Quick and Easy Garlic Butter Stromboli Squares. This no-fuss party appetizer is loaded with mozzarella, salami, pepperoni, and ham, and topped with a garlicky butter and parmesan mixture. This is one of those recipes I talk about sometimes that almost doesn’t make it to the blog because it’s so simple that it’s almost silly-feeling to…
Browned Butter Lemon-Garlic Green Beans
Browned Butter Lemon-Garlic Green Beans. Green beans take on a deep, nutty flavor from toasted almonds, browned butter, and grated parmesan cheese. Lemon juice adds a little brightness to balance out the rich butter sauce, and plenty of garlic will make these green beans the highlight of your dinner. It’s so easy to get caught…
Spinach and Artichoke Dip Chicken Fritters
Spinach and Artichoke Dip Chicken Fritters. These fritters are going to be your new favorite way to use chicken breasts. They’re tender and juicy on the inside with plenty of melted cheese and a crisp crust, and they taste just like your favorite dip! Working from home means a lot of things, but it especially…
Cheesy Asparagus and Ham Cannelloni
These Cheesy Asparagus and Ham Cannelloni make for an impressive dinner without a ton of effort. Lasagna sheets, deli-sliced ham, fresh asparagus, and a simple 3-cheese sauce come together to make a truly special dish for the family. I’m what I like to call a “season” person– it gets me through the year, and…
Pesto Parmesan Spinach Balls
“Baked” and “spinach filled” aren’t usually words that instantly scream hit appetizer to me, but there’s a reason that Spinach Balls have been a popular potluck dish for decades. If you’ve never had them before, you’ve been missing out: they’re savory, with a crisp outside and tender center, and they’re so easy to just pop…
Garlic Knot Chicken Parmesan Sandwiches
Did I ever tell you about the time that I wound up with 13 pounds of garlic knots tossed in bowls that were strewn across my kitchen, with flour and oil and garlic skins littering any potential open counter space? Oh, well that’s probably because it just happened. It was an interesting way to spend Valentine’s…
30 Minute Chicken & Broccoli Tortellini Alfredo Bake
How I imagine the average food bloggers’ dinner routine goes: She opens the kitchen windows to let the sunshine and smells from her garden soak into her house. She inhales deeply and smiles as she reaches for the vegetables she’s grown herself, then slowly, precisely chops them as woodland creatures poke their little heads through the window to…
Sun-Dried Tomato Basil Chicken Meatballs with Creamy Parmesan Rice
These Sun-Dried Tomato Basil Chicken Meatballs with Creamy Parmesan Rice are a result of what can only be explained as a freak accident on mother nature’s behalf: I’ve managed to keep a basil plant alive in my kitchen for months now. Not only is it alive, it’s flourishing. New leaves are coming in. Nothing is wilting. It’s survived…
Parmesan and Garlic Crusted Baked Potato Wedges
I am a fan of all sorts of cheeses: hard, melted, fondue, spreadable– you name it. But by far my favorite is the kind that oozes onto the pan when you’re baking and gets super crispy in the process. You know what I’m talking about. 10 times out of 10 I am going to pick…
Eggplant Parmesan Dip
How do you reform an eggplant hater? Apparently you slather the stuff in tomato sauce and mozzarella, as I learned with James a few years back. After trying eggplant parm once, he went from pushing away any dish that had the vegetable in it to begging for baba ghanoush every week. We eat a ton of…
One Pot Creamy Chicken Marsala Pasta
Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down. And I’d like to take a minute, just take a seat, I’ll tell you how to make an easy dish everyone will want to eat. Iiiiiin a really large pot, with the burners ablaze, and boiling water, is where my pasta…
Four Cheese Sausage & Spinach Lasagna
This is the last thing I made before burning the ever-loving you-know-what out of my fingers. About two weeks ago, I was making this Four Cheese Sausage and Spinach Lasagna and some Jack Daniels Burgers to bring to my friend’s surprise party. My lasagna was fresh out of the oven and I was trying to position it…
Slow Cooker Sausage, Spinach, and Artichoke Dip
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about that Spinach and Artichoke Dip Alfredo I made last year. And the oft requested Crab and Artichoke Dip. Oh, and Spinach Dip Bites, too! Mainly because they’re all freakin’ delicious, but also because I have an obsession with any recipe that uses a ton of cheese, spinach, and/or artichokes….
Mozzarella-Stuffed Chicken Parm Meatballs
At all times, I have at least 3 varieties of mozzarella in my fridge. Bocconcini, shredded, sliced, mozzarella di bufala… it’s all got its place in my heart and in my meals (especially since I learned how to make my own fresh mozzarella). I could –and would– eat mozzarella in everything, but I try to…
One Pot Roasted Red Pepper and Sausage Alfredo
You know that feeling when you’re working on something and you’re like 75% sure it’s not going to turn out well for one reason or another? That’s how I felt about this One Pot Roasted Red Pepper and Sausage Alfredo. I should have been more confident, I guess, since the One Pot Spicy Chicken Riggies…
Parmesan Crusted Chicken with Herb Butter Sauce
January, for me, is always a time of reflection. As I begin another 365-day cycle, I can’t help but reminisce on the experiences I’ve had in past years– from people I’ve met to places I’ve ventured, lessons I’ve learned to things I still haven’t quite figured out yet. Unsurprisingly, a lot of my memories have…
