Quick and Easy Pizza Dough

Alex and I were both hungry, and I couldn't come up with any ideas for dinner.  Alex mentioned making pizza, but I was lamenting in the ...

Baked Salmon with Mushrooms & Spinach Over Rice

During one of our recent shopping trips, Alex picked up a bag of Wegman's frozen Wild Rice Blend , wanting to have it as a side dish wit...

Grilling everything in sight..

Ever since we got a grill pan from Alex's mom for Christmas, every time we use it, we have to grill absolutely everything.  Wednesday ni...

Chocolate Chip Brookies

Back in high school (as if it were SO long ago), my friend, Lex, and I used to make all sorts of goodies for our movie nights - we made many...

Dark Chocolate Mocha Ice Cream

I'm pretty bad at mixing it up when it comes to ice cream.  The first fives times or so of using my machine, I made the same chocolate o...

Egg-battered Chicken with Roasted Broccoli and Cheesy Potato "Chips"

Alex decided he wanted something similar to chicken francaise, minus the lemony sauce.  Now, he had no idea how to make it, and I'd neve...

Lemon Caper Pasta with Chicken

When rummaging through my mom's pantry, I came across a sample size bottle of Longaberger's Tangy Lemon Caper sauce, and Alex immedi...

Chicken Parmesan

We had some leftover batter from the chicken tenders I made last night, so tonight we made some chicken parmesan; we chopped the chicken in...

Valentine's Day, a few days late

Earlier this week, I had three tests, so Valentine's Day passed with little celebration.  With the end of the week, things have calmed d...

Cheesy Spinach Pitas

On Tuesday, Alex's mom came and picked us up and took us to the DMV so I could get my NY state permit (yes, I know, I'm almost 19 an...

Tuscan Chicken & Veggie Pasta

We had a box of Good Earth's Tuscan Chicken Pasta  that we didn't quite know what to do with.  We tried it once before, and the win...

Blueberry Pancakes

Alex has demolished all of our eggs this week, and I made him save three for a little something for Valentine's Day, so this morning, he...

Salmon Lo Mein

As I mentioned earlier today, I had an organic chemistry exam this morning.  I have a physiology exam Monday.  And a microbiology exam Wedne...

Eggs Over Toast with Spinach and Onions

I had an organic chemistry exam this morning, so when I got back, I talked to my mom for a while and then woke Alex up so we could make lunc...

Mocha Truffle Cookies

Alex has been begging me to make these cookies for a long time.  He made them before and absolutely loved them (he's a huge mocha fan), ...

Turnip Greens with Chicken & Apple Sausages

At our school, there's a farmer's market every Monday.  They usually don't carry it through the winter, but they've been ins...

Mushroom Bruschetta

For mine and Alex's one year anniversary (back in December), we went to Bravo for dinner and then saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallo...

Toasted Chicken and Veggie Sandwich

We've been having a lot of roasted red peppers lately.  Not something I get sick of easily, that's for sure.  They pair so well with...

White Pizza with Roasted Red Peppers, Mushrooms, Spinach & Onions

I've been SO in the mood for pizza lately.  We snatched some last night from an event some of the RAs had for the Super Bowl, and then w...

Lo Mein

For dinner last night, Alex decided to make some lo mein with ramen noodles.  I was content with a roasted tomato salad and let him have at ...

Buffalo Chicken Dip

What with the Super Bowl being today, I had to make some buffalo chicken dip!  This is definitely my favorite dip I've ever tasted.  No ...

Sautéed Pierogie Medley

You know what is absolutely delicious?  Pierogies sautéed up with lots of onion.  I'm from Pittsburgh, so pierogies are pretty big in my...

Ham and Cheddar Melts

I'm all for having a quick and easy dinner every once in a while.  We had some ham we wanted to use up, so we decided on ham and cheddar...

A Very Meaty Breakfast

Remember those  Gingerbread Pancakes  I told you about?  When I had Alex try them, it was only under the condition that I would make him wha...

