Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook

Chicken Salad Sandwich
Appetizer Chicken / Poultry Main Dish Sandwich

Chicken Salad Sandwich with Garlic and Herbs Cheese

Chicken Salad Sandwich with Garlic and Herbs Cheese kicks a classic favorite up a notch! The chicken is infused with garlic, fragrant herbs, and scrumptious cheese. This sandwich is a great way to use leftover chicken and make perfect appetizers! We had our new next door neighbors over for dinner for the first time last weekend. For over five hours we sat, talked, ate, and …

Make-Ahead-Cake-Batter Cake
Dessert

Make-Ahead-Batter Cake with Fudgy Frosting

Whipping up a from-scratch cake on a busy day is doable with this easy make-ahead cake batter. This yellow cake is frosted with a rich, chocolaty, and fudgy frosting made with sweetened condensed milk. If you’re anything like me, there have been times when you refrained from making a made-from-scratch cake for a get together because of the multiple steps involved. The batter preparation requires …

Hot Sweetened Condensed Milk Drink
Drinks

Hot Sweetened Condensed Milk Drink and Crackers

This hot, milky, sweet, and rich sweetened condensed milk drink is enjoyed with Saltines or oyster crackers. This Vietnamese milk drink is a comforting treat any day, but especially so on a cold day. As the crisp, cool days become more frequent, I begin to think about the things that will keep me warm. I think about those blessed and cursed turtlenecks I will have …

Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf
Budget-Friendly Meals Chicken / Poultry Main Dish

Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf

Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf with a cheese tunnel in the center, bread crumb coating on the outside, and topped with marinara and more cheese!  Meatloaf is a topic of controversy in my household. I like mine moist and with a slather of tomato-based sauce. My husband likes it firm and naked (no sauce). It’s not that his version is awful—it is delicious, but not what I …

Banana Stuffed Fried Dough
Bread / Pizza Dessert

Banana Stuffed Fried Dough-Part Two Of Fried Dough Month

Just when you think fried dough can’t get any better, this Fried dough stuffed with banana and sprinkled with powdered sugar is going to change your mind!   I am excited to reveal the second of my Month of August Fried Dough Celebration recipe. As I mentioned in a previous post, I love warm bananas. Well, this is just another way to get me more of them! …

Egg Panzanella with Balsamic Dressing
Budget-Friendly Meals Chicken / Poultry Main Dish Salads and Sides

Egg Panzanella with Balsamic Dressing

Egg Panzanella with Balsamic Dressing has bread, beans, olives, tomatoes, cheese, and eggs. It is a salad that is fortifying enough to be a complete vegetarian meal. I hope you had a great July 4th. Mine was a memorable one…but not in a good way. How so? Of all of the people in New England, all of the thousands and millions of who flocked to …

Ice Cream Sandwich Minnies
Dessert Light and Healthy

Ice Cream Sandwich Skinnies

Ice Cream Sandwich Skinnies allow you to indulge without all the guilt. The soft chocolate cookies are made from scratch and entirely hand mixed. Customize the sandwiches with a lighter and healthier ice cream variety of your choice. Keep some in your freezer to satisfy pesky snack attacks! The content of this post has been refreshed since its original publication on July 3, 2013 for …