Recipe Review - Fruit Pizza

Over the Christmas holiday, we had a big get-together with my husband's large family.  It's usually a covered dish affair, with one of his cousins, who is a professional chef, doing the main dish and the rest of us bringing sides.  The cousin who hosted the get together this year made a fruit pizza that was such a big hit my husband insisted she print off the recipe for me before we left.  She found the recipe on My Darling Days.

Wednesday Recipe Reivew - Cranberry Butter

Because I don't cook Thanksgiving dinner, I don't really do a lot of holiday foods.  However, I saw this recipe for cranberry butter at The Chic Geek that looked so good I really had to give it a shot.  I'll be taking this to my parents' house on Friday to see what they think of it too.

Weekend Recipe Review - Spinach Artichoke Pasta

Not the healthiest dish in the world, but is there anything better than a big plate of creamy pasta topped with spinach, artichokes, and crunchy panko bread crumbs?  Pioneer Woman came up with Spinach Artichoke Pasta - a twist on spinach artichoke dip - and I'm a sucker for her recipes.  (Think she'd adopt me?)

Weekend Recipe Review - Saltimbocca alla Romana

Chicken saltimbocca is one of those things I tried to make years ago, but I was much, much too lazy of a cook to do it properly.  I clearly remember being in the kitchen thinking of how to do each step with as little as work as possible.  It was one of those moments where I worked so hard trying NOT to work, I probably spent more time than necessary.  Fortunately I've come a long way since then, and when I saw the Mary's recipe for Saltimbocca alla Romana over at Go Ahead...Take a Bite! I knew it was time to try again.

Weekend Recipe Review - Spiced Pear Cake with Brown Butter Glaze

As I'm writing this, I should be sewing patches on a Cub Scout uniform in preparation of a big district wide Cub Scout camping trip tomorrow night.  You see, when the 8 year old earned his Tiger badge last year, his shirt seemed a little small.  I figured I'd wait the summer to see if he needed to go up a size before I sewed his patch on.  I never managed to get his Bobcat patch sewn on either.Well, it's fall, his shirt still fits, and the patches are still floating around in my sewing table drawer.  He's been begging me to sew the patches on.  I suppose it's time.  I am the Den Leader, after all.

Weekend Recipe Review - Astronaut Energy Bars

As soon as I saw Call Me PMc's Astronaut Energy Bars, I knew they were a go for the (now) 8 year old's birthday party.  He has made up this game with his best friend called the Power Game.  It's a role playing game (or RPG) that they say they are going to create as a video game, get rich and take over the world.  LOL

Weekend Recipe Review - Julia Child's Ham and Potato Casserole

I think this adaptation of Julia Child's Sausage and Potato Casserole, or Gratin de Pommes de Terre et Saucisson, I found over at Black Fox Homestead must be simplicity at it's best.

Weekend Recipe Review - Spicy Bean Burritos

In reality this weekend I should be reviewing a soup I made yesterday in the slow cooker for dinner.  But what really happened is I woke up yesterday morning with a headache and an upset stomach, came home from work early, and took a little nap before I had to pick up the 7 year old and the other boy I keep.  I got home at 5:30p.m. with the 7 year old, told my husband he was on his own, and went upstairs to bed.  I did come down at some point and have a very small bowl of soup, and I'm pretty sure it was delicious.  My husband said it was.  But there were no pictures taken and after I ate a bit of it, I went straight back to bed until about 6:30 this morning.

Weekend Recipe Review - Cheesecake Tarts

My husband has been on a big ice cream cone kick lately.  While shopping for ice cream cones a few weeks ago, I found this recipe on the back of a Keebler waffle cone box.

Weekend Recipe Review - Beef and Bean Taquitos

Have I mentioned that the SPD, non-vegetable eating 7 year old is gone for the week and we can eat anything we want without having to alter a recipe for him or make him a separate meal?  I love my 7 year old more than anyone else in the world, but it is nice to go in to the kitchen and just cook.  That means this week, my husband and I have been eating a lot of things that we wouldn't normally eat - like Tex-Mex twice and buffalo wings and tomato cream sauce.

Wednesday night we had Beef and Bean Taquitos from Fort Mill, SC Living that I topped with a fresh roasted tomatillo salsa with avocado.  The tomatillo salsa was inspired by A Spicy Perspective's, but not exactly like hers.

These taquitos were so good, I'm glad I got a picture while the last two were finishing up.  Otherwise, I may not have gotten any pics at all.  As soon as I cut into mine, I snarfed them up as fast as I could, scooping the salsa onto each bite.  The only change I made is somewhere in the directions, there is mention of adding garlic, but garlic is not listed in the ingredients.  So no garlic in my dish.  Also I ran out of onion making the salsa, so I used about 4 green onions instead.  My husband liked these too and immediately dubbed them "a make again."  We also agreed, while he probably wouldn't try them because you could see bits of peppers and cilantro, the 7 year old would more than likely have enjoyed these too.

Weekend Recipe Review - Summer Corn Chowder

As soon as I saw the recipe for Corn Chowder from Baked Bree (one of my favorite bloggers!), I knew I had to try it.  It looked so good, even in the middle of a heat wave.  I got especially lucky that corn was available finally at the community market Saturday, and our heat wave broke this week.  It was "only" in the lower 80's the day I made this.

Weekend Recipe Review - Pasta au Gratin with Vegetables

I've made this recipe by bell alimento twice now, making alterations both times, partly so I could half it and partly because my husband arbores celery and nutmeg. The original recipe serves 6.  Either we've cut back a lot on our serving sizes (I've been trying) or that must be very large servings.  I love this meal, as does my husband. I serve it with a green salad and some nice crusty bread.