The last few day of summer are waning. The heat has come back to Oklahoma with a vengeance. Late summer fare of corn, peaches, and Hatch green chiles flood the grocery store produce section. What have I been doing to celebrate summer's upcoming slumber? Decorating my apartment with all things fall. I actually waited a… Continue reading Roasted Veggie & Turkey Tortellini
Category: dinner
Hot Coleslaw & Kielbasa Skillet
There are few things I love more than a meal made of cabbage. I know, it's a weird love of mine. Cabbage is just so good! I can't get enough of it. Even better than cabbage, though, is kielbasa. Kielbasa sausage is so salty and wonderful in all of its glory. This is another winner… Continue reading Hot Coleslaw & Kielbasa Skillet
Buttermilk Fried Catfish with Southern Gremolata
Is there anything more summer, or Southern, than a fish fry? Just the smell of catfish fillets (or nuggets) dipped in golden cornmeal and then fried until crispy makes my mouth water. I've grown up around catfish, and good 'ol fish fries, my entire life. Catfish may be a bottom feeder, but it sure does… Continue reading Buttermilk Fried Catfish with Southern Gremolata
Orange Chicken with Barley
When you're sifting through a cookbook, do you ever stumble upon a recipe that looks so strange, you just have to try it? That happens to me all the time. I think when a recipe look so weird that you're intrigued---you have to make it. It helps with creativity in the kitchen, and always makes me try new… Continue reading Orange Chicken with Barley
Italian Chicken Sausage with Israeli Couscous
I picked up a Taste of Home magazine from the grocery store that is packed FULL of recipes that I want to make. I probably bookmarked nearly ever page in that magazine! Taste of Home never fails to produce great recipes. I bet half of my recipe boxes have come from Taste of Home magazines… Continue reading Italian Chicken Sausage with Israeli Couscous
BBQ Chicken and Potatoes Skillet
The temperatures are dipping outside, leaves have started to fall, and autumn recipe books have hit shelves. Looks like fall is really just right around the corner! I couldn't be more happy...fall is definitely my favorite season of the year. Also, we're now less than two months away from my wedding! I'm nervous and scared… Continue reading BBQ Chicken and Potatoes Skillet
Spicy Baked Flounder with Peach Salsa
I would definitely say that I'm one of those people that enjoys experimenting in the kitchen. Does it always work in my favor? Of course not. At the same time though, you learn a lot from experimentation. There have been quite a few disasters in the kitchen that I've made. Y'all only get the good… Continue reading Spicy Baked Flounder with Peach Salsa
