Category: Winter Favorites

[ultimate-recipe-submissions][ultimate-recipe-submissions] Pizza is my ‘go-to-favorite’ thing. We lived in northern Italy for a time and I swear I became addicted to pizza. Now anything that even closely resembles pizza is an automatic win for me.I have never met a bad pizza.Well once I did – a pizza with goat cheese and figs. Another story.  There…

Thank goodness you can get squash nearly year-round from your grocery store. Squash makes a good vegetable side when you are craving something that isn’t canned or frozen and your garden is resting under a blanket of snow.  Lucky for me, in early March, I still have a few squash that are stored in my…

On a cold day nothing tastes better than a bowl of homemade soup. Creamy Wild Rice Soup is tasty and comforting and will fill you up with its deliciousness. Wild Rice has a unique taste and a satisfying texture. Did you know wild rice isn’t really rice at all, but a grass? No matter, it…

  Leftover baked chicken is so versatile, and I always seem to have a bit in the freezer.  I wanted a hot chicken-type casserole to utilize a bit of leftover chicken and came up with this burrito recipe.  The recipe includes a few ingredients unique to burritos, and excludes a few you would commonly expect.  It’s…

This is a seriously good soup. It can be finished on the stovetop or put all the ingredients in a crock-pot on low to cook all day to have the rich aroma greet you when you get home at the end of a long day.  There are lots of good vegetables in this thick soup…

Chicken salad is a favorite of mine.  While craving it the other day I got to thinking about how good a hot chicken salad might be so I gave it a try. The result is a fantastic chicken dip that has the most unique flavor.   It works perfectly for a dip  and is just…

Crispy, barbequed chicken is one of my favorite things. Here in Iowa however, I don’t relish grilling chicken outdoors while freezing in negative windchills. I knew there had to be a good alternative, and here it is. The chicken is baked and crispy before you add the barbeque sauce to make it extra delicious. You…

These simple morsels are loaded with flavor. Better yet, you will not believe how easy they are to make! I don’t often use processed products, but make an exception here for the convenience. Serve them with your favorite olive oil or marinara sauce and you will just love these heavenly bits of bread. Easy Italian…

  On a cold winter day I woke up knowing it was a bread-making day. I am not a fan of white bread and am honestly a bit bored with whole-wheat bread. There was nothing left for me to do but experiment. So a bit of this, a bit of that, and several memories from…

Do you love stuffing and love soup? Here is the perfect combo! I think my daughter may have planted this idea in my mind last year, but it recently surfaced when looking at my holiday leftovers. The soup is basic but delicious and easy to make anytime. You can, of course, add these stuffing dumplings…