Other than feeding myself, the one thing that can motivate me to cook is food parties at work. Like a lot of others, the way we like to celebrate at work is to celebrate with food. Birthdays, holidays, and accomplishments are always celebrated with some sort of treat. Usually the treats consist of sweets (frequent…
Pizza Ranch Rollups
Have you ever been to Old Chicago and had their Sicilian Pizza Rolls? I haven’t BUT my sister-in-law has and liked them so much that she decided to re-create them at home. Several years ago (when I was still in college) she made these as a snack when we’d stopped over at their house. They…
Breakfast Nachos
I love breakfast! It’s probably my favorite meal of the day, unfortunately, I also love sleep so I don’t get a chance to make very creative breakfasts before work on the weekdays. In fact most of the time I just eat oatmeal at my desk. So when I get the chance I love to make…
Eloise’s Caesar Salad
Larry and Eloise were our neighbors growing up, just a short jaunt through the woods to their house. Not only were they neighbors, they were like second parents to Dana and me, we spent a lot of time with them while Mom and Dad were working. These are some of our best memories, Larry and…
Rosemary Potatoes
Have a mentioned before that my husband and I are high school sweethearts? The first year we were dating was my junior year and his senior year. Every year Ely’s seniors take a trip to Washington D.C. that typically falls over spring break. The year of my husband’s senior year spring break and DC trip…
Apple Bacon Naan Pizza
I’m always looking for quick weeknight meals and when I saw the idea for an apple bacon pizza in Cooking Light, I thought I’d give it a try. I changed things up a little bit and even called an audible in Target when I was grocery shopping and discovered they didn’t sell pita – hello…
Grilled Veggie Panini
One of my favorite places to eat in the whole wide world is The Cheeky Monkey on Selby in St. Paul. We often go there for work lunches, it is a deli by day and bistro by night, and delicious the whole time through. In another life, I would really really like to live in…
French Dip Panini
The last time I planned to make Slow Cooker Pot Roast, I also knew that I was going to have leftovers and thought I should plan a way to re-purpose them into something new. French dip sandwiches happen to be one of my favorite sandwiches, and I already do a pretty good leftover French dip…
Slow Cooker Pot Roast
My mom can make a pot roast in an hour, and don’t get me wrong it’s good. It was one of Tory’s favorite meals growing up and probably one of the few meals that both we actually really liked (a huge win at dinner time for our parents). But then I got a slow cooker…
Baked Walleye Fingers
There is NOTHING better than fresh walleye, fried up right next to the lake the day you catch it. But if you happen to catch more walleye than you can eat in that fish fry, freeze it and make these walleye fingers during the winter – it will help get you through the cold and…
