Tomorrow is my husband, Dennis’ birthday. Dennis loves nothing more than peanut butter. I had several bananas that I needed to use for a banana bread and was trying to figure out how I could make a peanut butter banana bread. This is when I remembered a cookbook my mother-in-law, JoAnne, gave me many years…
Category: Bread/Rolls
Pizza Dough Garlic Bread
I was planning on making a simple pasta dish for dinner, something quick and easy … I used spaghetti noodles, dressed in nothing more than a couple tablespoons of olive oil, fresh parsley, fresh basil and fresh garlic. I remembered that I had a fresh pizza dough in the refrigerator that I needed to use….
Penne Lasagne Bake
For an interesting take on lasagna, I decided to use penne noodles instead of lasagna noodles. For the meat mixture, I chose ground turkey along with Italian sausage links. I’m actually more a fan of ground turkey than I am of ground beef. It just feels healthier to me. Plus, I like the taste. You can…
Honey Thyme Chicken Drumsticks
“Honey, it’s thyme for dinner!” Tonight I marinated chicken drumsticks in a mixture of olive oil, honey, whole grain dijon mustard, jarred, minced garlic, dried French Thyme, Herbs de Provence, and kosher salt. I put two packages of chicken drumsticks in a glass bowl and poured the marinade over the drumsticks and let it sit…
Mexican Fusilli
Wednesday night, I decided to make something I haven’t made in many years. Mexican spaghetti was a dish I made when Dennis and I were first married. This was out of necessity one night when I was making pasta and realized I didn’t have any spaghetti sauce. Hmmm, I thought? What should I do now?…
Sunshine and Savory 