Growing up I never ate Spaghettio’s. No Chef Boyardee either. Sure, as a kid I got sucked into those cool commercials and begged my mom to get them for me but she knew better. I mean, who wants to eat Italian out of a can?! Now that I’m 30 and still have yet to try either, there is still that kid in me that wonders what the hell all the fuss was about. Well, luckily I came across Pennies On A Platter’s homemade version on Pinterest and I felt obligated to my 8 year old self to make it. Thank…
Roasted Tomato & Veggie Soup
0I am a soup person. Love all kinds – broccoli cheese, French onion, minestrone, veggie, lentil, clam chowder – you name it. They are so easy to prepare and always a home run with the family. There was a sale on some tomatoes at Publix, so I stocked up on some and decided to try a roasted tomato soup. Perfect for the rainy, dreary day here in South Florida. This was by far one of the easiest soups to not only prepare but cooking time took just about 30 minutes! Can’t beat that…. Roasted Tomato & Veggie Soup 4-5…
Easy Stir Fry Sauce Recipe
0I was so not in the mood to cook the other day and was doing everything I could to avoid going home to start preparing. So what would any woman do – I went to Target. That place just sucks me in for hours at a time and I leave spending close to $100 every time. Damn Target. As I combed the aisles I came across this stir fry sauce that looked delish so I grabbed a bottle and figured a stir fry was the easiest and most filling thing I could think of last minute. So as I’m unloading…
Creative Meal Ideas For Toddlers
0I have hit a freaking brick wall with meals ideas to serve my little girl. Add in her picky palate (which came out of NOWHERE!) its beginning to become a chore trying to figure out what to feed her. And I have plenty of chores, I surely don’t need to add another to the list. Now, I know I have addressed this in my post last week, but its getting to become extreme. One day she eats the entire plate full of food, then like Cybill, she switches gears the next day and my floor is covered in her dissatisfied…
Easy Lasagna Rolls
0Being Italian, one of my favorite comfort food meals is lasagna. Preferably my mothers. All the gooey-cheesey-meaty layers slathered in homemade tomato sauce. I’m drooling just thinking about. Well, if anyone out there has tried to make one themselves, its kind of a pain in the ass. Cooking the lasagna noodles, making all the layers of meat, sausage and cheese. Its quite the ordeal. Grant it, its not too too difficult but its pretty time consuming. On Pinterest, I came across SkinnyTaste’s much easier version of my favorite meal-Lasanga Rolls. Genius! Genius! Genius!!! Instead of making all the layers, just…
Cheesy Quinoa
0Quinoa (keen-wah) is my newest food obsession. Some might question WTF it is exactly, because that’s what I did when I first heard of this stuff. I didn’t even know how to friggin’ pronounce it (thanks Wiki). I just kept seeing delicious recipes on Pinterest with this crazy weird-named ingredient. So what exactly is quinoa you ask? It’s in the family of couscous, a very nutty grain that is gluten-free and said to be easily digest. Its just really good. But I learned quickly that it must be mixed with something, for eating it completely plain is just terrible. Once…
Easy Shrimp Scampi
0While visiting my very pregnant sister, I felt bad letting her do any work what so ever. I tried to do everything I could to give her a break while I was there. I remember being pregnant and how much I hated every second of it…the swollen feet, not being able to shave my legs or even seeing my feet for that matter and the utter exhaustion that never seemed to leave. There were more, but I’ll spare you guys a pity party. Well, to get where she is just add twins + a 15 month old toddler to the…
Nutella Makes Everything Betta
0Love me some Nutella! After this great Memorial Day weekend, my husband and I had our own little BBQ, just the 3 of us. While he was napping on the couch (lucky bastard), I thought I’d make a special dessert because after stuffing my face with yummy BBQ foods, I need something sweet! I had just bought Nutella and always have at least 1 box of Pillsbury pie dough in the fridge. So I got a brilliant idea to make little Nutella & Banana Pie Pouches. How bad could those turn out right?! They are extremely easy to make…
Meatless Friday – Roasted Veggie Pasta
0Normally I am strictly a pasta and marinara sauce kind of girl but decided to step out of my comfort zone and test out a new kind of pasta dish. I knew it would either be a hit or complete fail and was prepared for the latter. We have been on an “lets eat healthy” kick for our upcoming trip to Vegas (whooohooo!). Clearly we are trying some Jedi mind trick to make us feel better and justify the fact that we will be drinking heavily and eating like crap for 4 days. Whatever works, right? So I made a…
Meatless Friday – 20 Minute Minestrone Soup
0The husband has been feeling under the weather the past few days and requested minestrone soup. Of course the day I plan to make it is a day where I will be out of the house the majority of the day. So how to get the best of both worlds? A pressure cooker. I know some people might be a little scared of this guy, believe me, I was to when I first tried it. In fact, I am still scared of that damn thing. It makes cooking things like soup, which normally take an hour or so to…
