Penne Rosa Noodles and Company Recipe One thing I miss about living in Northern Virginia is having lunch with my girlfriends at Noodles and Company. My "go to" dish was my favorite, their Penne Rosa. In the past 6 years of being gone, I think we have only tried to replicate this dish once. Penne Rosa: Spicy tomato cream sauce, penne pasta, ...
Recipes
Chipotle Black Bean Recipe
Chipotle Black Bean Recipe Bob makes some amazing black beans and after looking at their website, looks like they took his recipe! LOL This black bean recipe is great wrapped inside a tortilla, as a side dish, or on a salad. This is another recipe I used for our Chipotle Burrito Bowl copycat recipe for dinner the other night - use these ...
Heirloom Caprese Salad
One of my favorite salads and I made it for the Food. Fire. Feasts. event. The photo above was shot with my camera phone on the fly but you can still see the colors in this salad. Heirloom Caprese Salad Heirloom Caprese Salad ...
Carnival Chocolate Melting Cake
Carnival Chocolate Melting Cake Like most cruisers, I fell in love with the Carnival Chocolate Melting Cake on my first cruise. Our 2014 Thanksgiving cruise we were reunited and I enjoyed it every night but one at dinner (the night I ordered the Grand Marnier Souffle instead). I have made it a few times since and then forgot about it. When I am ...
Our Table
The original goal for the site was to travel to foreign lands and bring back the tastes to share with everyone. The reality is after my divorce foreign travel came to a halt and so did the cooking (cooking for one sucks). Below are the recipes I have to date to share with you. Note, some may be listed more than once as they fall into one ...
Cream Cheese Spread
Cream Cheese Spread We love different cream cheese spreads that we get when we go out for breakfast on the weekends at some of my favorite bagel places. But, I am tired of paying $20 for breakfast on the weekends for the 4 of us when I know we can do it for less at home. With that in mind, I hit the grocery store and bought bagels for our weekend ...
St Patrick’s Day Drinks
Ah St. Patrick's Day... the day that it doesn't matter whether we are Irish or not as we turn everything green and have parties. Click here to view more resources for drinks, cups, and other fun stuff for your party. Did we miss your favorite? Comment below and we will add it to share with others. Want to submit your own recipe? Email us ...
Tomato Mozzarella Basil Salad | My CHEAP & Easy Recipe
Tomato Mozzarella Basil Salad I love love love a good Caprese Salad. It's my go to dish any time of year, more so in the summer when I can find amazing tomatoes to go with it. This Tomato Mozzarella Basil Salad recipe is different than my normal Caprese Salad... I call it my BJs Brewhouse Tomato and Mozzarella Salad copycat recipe. LOL If you ...
No Bake Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars
Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars If you are looking for a quick and easy recipe, then this Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars may be what you are looking for. For most, all these ingredients are already in your pantry, and if not, it is a simple shopping list to grab the missing ingredients. I love this recipe because it combines the perfect combo of ...
Homemade Cream Cheese Spread
Cream Cheese Spread For those of you who know me {or rather my husband}, you know that nothing comes into our kitchen that is boxed, canned or premade. Everything we eat is freshly prepared by "Chef Bob" aka my husband who is not a chef by day but is by night when he gets home from work. We love different cream cheese spreads that we get when ...
Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe & Tips
If you search online for a cream cheese frosting recipe you will find 1,000's and while they all use the same basic ingredients, it's amazing to see how much they can vary from recipe to recipe. The recipe I use has been around for years on my dirty piece of paper which is stained with old drink spots and more. {I know... that sounds gross but I ...
Roasted Baby Beets Glazed with Balsamic, Orange and Mint
Roasted Baby Beets Five minutes from my front door is a little slice of paradise. Gilcrease Orchard is a non-profit farm that grows a wide variety of fruits and vegetables and opens up for the public to harvest the fresh produce. I went last week and picked out of the ground fresh baby beets, baby carrots, arugula, kale and garlic ...