Over the next few days I am going to be sharing some of our favorite Thanksgiving menu items! We’ll be spending the holiday with the four kids and about 40 of Jim’s family in Utah. We volunteered to host dinner. Fortunately my lovely niece Emily (love that girl!) is letting me use her house and [...]
Baked Beans
June 11, 2009 By 9 Comments
As promised I am sharing my baked bean recipe that we served with our early Father’s Day dinner last week. This recipe came from my husband’s Aunt Dawn and has been a family favorite. One of the tricks of wonderful baked beans is baking them for a long time. These beans bake for 3 hours [...]
Mexican Rice
June 2, 2009 By 12 Comments
We eat a lot of Mexican food at our house. We love: Fabulous Fajitas Cafe Rio Pork Costa Vida Chicken Bajio Chicken Chile Salad We also eat a lot of rice at our house, especially with Mexican food. One of my favorite rice recipes is for Lime Cilantro Rice. I also love the red rice [...]
Hamburgers Teriyaki and Roasted Potato Wedges
April 28, 2009 By 7 Comments
Note: Be sure and check out and enter the giveaway over at iLashGirls this week! Three great gifts – I’m loving them all, especially the fun return address stamp. I want one! We actually had a taste of summer here in Portland last week – a couple of 80 degree days! I knew it wouldn’t [...]
Parmesan Roasted Asparagus
March 12, 2009 By 25 Comments
As promised I am going to be sharing some of my favorite “green” recipes the next few days in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Truth be told, I am not a big fan of St. Patrick’s Day. In fact I have even been known to NOT wear green on St. Patrick’s Day – even though [...]
Brown Butter and Balsamic Ravioli
January 28, 2009 By 10 Comments
Still time to enter the Giveaway over at iLashGirls – wish I could win it!!! I want those flour and sugar labels. Potatoes or rice? When planning a menu and looking for a side dish, potatoes or rice are usually the first things that come to mind. I love rice and have shared several different [...]
Barefoot Blogger – Herb Roasted Onions
November 13, 2008 By 9 Comments
I am so excited to share one of this month’s Barefoot Blogger recipe with you. It is so yummy and I am not a big onion fan! I did shed a few tears over this recipe though as I cut up the onions. I have been looking for an additional side dish to serve for Thanksgiving [...]
Parsley Chicken and Lime Cilantro Rice
October 1, 2008 By 12 Comments
We eat a lot of chicken at our house so I am always on the look out for new chicken recipes. The recipe for Parsley Chicken has been in my “To Try” folder for a while now. I originally found the recipe over at Good Things Catered. The recipe calls for something called “za’atar”. I [...]
Friday Favorite – Basil Tomato Tart
September 19, 2008 By 2 Comments
It’s Tomato Time again. The tomatoes are coming on fast and furious! Fortunately we have a few parties to go to this weekend so I will definitely be taking something made out of tomatoes and I see a big batch of marinara sauce in my future! . This week’s Friday Favorite is Basil Tomato Tart. [...]
Friday Favorite – Pan Seared Green Beans
September 5, 2008 By 2 Comments
We have had a bumper crop of green beans this summer so I am always looking for new ways to prepare them. We attended a potluck party several weeks ago and one of the dishes that was brought were these yummy charred, spice-crusted green beans. I couldn’t wait to make them for a neighborhood Labor [...]
