Scrumptious Food, Lightened Up
Do you guys know what espinaca is? I know my Kansas City-area friends will be familiar with my recipe for this week – Slow-Cooker Espinaca Dip. For those who haven’t heard of it, espinaca is this mouth-watering spinach queso dip. I've had it at two popular Mexican chain restaurants in KC - Jose Peppers and …
This week, I bring you Insta-Pot Italian Chicken Sandwiches, a fool-proof meal that can be made with last week’s recipe: Insta-Pot Italian Giardiniera Chicken. I needed something easy to post on the blog after some cooking misfortunes earlier in the week. Monday – in the middle of grilling an expensive hunk of halibut for fish …
I truly enjoy cooking...most days. When I am making something from scratch, going through methodical steps can be cathartic for me. If I’ve had a long day, it can sometimes help me relax. But then there are some days, I just want to throw a meal in my Insta-Pot or slow-cooker and let the appliance …
This week, I decided to share ways you can use leftovers from some of my other recipes. Tuesday, I published Cheese-Stuffed Roasted Red Pepper Chicken which was made with leftover Roasted Red Pepper Sauce. Today's post is Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry that can quickly and easily be made with leftover Teriyaki Chicken from my Pineapple Swiss …
My dad tells me I’m a porker. Now without context, that sounds mighty insulting. But according to my parents, I was formed on pulled pork. My folks were living in my birth state of North Carolina, attending Duke University for post-grad study, when Mom became pregnant with me. During her pregnancy, she’d crave North Carolina …
What meal do you associate with home-cookin'? For me, it's pot roast. Juicy, tender, and slow-cooked, a pot roast requires preparation and patience, but the end result is perfection. When I began cooking, I had always been intimidated of making a pot roast – the danger of drying out the meat, the lengthy cook-time – but when …
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