Meatloaf… not normally one of my go-to meals.  But alas, today I looked in my freezer and there was ground meat staring back at me.  I had no motivation to go to the grocery store, so I needed to get creative. Funny how with one child, I found going to the grocery store to be [...]

I love Indian food.  I never thought I would until a coworker introduced it to me, and wow… I’m hooked.  However,  I want to make lighter versions of it at home.  My favorite is “Butter Chicken”… which, I mean really, how can you lighten up a dish with that name?  Gina mentions that this is [...]

I was hesitant to make this.  First, I was worried it’d be too sweet, and second, I was worried my husband wouldn’t like it. After we had the first bite, my husband said “This is an eleven!”.  I asked what he was talking about, and he said that on a scale of one to ten, [...]

I love sushi. I love the beautiful $12 (or more) rolls that come so artfully prepared to your restaurant table or delivered to your door.  I even love the roll made daily at my local Whole Foods market.  I love it all.  I’ve even made my own California rolls which I blogged here. However, I [...]

Orange Chicken…. just say it and I think I start to drool.  That ooey gooey deep fried stuff they serve at a local Chinese fast food chain is just to die for.  However, I don’t want to imagine the nutritional content of it. When Melissa D’Arabian did these recipes on her show the other day, [...]

Have you ever gone out for fast food, expecting the ooey-gooey item you’re ordering to look just like the commercial?  Only to realize your big “splurge” that you were expecting isn’t even all that gratifying?  One way to rectify that issue is to take the delicious idea from the restaurant or fast food chain, and [...]

It’s snowing today in Chicagoland.  Ah yes, everyone is cranky and has spring-fever.  I know, it’ll get here, but not soon enough! Personally I’m looking forward to taking walks with the new baby, and getting outdoors.  My son loves to go to parks, and we have a multitude of them around the area.  I have [...]

I know, I know… I posted a Lo Mein recipe last week.  However, this week I have yet to go to the grocery store (this will be my task at lunch today) and I had everything in the house for this great, tried ‘n true recipe. Since the “Blizzard of 2011″, I’ve had a horrible [...]

Happy Snowpocolypse!  Or… Snow my gosh!  Or… well I’ve run out of snow jokes… but apparently today is the start of quite the snow storm.  Personally, I’ll believe it when I see it.  I often think they prepare us for the worst and it ends up not that bad, but I could eat my words [...]

Meatless Monday… it’s a novel thought.  I guess I don’t eat enough veggies… I sure do eat cheese though.  It’s a shame they don’t push cheesey…ch… well some day should start in “ch”.  Anyway, enough of my feable attempt at humor, let’s get on to the recipe. On Monday I tried to make a meatless [...]