Mushrooms

{Guest Post from Carrie’s Experimental Kitchen} It’s Day 4 of my vacation and Carrie from Carrie’s Experimental Kitchen is such a sweetie … she is tending the kitchen here today. Carrie…

My chives are growing like crazy right now and they’re in full bloom with big, beautiful purple flowers. They’ve taken over a big chunk of my raised bed already ……

in a Lowfat Garlic Parmesan Cream Sauce This is how I lighten up Fettucini Alfredo … except without the fettucini … because I just adore the swirly, curly shape of this…

Mushrooms are curious things. Some mushrooms are healthy and delicious and nutritious … and then other mushrooms are quite dangerous. I have gone mushroom hunting several times. The little shrooms…

with fresh parmesan and basil leaves (and shhhh! … it’s kind of even  … almost … healthy) There is a bit of a funny story surrounding this dish … we like…

I had the urge to make beer cheese soup the other day … and there was just a bit of bacon sitting there needing to be used, and then while…

And a kickin’ blue cheese yogurt dressing This was a salad-scape I threw together on Friday for lunch. I had some steak from a Philly Cheesesteak sandwich I bought that…

My kids love to go to IHOP … frankly, I would much rather stay home and eat … it’s usually much tastier and it costs so much less, but once…

My parents came to visit this weekend and with them they brought SO much beautiful bounty from their garden: peppers, onions, potatoes, eggplant, turnips, tomatoes, yellow watermelon, butternut squash. They…

I know my pizza doesn’t look very blue … but it is. The cheery colors are misleading … down deep, it is blue. Meaty. Creamy. Blue cheese intense. I feel…