doing. We all met up for food and presents and than everyone goes home to do something or nothing of their choice and then we all meet up again for dinner and dessert … Continue reading penne alla vodka
After a couple of years hiatus we had our annual Christmas party last night. I decided to keep it small, which ended up being a really good idea. We had a Friday snowstorm with a foot of heavy wet snow. For those of you that knows what that means is power outages; and lots of them. The dog got me up crazy early Saturday morning … Continue reading Butter Cookies – Norwegian Serinakaker
I was away last weekend for my anniversary and came home Sunday afternoon to my daughter in the kitchen with a plan for the week. Literally had the week planned out to what we were eating each night last week. One of her plans had me starting dinner since I work from home because making a roasted chicken during the week is not always the … Continue reading roasted chicken with croutons
We had some leftover empanada filling that we wanted to use up so I made some dough and after it rested my daughter filled and baked them for the freezer. Making empanadas has been on my list for a few years now and I just never pulled the trigger on them, they always seemed out of my grasp. Several years ago I ripped a 3 … Continue reading Chilean Empanadas de pino
Here’s hoping you were able to enjoy your Thanksgiving Day meal whatever it may have been. If you are traveling today please be safe out there. I am re-sharing this turkey soup recipe back from 2019 because I don’t make turkey soup very often, I think was the last time I actually made it until this past weekend. Here’s why! After preparing Thanksgiving Day dinner … Continue reading Turkey Rice Soup
I had picked up some ground turkey at Sam’s club the other day which means I had a lot of ground turkey I either had to freeze or use up. I made the chili I shared with you that was great and I will make again so I wanted to try to make some Italian meatballs. I was a little hesitant only because I love … Continue reading Turkey Meatballs
just to be upfront it is not my award winning turkey chili recipe and I am not sure what award it won but I made it this past week, OK yes I changed it a bit but we all loved it. My son said it could use some more salt but I was basically making it for my in-laws and my father-in-law needs less sodium … Continue reading award winning turkey chili
