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Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken Breasts

Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken Breasts

This week the weather is supposed to be gorgeous. It’s sunny right now and warming up nicely, so I am looking forward to some good grilling weather! Now that’s it time to start cooking outside and getting out of the hot kitchen, I thought I’d share this fresh tasting grilled chicken recipe with you. It’s very simple to make, just   Read More »

Portobello Salisbury Steaks

Portobello Salisbury Steaks

Comfort food. It’s defined as food that provides a feeling of well-being, often associated with childhood or home cooking. Salisbury steaks fit into that category for me. My parents divorced when I was 6 years old, so pretty much my whole childhood my parents both worked two jobs. So aside from my mother’s baked chicken and my father’s minced meat   Read More »

Puffy Peach Dessert Omelet and the KitchenAid 5-Speed Hand Blender

Puffy Peach Dessert Omelet

Experimenting with new recipes or trying a dish I haven’t tasted before is something I really enjoy doing. While I know there are many people who love peaches, I’m really not too fond of them. However, I do think peaches are quite good in baked dishes like pies and cobblers, so when I came across this recipe for a Puffy   Read More »

Mocha Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Mocha Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Whether it’s a Starbuck Mocha Frappuccino or a McDonald’s Mocha Frappe, I am completely smitten with the coffee flavored chocolate frozen drinks available on the market. Well, now I have an ice cream that I can keep in my freezer and enjoy those same delicious flavors at home. This ice cream is at the top of my favorites list and   Read More »

Sweet Italian Sausage, Pepper and Potato Bake

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We love Italian Sausage in this house, sweet being my favorite variety. I wanted to try something new tonight, and we really enjoy sausage and peppers, so I put together several of my favorite ingredients to create dinner. Leeks and garlic for flavor, mushrooms mixed into the sausage for flavor and added vegetable benefits, and potatoes and sweet peppers for   Read More »

My Birthday Cake: Dedicated to the Memory of My Mother

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Today is my birthday. I made a cake to celebrate. It’s a very special cake you see. Not because of some secret ingredient or a particular filling, not because of a gourmet chocolate icing or pretty swirls. Today is not only my birthday, it’s my 45th birthday. That’s an important milestone for me as my own mother died when she   Read More »

Chillin’ with My Bud at Chili’s with a #CoronaRita

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Chili’s Grill & Bar for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. It’s not too often that I get to hang out with my best friend, Tamme. Sure we talk all the time on the phone, we text back and forth and occasionally spend 30 minutes together over a cup   Read More »

Peanut Butter Fudge Cookie Ice Cream

Peanut Butter Fudge Cookie Ice Cream

When Girl Scout cookie time comes around, I always try and get several boxes of Tagalongs. Those are the chocolate covered peanut butter filled cookies, and man do I love them! I had this great idea to create an ice cream recipe similar to Cookies & Cream, only using the Tagalongs instead. When I told the kids about the idea   Read More »

Key West Grilled Chicken Salad

Key West Grilled Chicken Salad

It was purely coincidental that I developed this salad recipe, inspired by the flavors of Florida. I’m a huge chicken fan, especially in salads, so when I happened across a marinade titled Key West Grilled Chicken I knew there was something in the making. There’s a perfect balance of sweet and savory, juicy and crunch. An ideal salad I’ll definitely   Read More »

Starbuck’s Hot Cocoa Chocolate Chip Muffins

Starbuck's Hot Cocoa Chocolate Chip Muffins

Muffins are great take along breakfasts and I’m always willing to try something new. This time I wanted to use up some Starbucks hot cocoa mix we bought at Christmastime. Instead of letting the cocoa go to waste, I thought I would try and create a muffin recipe using it as an ingredient. I’m glad I did, these chocolate chip   Read More »