Top Notch Waffles

We always have chili on Halloween but this year I decided to kick it up a notch by serving the chili on cornbread waffles.  This waffle recipe is from the Food Network and is a straight up for breakfast recipe with alterations for all kinds of waffles.   The alteration I made for cornbread was … Continue reading

Fresh Tomato Soup

Still trying to use up all the yummy tomatoes from my garden.  This recipe is great comfort food and was so warming on Sunday night for dinner.  It would be great with a grilled cheese sandwich.  The recipe comes from “Raising Generation Nourished”. 1/4 cup olive oil 2 medium onions, chopped 2 large carrots, chopped … Continue reading

Homemade Tomato Sauce

All of the sudden I’ve got more tomatoes than I know what to do with so I went looking online and found this homemade tomato sauce recipe that you can freeze and then use in place of canned tomato sauce in recipes for soups and spaghetti sauce, etc so I’ve been making sauce like crazy … Continue reading

Caprese Pasta Salad

Yesterday was Zach’s actual birthday and all the food from his birthday dinner on Sunday was gone so I made him another pasta salad which was just as good if not better than the first one.  The tomatoes in my garden are finally staring to ripen so I used a bunch in this salad, so … Continue reading

Antipasto Pasta

It’s Zach’s birthday this week but we celebrated on Sunday and he requested pasta.  I found this recipe on My Recipes, it’s full of all the things that Zach likes so I made it and it was a hit.  They served it warm but I made it ahead of time and refrigerated it and served … Continue reading

No Cook Fresh Tomato Sauce with Pasta

If you have a ton of tomatoes from your garden, then this is the recipe for you!  I’ve had this recipe forever so I’m not sure where it originally came from.  It is super easy and super fast, also super tasty! 8 tomatoes, diced,  I used some Roma and some Grape tomatoes from my garden, … Continue reading

Chocolate Strawberry Waffle Cake

Book group at my house last night out on the patio to discuss “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr, the 2015 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction, not a bad read you should check it out but I digress, from the food!  Decided to make this little piece of heaven which was outstanding!  … Continue reading

Chocolate Chip Waffle Cookies

Courtney and Jaren were over for dinner last night so I thought I’d whip up a little treat.  There was a bit of a learning curve with this one so I’ll pass on my mistakes so that if you make these, they’ll turn out better than mine.  First of all, don’t use a Belgian Waffle … Continue reading

Baked Lemon Salmon

Yesterday was Bob’s birthday so last night we had a little family Minion birthday party.  What you’re looking at here is his birthday dinner – Baked Lemon Salmon, Lemon Rice, sauteed veggies and fougasse!  It was all delicious!  The salmon recipe came from “Cooking Classy”. Baked Lemon Salmon 4 (6 oz each) salmon fillets 2 … Continue reading

Slow Cooker Easy French Dip Sandwiches

Made this for dinner last night, one of the freezer meals that I put together.  It was delicious!  It comes from “Six Sisters’ Stuff”. 2 – 3 pounds roast, either pork or beef (I used pork this time) 2 (14 1/2 oz each) cans beef consomme (located in soup aisle) 6 – 8 buns of … Continue reading