dinner

For our 100th Recipe, we decided to hold a little competition to see who could come up with the best recipe. Thank you Holly B. for posting Butternut Squash Ravioli!

For the last four or so years, I have had the great pleasure of enjoying my mother-in-law's Thanksgiving dinner.  Every year, she seems to outdo herself with an evening tastier turkey, gravy, and stuffing than the year before.  After a couple of years of watching her, she showed me the secrets to her incredible recipes. 

It has been an inordinately long time since last I posted. My apologies!  My only excuse is that school has started and I have little free time to myself.  That being said, my goal will be to maintain postings at least once a week.  I feel that this is a reasonable amount and hopefully you all will keep me inspired to post delicious foods to share!

My husband is always mixing sauces together to create *new* sauces. After mixing some alfredo sauce with some spaghetti sauce, he declared it tasted like "vodka sauce, or whatever they call that." Inspired by his creation, I decided to use my homemade marinara sauce, mix it with a can of Alfredo, and add some grated cheese. Thus, the Pasta Bake was born!

It's that time of year: when all your tomatoes are turning red at once! As many sandwiches and salads as I eat, I can't begin to keep up with the number of tomatoes turning red. I surely do not want to waste them, so I must come up with a solution. A delicious solution for all my vine ripened tomatoes.  Thus, the homemade spaghetti sauce!

I had a craving for a cream pasta sauce, but wasn't feeling the Alfredo I normally whip up so I decided to search for something else.  When I came across the Basil Cream Sauce I knew that was going on my dinner!

I rummaged through my cupboards and was able to pull together all the ingredients I need to make this amazing sauce!  Let's get to it!

We were at a wedding recently that served this amazing stuffed chicken with mashed potatoes.  I loved it but had never made such a meal before.  How does one stuff a chicken breast, I wondered.  So I set out to find the answer. 

As you surely know by now, my husband and I love Mexican-American food!  So when invited us over for two types of enchiladas, well we jumped at the chance to eat her homemade Mexican-style meals!

Of course, I couldn't just stop at the beef enchiladas; I had to make the creamy chicken enchiladas as well!  They require a little more time but are equally delicious and make for excellent leftovers!

My husband and I love Mexican-American food.  The more cheese, the better.  So it's always fun when mom invites us over to dinner for her homemade Mexican style meals!

My mom makes these incredible enchiladas that have been my favorite for a long time. When she invited us over this time, I decided it was time for me to learn how to make them myself.  Now I will pass this easy but delicious secret on to you!

After meeting my husband for lunch and eating nachos piled high with toppings, I decided Nachos would be a perfect 15 minute meal try add to the blog.  Because we only have fifteen minutes, we will be using seasoned ground beef as our meat of choice.  However, check back later for how to make Shredded Chicken Nachos, because that is just a must!