Dinner
Your Guests’ Eyes Will Get Huge When They Bite Into These! In my many, many (yes, really THAT many, I’m older than dirt!) years as an aficionado of all things Halloween, especially Halloween pranks, I have never seen one quite like this. It is stunning in its simplicity and so absolutely hilarious when you see [...]
Frightful For Your Eyes, Tasty For Your Tummy Here it is, nearly Halloween again. Seems like the years are going by faster and faster….or is that just me? This year, I’ve decided that I would like to host a small dinner party with a Halloween theme for just a few of my closest friends. Because [...]
I Can’t Eat If You Are Going To Stare At Me Like That! Have you ever looked at a plate of food at thought to yourself, “I just can’t eat that?” I will admit that I have consumed some rather strange and interesting things in my time, such as calamari, snails, anchovies, chia seed pudding [...]
Where’d You Get Those Googly Eyes? Want to serve a scary, but healthy, meal either before or after trick-or-treat adventures in your neighborhood? After all, it would be nice if there was something on the menu for the night other than all the candy you can eat. Want to serve something tasty and unusual on [...]
You’ve Never Had This Dish, Made This Way! The sense of excitement and anticipation with which children await the arrival of Halloween is second only to their frenzied state while waiting for jolly old Saint Nick to pay them a visit. Their little minds are filled with visions of candy of every description. They discuss [...]
This Soup Will Warm You Right Up! My college roomates and I still live in the city where we went to school, so we all try to get together once a month to catch up on life (without our kids). We take turns hosting it at each other’s houses since we live in different neighborhoods. [...]
Welcome Fall With This Warm Soup I won’t lie, Olive Garden is one of my favorite restaurants. You start the meal with warm garlic bredsticks and a fresh salad with delicious, addictive dressing. By the time you have your cup of soup, you’re full! How can you get full on soup and salad? The secret [...]
Pizza and Lasagna Are A Perfect Marriage With This Recipe In our family, every Friday night is pizza and a movie night. Unless we are headed out of town or one of the kids has a game, we always make Friday night family night to unwind from the week. We always order 2 large pepperoni [...]
You’ve Finally Figured It Out – The Potato Is King Of The Veggies! There is no veggie that makes more comforting “comfort food” than the potato. Hands-down, no question, it is the king of the veggies and would win any competition you would enter your potato dish into, if you were of a mind to [...]
Oceans Of This Hearty Soup Wouldn’t Be Enough! When you try to think of Italian comfort food, chances are good that you are going to call to mind one of the classic pasta dishes. Maybe lasagna or the simple spaghetti and meatballs. You might go for a meat dish, like chicken parmesan. But there’s one [...]