Chicken tacos are one of my go-to, weeknight, need a quick dinner that I still feel good about and is still tasty meals. We discovered this recipe when we were in college. We’d buy chicken when it was on BOGO sales and freeze individual chicken breasts, which made these also an affordable meal. It’s a…
Dog Treats: Crunchy Bacon Drops
In our family the pets are definitely not forgotten during the holiday season. In fact, the first time I made these treats I didn’t even make any Christmas cookies because I was so burned out from hunting season. Yes, I just admitted that I made homemade dog treats, aka “cookies” for the dogs but didn’t…
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Mousse Phyllo Cups
Peanut butter and chocolate has to be one of my favorite combinations. And I know that I’m not alone or Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups wouldn’t be so popular! As I was paging through Kraft Food & Families Fall 2015 magazine and noticed these Peanut Butter-Chocolate Mousse Cups I saw one of my favorite flavors combined…
Imitation Lobster (aka Poor Man’s Lobster)
And today we have: imitation lobster, also known as poor man’s lobster. I don’t like calling it poor man’s lobster though, it makes it sound cheap, and you don’t have to be poor to enjoy this. And let’s be honest, sometimes eating lobster is too much work for the reward, you won’t have to fight…
Roasted Cauliflower Cacao di Pepi Pasta
When I was a kid I went through a LONG phase where I didn’t like spaghetti with sauce, I just liked noodles, butter and Parmesan. My parents will blame this on my cousin Chelsea, who was at the time, living in the Twin Cities. So the story goes, I used to eat spaghetti with sauce…
Fig & Apple Bruschetta
It’s wild card weekend! Today marks the start of the NFL playoffs. Tomorrow, the Minnesota Vikings aka the NFC North Champions will be facing off against the Seattle Seahawks. While I follow the Vikings and sort of pick up on other goings on in the NFL through being forced to set a Draft Kings line…
