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Herb and Garlic Skillet Chicken

May 23, 2017 by Susan 3 Comments

Herb & garlic skillet chicken. A quick meal that is rich and savory. We serve ours over rice, but noodles would be yummy too!

Do you remember where you’ve gotten most of your recipes? I remember a lot of them. Isn’t it fun, when you’re making something, to think back to where you got the recipe, or who you got it from?

I got this recipe for herb and garlic skillet chicken decades ago. Back when Barnes & Noble still had lots of big, comfy chairs in them, my husband and I used to go there for cheap, newlywed dates. I’d get a cup of coffee, and we’d sit for hours. Reading, talking about what we were reading. And since it was back before Pinterest, I would copy recipes from the magazines and books I’d read onto scraps of paper in my purse.

So I’m sorry to whoever created this recipe, but I didn’t record my sources….and, it’s been over 20 years.

Roasted Vegetables: The Easiest Impressive Side Dish Ever

May 17, 2017 by Susan 4 Comments

These simple roasted vegetables are an easy and impressive side dish. You can use any veggies you’ve got on hand. And leftovers heat up fantastically!

Coming up with side dishes can be the worst. You want something new and different, but not difficult. Whenever I serve roasted vegetables there are ooos and ahhs. Like I took out the good china, or something. Is it because of the impressive presentation…huge baking sheets filled with colorful veggies?

They are pretty. The fact that it’s so special tells me that I need to do it more often. After all… it’s so easy!

Seriously, I made trays of roasted vegetables last night and my husband had some leftovers for lunch today. He just walked in and said, “Those were so good…like some of the best food you make. Ever. You can make those whenever you want.” He said that about vegetables. Vegetables! (This is from the guy who told me that my vegetable lasagna tasted “too vegetable-y”).

Easy Bacon in the Oven

May 9, 2017 by Susan 4 Comments

Bacon in the oven is the easiest way to make bacon with much less mess! No splattering, no tending and clean-up is a breeze.

I didn’t cook bacon for years. Isn’t that sad?

It was the splatter factor. I couldn’t get past it. Do you struggle with that too? The splatter was messy, for one thing. But it was the pain that I just couldn’t deal with.

And then I discovered this easy method for making bacon in the oven and it changed everything!

The Best Banana Bread Recipe

May 3, 2017 by Susan 3 Comments

Hands down the best banana bread I’ve ever made. Moist and tasty, and so easy to mix up!

Everybody thinks their banana bread recipe is the best. I’m not here to start any fights, but…

Let me give you my testimony. I’d been making banana bread since I was in elementary school. It was good, don’t get me wrong. (Mom, grandma’s recipe is fine…please don’t disown me). I’ve even made variations over the years and tried other recipes just to see, but always went back to my old standard. Until, that is, I tried this one several years ago.

Oh my!

Caramel Cake (Or Brown Sugar Cake, if You Think You Don’t Like Caramel)

April 25, 2017 by Susan 12 Comments

The frosting is what makes this caramel cake divine. It is an easy, cooked icing that cools to a hard shell and melts in your mouth.

Caramel cake. Every year for his birthday. Caramel cake. Then one year my eldest determined he “didn’t like caramel”. So we had “brown sugar cake” for his birthday that year. Same recipe I’d used every other year.

Have I told you my kids are picky?

Sometimes I sneak things in. Like in my super healthy rich and delicious chocolate pancakes, and this chocolate mousse. Other times, I just call something by another name. For a time:

Tomato soup was “SpaghettiOs with no noodles”
Nutella was “chocolate spread”
And anything with bread or a crust was “(fill in the blank) pizza”

I even had a jar of pureed dates in the fridge that my kids ate for an entire summer because I called it “caramel.” Ahh the power of suggestion.

We’re back to calling caramel cake “caramel cake” again, and it’s still my son’s pick for his birthday cake every year. (He turns 18 this year! Yikes!) Sadly, my husband and I will be out of town at a conference on his birthday, so we’re celebrating early this year.

Sausage Bites: And a Lord of the Rings Marathon

April 19, 2017 by Susan 14 Comments

These sausage squares are savory and meaty and hearty….and ridiculously easy! They are equally delicious as an appetizer, or for a brunch menu.

Are you a Lord of the Rings fan? I’ll admit, I haven’t read the books. But I love the movie trilogy. They are so rich and full of wisdom and heart. I know, I know, I need to read the books. Right now I’m working my way through the Harry Potter series, and not very quickly, at that.

We love a party with a theme around here, so when my niece finished the book series, we had to get one on the calendar. What better way to spend a Saturday, than going on an epic adventure with tasty treats to fill your belly!