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...

Mini Classes – Sugar Arts Classes

I am a member of a wonderful organization called the International Cake Exploration Societe (ICES). It's a group composed of professional and hobby sugar artists and cake decorators. This mission of ICES is caring and sharing. Every...

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...

Some of the Christmas Presents I Received…

We had a great Christmas this year. Most of my immediate family and their spouses/partners and their children came over on Christmas Eve as is the tradition in my family. Not everyone was able to make it...