“I made Chinese food! I made Chinese food!”, I sang while doing a little happy dance around my kitchen. Now, I’m not talking stir fry. I make those all the time. I’m not talking Fried Rice. I make that often too. I mean something that involves a little bit more Chinese kind of know how Read more

Have you ever been to Paradise Bakery?  They have a couple of them in Omaha and they’re A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!  They’re actually owned by Panera, but they have a different (yet similar) menu.  They’re particularly known for their chocolate chip cookies, which are fantastic!  My favorite thing to order there is their Tomato Soup and then a Read more

OH MY GOSH!  Please make this Beef Stroganoff!  Please! Please! Please!  For the love of all that is good and right in your kitchen, make this recipe!  It’s THAT good.  Now, I’ve made some good Beef Stroganoffs before, but none nearly as good as this.  And this doesn’t have any ‘Cream of’ soups or ‘packets’ Read more

Hamburger Helper.  Do you love the stuff?  I confess that I’ve never had it…at least I don’t think so.  Maybe my mom made it for us when we were kids, but I don’t remember it.  When I grew up, moved out and started cooking for myself, I never made it because well, I didn’t actually Read more

Not every one loves casseroles, but I do.  Dishes that are a complete meal in 1 dish make dinner even easier.  I do usually add another vegetable or two in terms of a salad or more steamed veggies, but I feel like that is just icing on the cake.  Going the extra mile. That’s why Read more

I believe that there are angels living among us.  One of whom just might be The Pioneer Woman.  She’s just amazing!  So down to earth and is a great teacher.  One the things she’s taught me is how to roast a chicken.  Now, my mom taught me a lot, but I never learned how to Read more

Minestrone is a classic Italian soup – at least what we consider an Italian soup here in America.  I don’t often have it and that’s a shame!  I often think about ordering it when I go to Olive Garden, but I love their salad so much that I just always go that route.  Occasionally, my Read more

Many, many moons ago (many years ago, in fact), I worked in Corporate America in a job that wasn’t going well.  I had been there for years and had loved it, but things were quickly going down hill when we took on WAY more work than we could get done.  Truth be told, I had Read more

Disclosure: Contains affiliate link. I’ve made a few different soups with my Instant Pot (I have this one).  There have been some definite misses.  I’ll keep working on those.  But there has also been some hits.  This started off somewhere in the middle – it was just okay.  But a few tweaks later and I love Read more