I have professed my love for fajitas many times over.  I adore them.  What’s not to love about them?  They’re delicious, fun to order at a restaurant (especially if they can make the platter sizzle!), but they’re also easy to make at home.  And I love the new way that I’ve been making them – Read more

About a month ago, my family and I sat down to dinner.  My husband took one look at his plate and said “Man, I love when you make this!”  I was surprised – I didn’t think he would’ve remembered it. It had been a while since I had made it.  And whenever I ask him Read more

Growing up, my mom would often serve tuna fish sandwiches, especially for lunch.  Maybe I was a strange kid, but I loved them.  Then I went to someone else’s house and they served me a tuna fish sandwich.  Except they didn’t make it right.  At least, not right for me.  For me, tuna fish sandwiches Read more

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where’s the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked? I don’t like pickled peppers.  In fact, I don’t really care for anything pickled except for cucumbers – more commonly known Read more

One of my favorite date night places to go to is Old Chicago.  Know why?  Well, besides the fact that someone waits on me, gets my food for me and keeps the soda refills coming, it’s because they serve me calzones.  Love them.  They’re like grown up pizza rolls.  They’re simple, but also satisfying.  American Read more

Thick and hearty veggie and barley soup is a “soup” that really wants to be a stew.  How do I know that?  I know that because I came up with it based upon my favorite beef and barley stew recipe.  I love, love, love my beef stew recipe, but I came up with this recipe Read more

Smoked sausage and a variety of vegetables in a perfect blend of seasonings baked in the oven We’re not vegetarians at our house – we have meat at every dinner. We eat ground beef quite often (so much so that I compiled a list of 50+ ground beef recipes), but some of our meals are Read more

Did you know?  According to the internet… There are around 2 billion pigs in the world. On the Apollo 13 mission, the crew managed to create a functioning CO2 filter out of duct tape and glazed ham. Ham was selected as the official Christmas dinner after hot dogs and baked beans fell out or grace Read more

Are you a Manwich fan?  If so, making sloppy joes is really easy.  Just add cooked ground beef to the sauce and you’re done!  The problem is that I’ve experienced homemade sloppy joes that I like much better.  I like when I find homemade recipes that are still really quick & easy to pull together Read more