Something special from Mandy's kitchen...
When I was a little girl, one of my favorite meals my dad would make for us was his chicken and dumplings. All the creamy, inner goodness of a chicken pot pie baked either in a glass dish or his famous deep cast-iron pan, topped …
I would be remiss if I didn’t blog about my latest obsession. My curry baked kabocha. I have been making it at least 2-3 times per week, and nope, I haven’t gotten sick of it yet! It’s absolutely divine! – spicy, salty, sweet, rich, nutty, …
Nothing says a birthday celebration, or any celebration for that matter, than with a rich, moist, luxurious chocolate cake. And almost always, the best recipes have quite the story behind their genius. My husband’s birthday happens to be on Christmas Day, and every year I …
My family loves Mexican-inspired food, and you know me, I’m all about simple and slow-cooking. These pork carnitas are another simple meal for Mama to prepare that fills the house with delicious aromas and makes for excellent leftovers that can be reinvented throughout the week. …
Ever since my flop-of-a-carrot cake birthday cake for my son last year, he’s been asking me to make him a strawberry-banana cake. Interesting flavor combination for a cake right? Well, who can blame a toddler for imagining up some of his favorite fruits into a …
As I mentioned in a previous post, we’ve had two breakfast staples in our house as of late: baked oatmeal and homemade muffins. Depending on what ingredients we have on hand, we make one or the other, and we change our muffin variety all the …
Being pregnant has its challenges. Being pregnant with twins is on an entirely different level. During my first two pregnancies with singletons, I was sick the entire first trimester with pretty substantial nausea and food aversions, but I almost immediately felt relief as soon as …
Another staple in my house: noodles with meat sauce. I used to make meatballs with pasta for my kids, but I found myself just chopping up the meatballs into tiny, bite-sized pieces for their tiny little mouths anyway, so to save myself the hassle, noodles …
My kids love oatmeal! For breakfast every week we rotate between homemade muffins and baked oatmeal. These are both staples in our house not only because they are simple to make, but also they are easy to eat for little ones, and my kids happen …
It’s been a really long time since I posted anything…..like over three years a long time. Sorry for my absence! I had another baby, my sweet baby girl, and now I am pregnant again with twins! Life has been busy in the most wonderful and …
My grandmother makes the best pumpkin pie. Her scratch-made pie dough is the perfect flaky crust for her creamy, sweet, and wintery spiced custard. And she bakes her famous pie in a well-seasoned, weathered, almost cracked ceramic pie dish that actually has a pumpkin pie …
Baked pasta dishes are some of those classic comfort foods I grew up with. Mom-mom’s lasagna and Grandpa’s baked ziti were holiday staples. Cheesy, ooey, goodness! In fact, lasagna is a Christmas Eve tradition in our family. Mom-mom always makes three or four trays of …
This recipe is one of those ones I concocted in my sleep…or rather in the middle of the night when I couldn’t sleep and I was pondering what meals to make for the week. Yes, this is how I spend most of my restless nights …