Weeknight Dinner Made Easy with Wild Garden I have always leaned towards making my own marinades, but when you don’t have the time or energy to think thru what flavors you want to put together, these mixes by Wild Garden are perfect! Since opening my bakery, butter bear shop, I have been leaning to really easy…
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Zucchini Cakes with Herb Dipping Sauce
I love zucchini, but I feel that it must be transformed somehow. Zucchini fries, little zucchini medallions with mozzarella, zucchini bread (my mom was sneaky like so many moms are about vegetables) or zucchini cakes! Zucchini is currently in season, as demonstrated by the monster piles of zucchini I found at the Farmer’s Market. I brought…
Mushroom Risotto with Crunchy Kale
I’ll be honest, I hadn’t tried risotto until a few months ago, when it was the only options I liked at a restaurant. It was a seafood risotto, that was creamy, rich and packed with layers of flavor. I set out to make my own risotto at home and learned from none other than Chef…
White Bean and Chicken Chili
After a wonderful Thanksgiving break with my family in Michigan, I am glad that I am back home and back on track with my recipe schedule! This recipe was suggested by an Amanda’s Plate reader on Facebook! I had seen
Bang Bang Shrimp
There are many recipes on the inter web for bang bang shrimp. I’ve learned that many of these are a copy cat recipe of Bone Fish Grill. I have not tried their bang bang shrimp, but decided I wanted to try it at home! This has also been served as an appetizer; I thought could…
Chicken in Mushroom Gravy
I love mushroom gravy. A gravy without mushrooms is uninteresting. Opinions may differ on this, but I feel a good gravy is packed with mushrooms. I began making mushroom gravy for Thanksgiving several years ago. The recipe was adopted from Emril Live (he made the gravy on an open face sandwich). At that time, I…
Game Day Bites
I grew up watching football, college and professional. Sundays, Monday’s and Thursday nights from September until the Superbowl in February, were spent watching football. My mom a Dallas Cowboys fan. My dad a Detroit Lions fan. My sisters and I, didn’t have strong opinions until years later when Deana became an Indianapolis Colts fan, Mona a Lions…
Easy Chicken Dinner
We’ve got a winner… winner.. chicken dinner! 😀 This is the perfect meal for those evenings after a long day at work and your family responds with “I don’t know” when asked what they want to eat. Yes, we all get that response. And we all need a super easy chicken dinner! A dinner that…
Broccoli Cheddar Soup Recipe
Serve up a warm bowl of broccoli cheddar soup and you’re serving up a bowl of comfort. There are many recipes for this soup but mine differs in that is packed with broccoli, carrots and cheese. Every spoon of my soup is full of creamy cheddar cheese and broccoli, which come together in a beautiful…
One Pot Sesame Noodles
As promised, I will continue developing easy dinner recipes. Some days there is nothing more challenging than figuring out what to make for dinner; particularly when the following factors are present: 1. Exhaustion after a long day at work 2. Minimal brain function due to factor one 3. A spouse who wants “I don’t know”…
