I have had a lot of luck finding and tweaking Chinese recipes of all our favorite restaurant style/take out Chinese meals.  But there was one that has always eluded me.  I have tried a handful of Sesame Chicken recipes and it just never turned out how we […]

Last night, I made something we hadn’t had for a while, an old favorite:  Porcupine Meatballs!  They are so easy and yummy and REALLY Frugal!  This is a favorite of my Meat and Potatoes loving hubby 🙂   I served them over rice and with some fresh veggies with Creamy Roasted Garlic Dressing on the […]

       We were in the mood for some cheesy Italian comfort food and boy did this HIT. THE. SPOT.  My mom had told me about a 5 Cheese Baked Ziti she loves from Olive Garden and I knew I had to try to recreate it.  I added the Italian Sausage because Uncle Bee […]

       Good evening!  I am super excited about this recipe!  I told you guys that Nana gave me a bunch of new cookbooks this weekend and I have worn those pages out already!   I am a self proclaimed Cookbook NERD!  I need a room just to keep all of them, because I […]

           I have another low fat dish for y’all!  Just kidding! <evil laugh>  My sister made this dish last week and loved it so much that it has been at the top of my ‘TO MAKE’ list ever since.  Well, it was just as great as she said it was!  This […]

       Happy Friday!  Today I wanted to show you a ‘leftover makeover’ recipe that I have been making for years and it is one of our favorites!  This is a great way to use up leftover chicken and/or leftover rice!  We served ours with Southern Style Peas and sliced tomatoes.  YUM! Hot Chicken […]

 We are definitely on a bit of a Chinese Kick over here!  So far in the past month we have had Mongoleon Beef, Bourbon Chicken, Fried Rice, Fresh Ginger and Garlic Roasted Broccoli and Chinese Honey Garlic Chicken.  Well, you can add this sweet n sour chicken right to the top of this list as one […]

Good afternoon!  I had a few odds and ends of things to use up over the weekend, you know, leftover spinach from making breakfast burritos, half a jar of sun dried tomato pesto, some heavy cream, you get the idea.  I decided to throw it all in a pot and see what happened.  What happened, […]

       It is NO secret that I LOVE to spend a lot of time in the kitchen.  It is my happy place.  But even I, have a few easy to throw together recipes that I have accumulated over the years that are EASY, FAST, and DELICIOUS!  This Spicy Smoked Sausage Pasta Skillet is […]

This dish is not for the faint of heart.  A lot of flavor going on here.  Lots of garlic and spice.  It is one of my all time favorite Chinese dishes to make at home!  We serve this over Fried Rice.  I included the recipe at the bottom! Enjoy!   Chinese Honey Garlic Chicken  Ingredients […]