Make one of your favorite restaurant soups at home any day of the week with this version of Chicken & Wild Rice Soup; a Panera Bread copycat recipe. What's your favorite soup at Panera Bread? My daughters' is their Chicken and Wild Rice Soup and I have to say it's also a favorite of mine as well. I wanted to make It started out one day the week before last when I told my daughter that I was going to make soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner that night. When she asked what ... Read More about Chicken and Wild Rice Soup {Panera Copycat}
Spinach & Garlic Herb Cheese Stuffed Pork Chops
This past weekend, I attended an adult Halloween party. I really don't like dressing up, (it's not really my thing) but I found a Queen of Hearts costume and purchased a Mad Hatter's Hat for the hubby to go as. After hosting a birthday breakfast for my father in law, pulling weeds, blowing leaves and installing new molding, the hubby was in no way going to wear this hat (it had orange hair sticking out of the back of it), so I had to go it alone. I asked the host what I could bring and she had ... Read More about Spinach & Garlic Herb Cheese Stuffed Pork Chops
Sun Dried Tomato Turkey Meatloaf
See, you had to know this was coming after I made the Oven Dried Sun Dried Tomatoes didn't you? :) I just love the flavor of them mixed with basil and of course, mushrooms...I tend to use mushrooms in everything! This meatloaf was so delicious and flavorful. I've said it before, but I really prefer to use the 99% Fat Free Ground Turkey. It is much lighter in color and doesn't have that "gamey" taste like the 93% sometimes does. This meatloaf was so good and full of flavor. Sun Dried Tomato ... Read More about Sun Dried Tomato Turkey Meatloaf
How to Make Sun Dried Tomatoes
Making homemade sun dried tomatoes is a great way to utilize those vegetable bounties; then store them in EVOO to use in recipes for months. I first posted this recipe back in 2011 and found it in the archives. At the time, I wanted to make sun dried tomato pesto, but I didn't have any sun dried tomatoes in my pantry. Thankfully, my in laws garden produced a TON of plum or Roma tomatoes and graciously gave me a lot. So many in fact, that I was going to make a marinara sauce with them ... Read More about How to Make Sun Dried Tomatoes
Chorizo, Peas and Colby Jack Risotto
I was at a loss for dinner ideas the other night when I made this. My head was reeling from complete multi-tasking with house projects, decorating decisions and calendar synchronization that when I realized I hadn't taken anything out for dinner, it was already 4pm. I had purchased some Chorizo last week but never did anything with it and figured, I'd use that to make a one-pot dish for dinner. This recipe started out without the peas, but as I looked at it in the pan, it looked a little bland ... Read More about Chorizo, Peas and Colby Jack Risotto
Italian Matzo Ball Soup
Italian Matzo Ball Soup is a chicken broth based soup with matzo balls made with fresh rosemary and grated Pecorino Romano cheese. Growing up in NJ, I'm proud to say that we are the Diner Capital of the World. Don't take my word for it, apparently we are according to 50states.com, even before Guy Fieri started that Diners and Drive-In's show. To me, diners and Matzo Ball Soup go hand in hand...that and greasy cheeseburgers and fries at 3am back in my mid-twenties, but I ... Read More about Italian Matzo Ball Soup