This is one of the very first recipes I ever made from the Pioneer Woman cooks. Chili is comfort food for the winter and a white chili with chicken is just the ticket when you are looking for something different. Continue reading White Chicken Chili
Looking for a tasty, healthy side dish that you haven’t made 1,000 times before? Continue reading Spaghetti Squash Marinara
Sometimes it’s fun to mix up the side dishes. I don’t know about you but during the week, mine can get a little hard to mix up. Continue reading Fried Rice
Is it over dramatic to say this dressing will change your life? Ok, fine, this dressing will change your salad greens for life! This dressing will turn you into a salad lover? Continue reading Shallot Vinaigrette
I love salads. This is one of my favorites and I make it a lot in the summer. You can work with whatever you have on hand. If I have left over corn on the cob in the summer, I will slice it off the cob and add it to salads. I also like to have some black beans in as well. You can add any vegetables you like, use up what’s in that produce drawer!
You want to make sure you season the chicken really well so that each bite has some of the Cajun seasoning on it. Enjoy! Continue reading Southwest Chicken Salad
I love homemade salad dressings and I am here to tell you, it is so easy and no big deal to make your own homemade dressing. Most will keep for up to 3 weeks in the refrigerator and when you make it yourself it isn’t going to include all kinds of weird chemical ingredients that you cannot pronounce!
This is one of my favorites. Feel free to work with it a bit. Maybe you like a little more mustard, or a little more cumin. Whatever. Make the recipe as is, then add a little more of whatever you fancy! I love making and keeping my dressings in mason jars. It’s the best way to really bring it together and makes it easy to use it the 2nd and 3rd time. Continue reading Honey Mustard Dressing
I have a secret……..I have a new love in my life….De Cecco pasta. Any kind. OMG. Yes, it’s that good. I tried it last week for the first time, spaghetti. It was life changing. Serious. If you had told me before a brand of dried pasta could totally make the difference I would believe you..to a point. However, this De Cecco cooks absolutely perfect, the texture is amazing. It is imported from Italy and just amazing. I used to be a Barilla fan, but no more, De Cecco all the way for me now!!
This is a great recipe, if you like sun dried tomatoes, I highly encourage you to make this! Continue reading Fusilli with Sun-dried Tomatoes & Chicken
This is one of my top 3 favorite pasta dishes. Very simple and sooooooo good!!! I call it fresh tomato pasta because you are cooking the tomatoes very briefly, 10 minutes so they still have that fresh taste. They cook long enough to break down some of the juices and the fresh tomato juices make the sauce. Adding a little pasta water at the end holds the sauce together.
You can skip the chicken, or substitute shrimp instead. This is also really good with grape or cherry tomatoes. Enjoy! Continue reading Fresh Tomato Pasta with Chicken
First, I have to say, this tastes better than the picture shows. The colors look a little bland here once the zucchini and squash cook, don’t be fooled. This is a delicious healthy pasta dish! It is inspired by a dish I had in Rome. Mama mia it was good! In Rome I am sure it wasn’t chicken sausage, but I like to use the chicken sausage as I think it has great flavor. Feel free to use whatever sausage you like.
The key to this dish is to undercook the pasta, so that you finish it in the pan with the sauce (or “condimento” as Mario Batali always says!). This allows the orrechiette to soak up all the flavors, oh yeah! Continue reading Orecchiette with Sausage & Zucchini
