Author: Sunshine and Savory

I love when my house is filled with people, having friends and family over for a meal feeds my soul. There is nothing I enjoy more than preparing for a dinner party, a holiday dinner, or a book club meeting when it's my turn to host ... If I could, I would own a Bed and Breakfast! This would ensure I'd always have someone to prepare a meal for. Being with others and sharing my table is what I look forward to most. I was born in Wisconsin and after I got married in 1987, my husband and I moved west for his job. He had just graduated college and we were married a couple months later. An interesting tidbit about me is that I never cooked a meal before I got married. I taught myself how to cook and found that I really enjoyed it. One of the first meals I made after we were married was a shrimp pasta dish. I made this for myself when my husband was on business travel and I had so much fun inventing this meal - this was the start of my love of cooking. My favorite celebrity chefs are Ina Garten and The Pioneer Woman. I hope you enjoy my blog!

Toasted Walnut Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Chocolate chunk cookies … who doesn’t love those? I realized that I had not made homemade cookies since October! That’s almost 10 months ago. I can’t believe I haven’t had a homemade cookie in that long. Life is supposed to be for enjoying, so I decided to enjoy myself a bit yesterday and treat myself…

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Roasted Chicken and Grilled Artichoke Salad

Artichokes are such a great vegetable, full of antioxidants and low in calories and fat. I decided I’d make a salad for dinner tonight consisting of nothing more than chicken that I’d roast in the oven, mixed greens, grilled artichokes and shaved parmesan cheese. I started by cutting the top inch and most of the…

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Honey Bourbon Granola

Lots of us love to have yogurt with granola and berries for breakfast, or in my case, lunch, and I think I’ve come up with a granola that can be served for dessert as well. When I’m out walking in the mornings is when I come up with a lot of my recipes. Last Friday,…

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Chicken Burrito Bowl

We love Chipotle as a quick dinner option during the week when I don’t feel like cooking. Usually I get their salad, but will also get the burrito bowl. I think they’re basically the sane thing, one just has lettuce. Our daughter, Kylie, loves Chipotle, as I think most teens do. I wanted to try…

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Caprese Chicken Breasts

I had an overabundance of grape tomatoes in the refrigerator and decided to use them on a Caprese chicken dish for dinner tonight. Dennis loved our dinner this evening! As did I. I’m definitely going to be making this again and again. It’s a great dinner for a warm summer evening and would make a…

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Raspberry Blackberry Crumble

As I was upstairs working on laundry and straightening my closet this morning, I was thinking about baking a berry crumble. So, I decided to give up on the closet cleaning and headed downstairs to the kitchen. Not to worry, I headed back upstairs to finish what I’d started once my crumble was out of…

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Black and Blue Chicken

Last night, I hosted my Thursday night book club. I love book club so much … I actually belong to 3 of them. My Thursday night book club consists of friends I’ve met through our daughters playing softball together. We’ve known each other since our girls were about 7 or 8 years old. Sandy and…

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NY Sirloin Steak Tacos

My cousin, Molly, came to visit over the weekend and we had so much fun. We could sit and chat for hours … which we do. We mix that in with our shopping, something we do best. While we were talking, I asked Molly if she liked Mexican food and if there was a favorite…

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