Monthly Archives: September, 2010
Chicken Stroganoff
Do you have a go-to list of recipes that you love to make when your significant other is not home for dinner? This recipe for Chicken Stroganoff is at the top of my “husband isn’t home so yay I can have something I love” list. Some of my favorite foods include broccoli, mushrooms, and sour cream, …
Smothered Pork Chops
I’ve been making this recipe for Smothered Pork Chops for years now, and really enjoy it! It comes together quickly (especially since I replace the thicker, bone-in pork chops for thinner, boneless ones), and has a nice flavor. I usually serve this with mashed potatoes (the sauce makes an excellent gravy!), but I was in a hurry …
BWD: Banana Cream Pie
This week’s Baking with Dorie recipe for Banana Cream Pie was chosen by Rebecca of Beurrista. You can find the recipe for this yummy pie on Rebecca’s blog (along with some other fantastic recipes), or on pages 342-343 of Dorie’s book Baking: From My Home to Yours. I was very excited to try this pie …
Bruschetta Chicken Bake
It’s not often that I find a recipe that all three of us love and is easy to throw together. This is one of those recipes. It is super easy to throw together, and tastes just as good as leftovers the next day. Plus, the ingredients are ones I almost always have on hand, so …
Crockpot Salsa Chicken
When I first saw this recipe several years ago on a food blog (can’t remember which one at this point!), I thought it sounded rather disgusting. I couldn’t picture salsa, taco seasoning, cream of chicken soup, and sour cream creating anything other than a disaster. However, I continued to see this recipe on other blogs I …
Homemade Taco Seasoning
Have you ever had an instance where you SWORE you had an ingredient in your pantry, only to discover that it is in fact not in the pantry? I had that moment on Sunday morning. I was very excited to make Crockpot Salsa Chicken, began getting everything ready, and realized that I did not have …
Creamy Chicken Corn Chowder
First, let me say I am loving being back in my kitchen! It looks like a tornado went through there, but I’m finally feeling back in my element. This soup is definitely one of my favorites, and the best part is, each bowl only has 243 calories! Healthy and delicious…my kind of meal! I usually …
Baked Mashed Potatoes with Parmesan Cheese and Bread Crumbs
I made these amazing mashed potatoes to go along with our pot roast dinner tonight. I tried this recipe almost 4 years ago, and haven’t made mashed potatoes any other way since. These are absolutely delicious! They do take a bit more time and a little bit more work, but they are completely worth it. …
Pot Roast
Pot roast is probably one of my top five comfort foods. It illicits fond memories from childhood of my mom cooking a nice Sunday dinner. If the husband could request any dinner, it is usually this one. Since we were in need of some serious comfort food today, and Giant Eagle had roasts on sale …
Pat’s Famous Beef and Pork Chili
Every year at the beginning of September, The Rookie Baker household gears up for college football season. The husband is a HUGE Notre Dame fan, and our Satuday schedule for the next several months revolves around what time Notre Dame plays. Since we’ve been together for almsot 10 years now, I am also a fairly …
