NorCal Happenings

Just made this tonight and it was SO good!  We chopped up the chicken into cubes and served it on flour and corn tortillas.  I also made s...

Jason came home raving about this sauce and with the recipe, so I'm taking the hint. I haven't had or made this yet, but I trust th...

I spent much of my childhood in Cincinnati, and I remember my mom taking us to get Cincinnati Chili (or Skyline Chili, I think the other pl...

This is a Rachel Ray recipe that I love, it is my go to for mashed potatoes.  I am a fan of skins-ON potatoes so I never peel them. Smas...

So if you know you are going to use a bunch of black beans and you have the foresight to buy a bag of dried beans, and then soak them the ...

So Jason and I stayed home together on Friday (God bless personal day's) and we went to Paradise Bakery for lunch.  I saw this cookie,...

This was ridiculously easy and a huge hit today.  Pretty spicy, but a touch of Ranch dressing toned it down. Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicke...

Jason’s Great Grandma Squires came over this weekend and taught my mom, my sister and I how to dip chocolate and make old fashione...

So my new thing is going to be making sugar cookies.  It is too easy to eat A TON of the regular drop cookies- and sugar cookies are just ...

So my foodie friend Jenny made this for us right after we had Kate, and I know it's just spaghetti, but OMG it was amazing.  I think t...

So we have all heard how good for us spaghetti squash is, right?  One cup of it has 42 calories.  If you sub that for your spaghetti, you...

I saw this recipe years ago, and then I had the actual cake once at a Halloween party.  I have to say, it is pretty tasty if you can get...

I saw this on a friend's FB page and think I will make it next time I have a Mediterranean night.  Yummo! Hummus Garlic Bre...

Bacon Grid I saw this idea in one of those Kraft recipe books for making BLT's and wanted to remember it, should I ever be in a place...

Check out how spoiled my son is.  He says that he is "bored of cookies" because I make them "all the time."  :-) And he...

Jason had a jumbalaya at the fire house a few weeks ago and thought it was fantastic.  He tried to make it last week one day, but we had to...