I am no longer the head chef in my kitchen anymore. No, I have been demoted to Sous Chef. Our sweet yellow lab, Rosie, has taken over as head chef. Rosie takes food very seriously. She loves food. She lives for food; and supervises my cooking while laying on the kitchen floor. She does not…
Weeknight
Chicken Piccata
Chicken Piccata is a delicious, flavorful and easy chicken dinner with capers and can be on the table in 30 minutes. Generally, on Sundays either we visit my sister’s family for dinner or visit my husband’s Mother for lunch. On other Sundays it is just the two of us. This was one of those Sundays…
Smothered Pork Chops
Smothered Pork Chops. Nothing makes me happier than to hear Hubby say, after eating these pork chops, that he married the best cook in the world! Isn’t he the greatest! Thanks to Aaron McCargo Jr’s smothered pork chop recipe on the Food Network for being the inspiration for our meal. These pork chops make a…
Slow Cooker Chicken Marrakesh
Adapted from AllRecipes.com, this delicious, healthy, easy, budget-friendly, one-dish meal is one of our favorites and is perfect for the start of fall. What really makes this dish is the spice combination of onion, garlic, cumin, turmeric, salt, black pepper, parsley, and cinnamon. With chicken, onions, carrots, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and garbanzo beans, it is…
Easy Crockpot Chicken Chili
Easy Crockpot Chicken Chili. I grew up on Texas chili, which is all beef and no beans. So when I first heard of chicken “chili” with white beans, my first thought was this does not qualify as chili. Is some New Yorker or California foodie trying to pass this off as chili to us Texans?…
Spicy Orange Chicken
Spicy Orange Chicken, adapted from Chef John’s Spicy Orange Wing Sauce on AllRecipes.com, is a delicious, quick and easy weeknight take-out, fake-out dish brings back a little nostalgia for us. It reminds us of this little locally owned neighborhood chinese hole-in-the-wall restaurant that had been there for years at the time we moved into our…
Cajun Sloppy Joe Burritos
Does this sound familiar? I’m driving home from work and start to think about what to fix for dinner. Near panic ensues; but then I remember that I browned some ground beef last night. All I have to do is add a sauce and can make Sloppy Joes. Whoohoo! Dinner Solved! However, then I arrive…