I must admit that I am SO excited for fall!! Summer sure took its sweet time arriving in the Pacific Northwest this year and the hot summer days were a welcome change. But now that school has started, football season is here and we’re all settling into a routine once again I am ready for [...]
Author Archives: Laura
PF Chang’s Spicy Chicken
September 2, 2011 – 9:26 am
I LOVE PF Chang’s! My three favorite things to order are their lettuce wraps, crispy green beans and spicy chicken. As I’ve mentioned before, with our family size and the ages of our young kiddos, eating out has become impractical. So I’m trying to recreate our restaurant favorites right at home. This one was spot [...]
Cheeseburger Flatbread Melts
August 30, 2011 – 7:31 pm
This is a quick, easy and VERY kid friendly dinner idea. It’s almost like a sloppy joe on a delicious, buttery flatbread. Gotta love quick meal ideas for the busy back to school season! Next time I am going to do a taco flatbread melt by simply seasoning my meat with taco seasoning and topping [...]
Sweet and Sour Chicken
August 23, 2011 – 8:34 pm
We love Chinese food around here! For some reason it’s one of the cuisines I’ve ventured into the least in my cooking. When the mood strikes we just order take out from our favorite local Chinese restaurant. One of our standard orders is sweet and sour chicken. We love the crispy chicken and tangy sauce. [...]
Cook’s Illustrated Baked Macaroni and Cheese
August 15, 2011 – 9:21 pm
I love Cook’s Illustrated. I honestly don’t know why I ever attempt making recipes out of other cookbooks when the lovely people at America’s Test Kitchen have the best version of everything. Everyone loves mac and cheese and I am not an exception. I’m also the girl always on the search for the very best [...]
Grilled Southwestern Chicken
August 3, 2011 – 6:44 pm
Once upon a time I had a baby. And then another. And another. And another. Our church has an amazing meals ministry and the lovely ladies who make meals are so talented I think part of the reason I keep having babies is to have meals delivered Six weeks ago we welcomed our [...]
Perfect Pumpkin Muffins
August 3, 2011 – 6:30 pm
I adore just about anything pumpkin and these muffins are a staple in our house. I make them at least twice a week because my family loves them that much. They are super moist, have a wonderful cinnamon-y, pumpkin-y flavor to them and give the ones at Panera a run for their money! You can [...]
The Best Banana Bread
July 26, 2011 – 12:28 pm
I have had countless slices of banana bread over the years. I LOVE quick breads… zucchini, carrot, pumpkin and banana – yum! And of course I’m always in search of the best recipe. My sister in law shared this one with me years ago and I have never made another recipe since. The sour cream [...]
Greek Panzanella
July 10, 2011 – 2:24 pm
After a very long food blogging break, I am back! Life is certainly crazy around here especially in light of the fact that we welcomed our fourth son into the world just over two weeks ago. But I miss blogging and there are quite a few recipes making the blog rounds that I [...]
