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Buffalo Chicken Potato Skins

Two popular game day snacks team up to make one winning combo for your Super Bowl lineup.  Buffalo Chicken Potato Skins are the best of both worlds, and much lighter […]

Retro Roka Blue Appetizers

  Every December, the chatter turns to cocktail parties, what to serve, and before long I am saying, ”There was this recipe my mom used to make…”  Of all the holiday […]

Crispy Sheet Pan Gnocchi and Veggies

Are you feeling merry yet?  Christmas is all about the jingle, and it’s hard to jingle when you’re hungry and crunched for time.  A sheet pan dinner is the answer.  […]

Green Bean Bundles With Bacon and Brown Sugar

I’ll admit it.  My green beans are snooze worthy.  I love green beans and always include them in the Thanksgiving line up, but with all the other exciting vegetables to […]

Sausage-stuffed Mushrooms for Thanksgiving, and Soup for Dinner Tonight

Warm up with a cozy bowl of soup you can snuggle with tonight, and get ahead at the same time with a stuffed mushroom appetizer you can tuck into the […]

Stuffed Bell Peppers

Stuffed bell peppers are hands down one of the most requested fall dinners at our house.  They are good, old-fashioned comfort food and they never fail to be well received.  […]

Slow-Cooker Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal

Finally, at long last, it is fall.  Put a little spice in your morning this week with a nice, warm breakfast you can make the night before.  Overnight Slow-Cooker Pumpkin […]

Slow Cooked Shredded Chicken Tacos

My stove is officially off.   We are in for a steamy stretch of searing temps.  How hot is it?  Hot enough that food carts are closed.  Hot enough that […]

Spinach, Ricotta, and Basil Omelette

O-m-e-l-e-t-t-e,  o-m-e-l-e-t, any way you spell it, an omelette is a great thing to know how to make.  Today is National Egg Day, they have recently declared a new Spelling […]

Banana Peanut Butter Bread Pudding

Here comes a perfect little breakfast to make for your mom on Mother’s Day.  Perfect because you can spoil mom and keep your kids happy at the same time.  (Who […]

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