Braised Chicken with Orzo

Just a different way of cooking chicken, comes out juicy, creamy, and full of flavor! It’s a new recipe for me and we loved it. I’m a dark meat girl and the recipe turned out so very moist but you can use chicken breasts or a combination of both and I bet it will be…

A Frosty Lemonade

Fabulous cool drink for a really hot day… I tried it and loved it!🍋 1 cup Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice 1/2 cup Sugar 2 1/2 cups Water Vanilla Ice Cream Add lemon juice and sugar to pitcher. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Add water and stir until well mixed. Refrigerate at least 1 hour to…

A Quick Strawberry Blueberry Cobbler

After my wonderful trip to the Strawberry fields of Clarence, shortcake desserts and strawberry Jam,the last of my strawberries went into this deliciously simple dessert. Served warm and paired with sweet vanilla ice cream….its scrumptious❤️ RECIPE: 1 stick butter, melted 1  1/2  cups Bisquick baking mix 2/3 cup sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla 2 cups blueberries…

Baked Breaded Pork Chops with Cornbread Dressing & Gravy

Pork is a favorite in our house and these baked porkchops are delicious,tender and moist. Paired with cornbread dressing or any dressing you enjoy and Homemade applesauce makes them even better❤️ Recipe: (use ingredients equal to the amt. of chops you have) 1/2 to 1″ in thick Lean Pork Chops Flour to dredge the pork…

Fresh Egg & Spinach Pasta with Homemade Sauce and Meatballs❤ Happy Father’s Day!

This pasta meal is our basic “spaghetti and meatballs” dish I make all the time and my dear husband requested it for his Father’s Day Dinner. I made it to say thank you to him for being the wonderful father that he is, for making us feel safe and for letting us always know that…

It’s Strawberry Season and so much more🍓

Wonderful Childhood memories came to life for me this week when I went to pick strawberries at a farm near my home. I was remembering as a teen sitting with my grandmother and mom in the strawberries fields near my home then eating my weight in berries when I was suppose to be picking them…

Long Pasta with Tuna & Arugula

A simple pasta dish with lots of flavor! I remember my grandmother serving a lot of dishes like this with her famous romaine lettuce salad and some kind of awesome bread❤️ I made foccicia bread with tuna, herbs and olive oil on top to serve with my dish….Bravo! RECIPE: 1 lb long pasta ( spaghetti,linguine,bucatini…)…

Columbus Park of Roses

  COLUMBUS PARK OF ROSES Last week while I was visiting my sister and her family in Columbus Ohio we went to this magnificently serene place called “The Columbus Park of Roses”. Opened in 1953 and maintained by the Columbus parks and recreation department this is a very unique 13 acre garden setting within a…

Artichoke & Arborio Rice Salad

The rice is Arborio and the results is a creamy chewy dish with so much flavor you will love it! Serve it for dinner alone or have it as a side. Pair with a cold sweet melon, it’s just delicious❤️ RECIPE: 2 cups chicken broth 3 tablesp olive oil 1 med. sweet onion, diced 3…

Catalina Pasta Salad

I first had this salad at a friends house and loved it! Sweet & savory with great crunch from the veggies. It’s a very versatile salad and you can add what ever you love, here is what’s in mine… 1 lb thick spaghetti pasta 1 cucumber, sliced and quartered 1 small zucchini, sliced and quartered…

Italian Stuffed Hot Peppers

These peppers are a favorite in our house! Hot or mild they are always a treat. A very dear friend of ours owned an Italian restaurant long ago and taught me how to make them, his were award winning I hope I make him proud…Thank you Andy❤️

Summer Corn Chowder with Honey Cornbread

p I had my first of the year corn on the cob this past weekend and with the leftovers I decided to make another old recipe of mine from our days living in North Carolina! I can’t seem to replicate those southern Hushpuppies I loved so much but pairing the soup with some sweet cornbread…

Hubby’s Home! Homemade Breakfast Waffles❤️

One of mine and my husband’s favorite things to do on a relaxing morning is have a big breakfast together. I’ve made all kinds of things through the years but these waffles are always special because the heart shaped iron was given to us by our daughters one Anniversary long ago (you see our anniversary…