This recipe was from a restaurant that my parents loved when I was a teenager.  They were so sad when the restaurant closed.   I remember when I first heard about ‘copycat’ recipes online.  I googled it just to see if I could find the recipe, and low and behold, […]

          I woke up to 2 sick kiddos yesterday.  Bless them.  On the way to the kitchen for one of my many trips for medicine, popsicles, ice water, and soup, I quickly scanned my refrigerator door for my menu plan to see what would be the easiest, most hands off thing […]

Alfredo Sauce was something that took me quite a few tries to get right.  It is something I would order any time I saw it on the menu at a restaurant, but it is one of the few things I didn’t prefer ‘homemade’.  That is until I found Emeril Lagasse’s alfredo sauce recipe which used […]

    This is one of our favorite ways to use up leftover chicken!  This recipe makes a ton so it is a good one to use to ‘make one and freeze one’ for a busy night!  It makes 1 13×9 or 2 8×8 casserole dishes.  This is not a ‘from scratch’ recipe, but it […]

So, I figured it was about time I posted something low fat…..just kidding, this is NOT that kind of blog.  🙂 This Creamy Italian Pasta Salad is SO GOOD!  You could definitely add some tomatoes to it if you were so inclined, and your husband your kids wouldn’t refuse to eat anything a tomato has touched. […]

It was Italian comfort food night at our house!  This is one of our favorite meals.  I like to make this one in the morning or the night before a busy evening so that all I have to do is throw it in the oven for 20 minutes and serve with a salad and dinner […]