This recipe is based loosely on Emeril’s recipe for Penne a La Vodka Casserole. Emeril’s recipe includes hot Italian sausage, and if you like Italian sausage, this is a great recipe (with or without the vodka). Although we enjoyed Emeril’s original recipe, The Picky Apple and I aren’t big fans of Italian sausage. This time [...]
Filed under: freezer friendly, main dish, pasta on July 12th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Over the last few years, I have experimented with many different variations of stuffed shells. Stuffed shells is one of my favorite dishes to serve to company, along with caesar salad, garlic bread, wine, and something chocolatey for dessert. My previous attempts at stuffed shells included some combination of ground beef, chicken (chopped, chunks, seasoned), [...]
Filed under: chicken, freezer friendly, main dish, pasta on May 26th, 2008 | No Comments »
Our meals have been somewhat uninspired lately….I was sick and not really feeling like cooking much. In the the past two weeks, The Picky Apple has been subject to a quite a few repeats and boring old standbys. I also asked him to pick up takeout on his way home from work more [...]
Filed under: beef, main dish, slow-cooker on May 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »
The Picky Apple doesn’t really care for soup. Me? When I was younger, I used to take soup to school for lunch almost every single day. In my quest to find a soup that The Picky Apple will eat, we focused on “taco” soups, similar to one he gets in the cafeteria at work. We’ve [...]
Filed under: chicken, freezer friendly, main dish, soup on April 11th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This recipe for Buffalo Chicken Nuggets was a favorite at our house growing up, and it is still one of my favorites today. My mom clipped the original recipe from Parents Magazine back in 1988, so it is officially 20 years old this year. I love everything about wings except, well, the wings themselves. I [...]
Filed under: appetizer, chicken, main dish on April 7th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This recipe is based on a dish that used to be on the menu at P.F. Chang’s. The Picky Apple ordered this dish every single time we went to P.F. Chang’s until one day last year, it was no longer on the menu. It was a sad day for him, and he was forced to [...]
Filed under: chicken, main dish, restaurants on March 28th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Picky Apple doesn’t eat fish. However, last year while on vacation in Kauai, Hawaii (where its all fish, all the time), when he was faced with the option of having a hamburger or chicken sandwich for the 100th time in a row, he manned up and tried some fish….and liked it. Well, he didn’t [...]
Filed under: fish, main dish, potato on March 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
This recipe is from Stop and Smell the Rosemary, the cookbook of the Junior League of Houston. I recently purchased this cookbook after eyeing it again and again at Barnes and Noble and Amazon. This is another one of those cookbooks where every single recipe looks absolutely delicious. I love that it’s a local cookbook, [...]
Filed under: chicken, main dish on March 18th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last week I made these delicious shredded chicken taquitos after reading about them on Picky Palate by Jenny. Jenny recently appeared on The Food Network’s Ultimate Recipe Showdown for Comfort Foods, and has participated (and won!) many other cooking contests. (Her mac and cheese recipe featured on the show can be found here.) She’s got [...]
Filed under: chicken, main dish on March 13th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I found this recipe last fall and have made it several times since then. I seriously think I could eat this soup every day and never get tired of it. I love love love it! The only thing that keeps me from making it more often is the work required in getting the butternut squash [...]
Filed under: main dish, soup, tips, vegetables on March 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment »