Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. I so badly want to care enough to make all the cute little heart-shaped foods for my family. In reality, the kids wouldn't care. Like at all. I could spend hours in the kitchen trying to make the Pinterest-perfect Valentine school lunch, and they would probably be like, "Wow, a heart..."… Continue reading Shells & Cheese
Category: dinner
Baked Ziti with Sausage and Eggplant
Over the weekend, I was supposed to be baking a lot of cupcakes as a thank you to the amazing people who pray for and give to our ministry. But snow. So I decided to split my time between the kitchen, the snow, and a trip to Cuba, courtesy of the book "Next Year in… Continue reading Baked Ziti with Sausage and Eggplant
Barefoot Contessa’s Winter Minestrone
Winter and I are not friends, to say the least. If it could be 80-90 degrees and sunny all year, I would be content. I definitely want to hibernate throughout the winter, and one winter I did so and read the entire Harry Potter series. It was amazing. It's both a pro and a con… Continue reading Barefoot Contessa’s Winter Minestrone
Cilantro Lime Rice
I am double-posting tonight because you need this Cilantro Lime Rice to go with your Thai Peanut Chicken. You actually need this Cilantro Lime Rice to go with just about everything. It gives Chipotle a run for its money... I made dinner for about 40 students last fall, and we had enchiladas, black beans and… Continue reading Cilantro Lime Rice
Thai Peanut Chicken
Do you all have a recipe that you go to over and over again when you need something easy to feed a crowd? This Thai Peanut Chicken is mine. I make it for our family, for our co-workers, as a freezer meal to give when people have a baby... And generally without fail, I'm asked… Continue reading Thai Peanut Chicken