Next weekend, I’m turning 30. As can be expected, I’m not too excited about this milestone birthday. It’s so different from turning 20. I know everyone else older than 40 reading this is rolling their eyes. I…
Fried Zucchini
This is a great twist on fried zucchini. Instead of your standard breadcrumbs, you use panko breadcrumbs. I saw this recipe demonstrated by Giada De Laurentiis on Food Network several years ago and had to try it….
Penne Pasta with Spicy Tomato Sauce
I’m posting a vegetarian recipe for my sister, Cathy, who requested that I post more of them. I received a Williams-Sonoma Classic Pasta at Home cookbook from my mother-in-law as a gift at least 8 or 9…
Beef Stir-Fry with Ginger-Oyster Sauce
This beef stir-fry recipe is actually modified from an America’s Test Kitchen recipe for Stir-Fried Portobellos with Ginger-Oyster Sauce. I substituted the portobellos with beef and I have also made it with chicken. I also go the…
Almost Homemade Pizzas
We love to eat pizzas and making them at home is very easy since you can buy the dough premade at your local grocery store bakery. We buy ours at Publix and it comes in a bag…
Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken
This is a nice indulgent dish you can have every once in a while. Even better is that it’s so easy! I use Emeril’s alfredo sauce recipe and it never fails! Click here for Emeril’s Fettuccine Alfredo…
Potato Leek Soup
I hope you like the new design of the website, my husband designed the logo and yes, that’s a blueprint (but not to scale) of my little kitchen! I have also added a facebook page so you…
Tacos!
First off, I want to wish everyone a very happy new year! Hope 2010 brings you only the best and hope your new year is filled with joy, good health and prosperity. I’m looking forward to the…
Grilled Lemon Chicken
Last year, I was really getting bored with cooking chicken. I went looking for recipes that call for boneless skinless chicken breasts because that’s the cut of chicken that my husband prefers. This has become one of…
Fried Donuts (so easy!)
This attempt to make fried donuts was inspired by local Thai and Chinese restaurants. They serve these freshly fried donuts dipped in sugar or sometimes left plain and are served with a sweetened condensed milk and chopped…
Beef Stroganoff
One year at my company holiday party, one of the buffet entrees we had was beef stroganoff. It was very tasty and after that, I was on a quest to find a recipe. I lucked out and…
Cookie Cake Bars
This is a very easy cookie cake bar recipe given to me by my friend, Kathy, who got it from a friend named Myra who got it from another person. I don’t know where this recipe originated…
Old-Fashioned Cheeseburgers from Everyday Food Magazine
I love Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food magazine. I have been subscribing to it for years now. It’s a small magazine packed with tons of recipes every month. I have some staple recipes that have come from different…
Best Homemade Chocolate Cake Ever!
Welcome to my new blog! I have a little kitchen (hence the name) and I’m always trying some new recipe or baking something up. I hope you find my blog helpful and informative. I first tried this…
