It’s time for this week’s Friday Favorites again! Even though I’ve been feeling a little bit better each day, I’m afraid I still have a while until I’m back to 100% again. I’ve been able to get back into the kitchen a little bit, but not nearly as much as I like. Instead, I’ve been doing…
It’s that time again… Time to showcase everyone’s hard work for this month’s Kitchen Bootcamp challenge! I am so thrilled that so many of you took the time to participate and cook along side of me, especially because I rushed this challenge a bit to get it in by the end of the month. It’s so…
Friday Favorites two weeks in a row… Can you believe it? I’ll give you a minute… Now that you’ve gotten over the initial shock, let’s get right to my favorite posts from the past week… Shall we? I really think I’ve picked some good ones this week… I hope you agree! I am loving this…
My hubby and I often go out for lunch on Sunday when we’re on our way home from church. Last week we both ended up ordering salads… He ordered a mandarin chicken salad and I had a sesame “chop chop” chicken salad. We both really enjoyed the salads, so I thought it would be fun…
Do you ever hide food in your pantry and forget it’s there? Well, I bought a bag of Halloween M&Ms a few weeks ago when I was out at Target… I knew I wanted to make a Halloween treat with them, so I wrapped them up in the Target bag and stuck them in the…
I am excited to announce that I am submitting these cookies to be featured as a part of Deck the Blogs on Oprah.com! Be sure to check out all of the great recipes and holiday ideas from all of the featured food bloggers! Ever since I saw that Kamran from The Sophisticated Gourmet chose brown…
I mentioned in my kick-off post for the Penny Pinching Pantry Raid Challenge that I had some leftover Peanut Chicken Pasta Salad in my fridge. Well, here is the recipe! This recipe was inspired by (and includes) Alice’s Quick and Easy Thai Peanut Vinaigrette on Savory Sweet Life. I am a huge fan of peanut sauce,…
One of my favorite Asian dishes is a Thai peanut chicken stir fry with rice noodles. I used to make it with a packet of peanut sauce mix purchased at the grocery store. For this week’s Asian dish as a part of my challenging cuisine challenge, I have recreated the dish from scratch, using the peanut…
Now that I am home from Boston and cooking again, I decided that it was time to conquer an Asian dish for my Challenging Cuisine Challenge. It has been very difficult to find authentic Asian ingredients at my local grocery store. I am in the process of trying to find an Asian grocery store in…
