Bon Bons

I still have the Roasted Shrimp Cocktail recipes from the party to share with you, but I haven’t posted a sweet recipe in nearly a week!  For shame!  This is the holiday season after all!  Not every recipe this month will be rich, indulgent, or a cookie, but…well…some of them need to be,…

Salmon Nicoise

It isn’t you.  Do not be alarmed.  Don’t bother to rub your eyes and blink rapidly.  What you are seeing is real.  This is most definitely not an autumnal dish.  I am slightly embarrassed to even post this right now as it uses several ingredients that aren’t exactly in season and can be hard…

Smashed Potatoes W/Spinach & Playing Guessing Games

Do you ever look in your freezer and come across a food that isn’t exactly spoiled but you just don’t want to really eat it right then, so you put it back?  Then you do it again.  And then again.  Maybe it has been in there for awhile, you aren’t exactly sure…

Cobb Potato Salad: Weird, but good!

Yes, its green potato salad.  I’ll explain in a minute. About a year ago, I decided to start a blog.  I had been asked over and over for recipes, input, sometimes advice, and I thought that if I started putting it all in one place, I could share with everyone about everything-all at…

Breakfast Burritos: Be Adventurous

If you have ever had these beauties at a restaurant but never made them yourself, don’t be intimidated!  I am pretty sure there are only two real requirements and those are tortillas and eggs.  After that anything goes. Years ago I had my first breakfast burrito at a Sonic, and I have never…

Non-Traditional Shepherd’s Pie

Mmmm.  Shepherd’s Pie.  Raise your hand if you know what I am talking about! Growing up, I thought if it was a one pot meal and covered with a layer of mashed potatoes, ya got yourself a Shepherd’s Pie.  And that is partly true.  But I believe that it also has to…

Tator-Tot Hotdish: A True Minnesota Tradition

There are many things that define a region or state.  With Colorado, its the Rockies.  Maine makes me think of lobsters.  The west coast brings to mind visions of Hollywood.  Iowa?  Well…nothing comes to mind when I think of Iowa.  *smile*  And while people always ask me if Minnesota really IS the land…

Oven Roasted Potatoes-AKA Good Lookin’ Man Potatoes

There is an old dutch proverb that reads, “Eat butter first, and eat it last, and live till a hundred years be past.”  I don’t know about you, but this seems to be some great advice. Of course we now know that eating too much butter on a regular basis is a…