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Asian Spaghetti and Meatballs
First food blog post! Forgive the poor quality photos, I’m still learning. Here we go… Asian Spaghetti and Meatballs Let’s start with the meatballs. I had made the meatball mix a couple of weeks ago in...
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Spicy Garlicky Crunchy Baked Shrimp
Spicy Garlicky Crunchy Baked Shrimp Delicious! Buy it fresh, frozen, shelled, unshelled, deveined, not deveined, tail on, tail off, whatever your pleasure. But get two pounds because one just isn’t...
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Chipotle Chicken Tostadas
Ready to get spicy? Let’s go! Chipotle Chicken 1 tbsp olive oil 1/2 onion, diced 1/4 green bell pepper, diced 1 tsp minced garlic 1 chipotle pepper (in adobo), seeded and minced 1 tbsp adobo sauce...
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Make-Ahead Strategy
Cooking meals for the week on the weekend is a great way to keep your stress-level and food costs low. My husband and I were wasting money all over the place by ordering take out at the end of a long...
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Ceviche (not really)
Do you like the idea of a super flavorful seafood dish? Intrigued by the concept of ceviche but, like me, skeptical of “cooking” fish with just lime juice and no heat? Here is my solution to this...
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Shredded Chicken
On the weekends I don’t cook for the week, I will usually make a big batch of shredded chicken to be used throughout the week in salads, burritos and other meals. Here’s how I do it: I throw 2 packages...
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Pizza Crust
Over the weekend, my husband and I really wanted pizza. But ordering delivery is SO expensive. So we decided to do a homemade pizza feast instead. In an effort to reduce the amount of...
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Teriyaki Steak with Green Beans and Mushrooms
Sorry in advance to you non-meat eaters and mushroom haters. You know who you are… Last night was a special treat in Layla’s Kitchen. It was steak night. We very rarely eat red meat for cholesterol and...
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Shrimp Scampi
So last week (yes, I’ve been sitting on this post for a while), I made Shrimp Scampi from a recipe I saw on 30 Minute Meals with my friend Rachael Ray. And yes, I timed myself. Because I always think...
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Sausage and Pepper Burgers
I have a great recipe for sausage and peppers, but it’s really heavy. So to lighten it up, I made burgers that taste like sausage and peppers. Now, most people would start this process with ground...
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Italian Sausage, Mushroom and Red Bell Pepper Risotto
Risotto is one of those things that sounds scary, like it would be a lot of work and take a lot of time. At least that’s how I felt until I tried it. I’m not gonna lie, my first attempt was a total...
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Mexican Chicken Pot Pie
Let’s face it, we can only do so much with chicken. At least I can only do so much with it. I’m not the most creative person. But in trying to plan a menu for the week that will not require a trip to...
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Breakfast Cupcakes
I saw a similar recipe for these on Pinterest awhile back and was reminded that I wanted to try it out last week. My wonderful husband gets up at 4:30 in the morning for his new job (okay, we’re almost...
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Pizza Burgers
I haven’t been doing a great job of keep up with this blog. However, when I posted on Facebook and Instagram that I was making Pizza Burgers, I got a few requests for the recipe. I’m so happy to tell...
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Braised Chicken Thighs with 40 Cloves of Garlic
Ingredients 40 large cloves garlic, unpeeled 8 large skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper 2 tablespoons EVOO 1 pound cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced 2 teaspoons...
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Shrimp Pasta Salad
There’s a reason I don’t call this recipe Pasta Salad with Shrimp. The shrimp is the star; it’s the best part. I like to let everything but the pasta hang out in a large tupperware for a least an hour,...
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Protein Waffles (that taste like cake!)
This is going to be a quick and dirty post. In my quest to boost my daily intake of protein, I combined several different recipes for waffles using protein powder and was so pleasantly surprised to...
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