Nachos

Alex is a huge, huge fan of nachos.  To watch a movie, he requires a big plate of nachos.  That always reminds me how much I love nachos.  A...

Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Salad

I love roasted tomatoes.  I think I've gone on about them enough in this blog.  They're good with everything.  Salads, especially.  ...

Egg-in-a-Hole and Hashbrowns

My dad always made us eggs-in-a-hole when I was younger.  You may call them Rocky Mountain Eggs, or eggs in a basket.  To me, it's alway...

B.E.LT.

B.E.L.Ts.  Bacon, egg, lettuce and tomato sandwiches.  How can you go wrong?  Alex loves BLTs.  I need to have egg with bacon.  He was fine ...

Zucchini, Broccoli and Asparagus Scramble

Eggs.  With veggies.  Delightfully simple.  Extremely flavorful.  What about some asiago?  Oh god.  Even better. Read more »

Spicy Chicken Vegetable Wraps

After having the spicy roasted red pepper sauce , I really wanted to try another dish with the same sort of flavor, minus the red peppers.  ...

Roasted Worcestershire Potatoes

We roast a lot of potatoes.  They're tasty, you can top them with pretty much anything, and they keep extremely well for long periods of...

Roasted Carrots

I don't think you can ever have a bad tasting roasted veggie.  Not one comes to mind that isn't good roasted.  Carrots are no except...

Ultimate Burgers

I've never been that big of a fan of burgers, but I like to have one every once in a while.  These burgers we made were juicy and full o...

Bruschetta

At the very beginning of fall semester, Alex's mom gave us some tomatoes and a whole wheat baguette and told us to make some bruschetta....

Spaghetti Squash

There's been a lot of hype about spaghetti squash being a great alternative to pasta, and while it DOES taste great with most pasta sauc...

Apple Cupcakes

I love desserts with apples.  I love the sweet, cinnamon spicy taste.  As soon as fall hit, I wanted to make an apple dessert.  I stumbled u...

Italian Tacos

As I've mentioned before, Alex really enjoys coming up with different flavors for dishes.  In this case, we had ground meat and wanted t...

Caramelized Beer Brats

There are these chicken and apple sausages from Sam's Club - Member's Mark brand, and we eat them all the time.  There pretty much i...

Pan Seared Tilapia

I usually don't make fish, so cooking with Alex has enlightened me quite a bit in regards to that.  We've made a bit of salmon, and ...

Roasted Brussel Sprouts

I'm sure there are a lot of skeptics out there in regards to brussel sprouts.  Most people boil them to death so they have an extremely ...

Roasted Broccoli

Broccoli is probably my favorite vegetable.  I love it steamed, smothered in some sort of sauce, cheese, roasted, sautéed...there really isn...

Italian Fries

This is another recipe that I adapted from Shutterbean .  We've used it quite a few times for dinner!  The crispiness from the seasoning...

Pancakes

One of my favorite Saturday morning breakfasts is pancakes.  My dad always made them for me and my sisters when we were little, and I always...

Green Bean Casserole

No Thanksgiving passes that we don't have green bean casserole.  It's a classic, it's delicious, and there's no need to chan...

Chicken Tenders

These chicken tenders are one of Alex's favorites.  I made this up one night to use up some store brand ritz crackers that Alex didn...

Quick Cinnamon Spice Biscuits

Sometimes, there's just nothing better than a warm, sweet, sticky cinnamon roll.  But who has time to plan out making them with yeast?  ...

Taco Soup

Back in my family & consumer science class in high school, we made this soup.  I loved it so much, I brought the recipe home to my mom, ...

No Bake Oreo Cheesecake

My roommate, Lin, really loves cheesecake.  For her birthday this year (which was in October), I made her a no bake oreo cheesecake.  It was...

Mini Pumpkin Cupcakes with Brown Butter Icing and Caramelized Walnuts

After seeing this recipe at  Shutterbean , I decided to make it for Thanksgiving with my family.  Instead of making a cake, I made mini cupc...