Category: Food
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Guacamole & Bacon Grilled Cheese
I saw a picture of this sandwich and just had to make it. It sounded amazing!! Not too difficult either since it is grilled cheese. Take your favorite guacamole (I opted for homemade!), fry some crispy bacon, your favorite bread, and some cheddar cheese! You know what to do with the rest! Mighty tasty! Only…
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Honey Walnut Shrimp
This month has turned into food blogging month! I just cannot help myself! I have been planning two – three meals a week that are new. There are so many great recipes out there. I am constantly finding ones that I want to make, so I am planning them out now. It has been a…
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Avocado Fries w/ Spicy Garlic Dip
No I did not end up making these last Friday evening. I did get around to it though! This is going on my list for an appetizer for parties. Now to have a party…or the time for a party. Acovado Fries: 1 avocado (not soft) 1/2 cup breadcrumbs 2-3 tbsp flour 1 egg salt &…
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Lasagna Soup
Soup and lasagna combined, why not? This sounded like a great alternative to the normal lasagna or soup dish. As I looked through recipes, this one caught my eye. I have to try that! I bookmarked the recipe months ago and am finally getting around to making it. Actually this is the week of making…
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Stuffed Jumbo Pasta Shells & Homemade French Bread
I normally do not make a nice meal on Sundays as it tends to be a lazy and relaxed day in the kitchen. As I was busy preparing meals for a friends that just had a baby, I took advantage of my cooking mood. Brent helped finish the meal for my friends as I scrambled…
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Crepes
Today, as Jess was showering after her run, I started on making her some food. Even though it was nearing 1:00 pm, I started to make some tasty raspberry cream filled crepes. So I pulled out the trusty Better Homes & Gardens Crepes cookbook an got rolling. The recipe was easy enough but it did…
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Retirement and a cake! Congrats Dad!
My dad was a lucky man this last Friday. He was able to enjoy his last day of work. He is now a retired man. After years of hard work, he finally is able to sit down and relax, but not quite yet. He still has to make the big move out to Oregon with…
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Happy V-day!
I woke up this morning to Brent telling me to sleep in! Sure thing as I thought as he hopped in the shower and I just laid in bed. Then he headed downstairs as I got ready for the day. As I made my way downstairs, I could hear Brent fiddling around in the kitchen.…
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Baking with our “girls”
It was one of the girls birthdays yesterday, so one of her sisters and I spent time Friday night baking. She wanted to make a cheesecake which turned into me making it. Not a big deal as I love to bake. Plus it was fun to do a something a little special for “our”…
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Creamy Potato Soup
After a day of single digit temperatures, there was nothing more desirable than soup for dinner. Homemade soup it was! This would be great served with Zopf bread or biscuits. Feel free to add other vegetables as I only used what I had on hand. Enjoy! 1 medium onion diced 2 tsp minced garlic 1/2 cup…
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Cheesy Breadsticks
Tonight was pizza night in the Powell house. We made a homemade chicken pizza with Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ sauce. I decided that I would try to make some breadsticks to go along with them. Another new creation and a keeper it is! For the Bread: 2 cups flour 1 tsp. yeast 3/4 cup warm…