Dinner

Asian Zing Chicken Nuggets The Asian Zing sauce is one of my favorite sauces at Buffalo Wild Wings.  My Asian Zing Chicken Nuggets will taste as if you are sitting at the restaurant! My only complaint is that sometimes the sauce was a bit too sweet for me – and then I would add for buffalo sauce to balance it – ha! Copycat Asian Zing...

These Instant Pot French Dip Sandwiches worked out on the first try.  Whew! Once a month I provide dinner for a group home with ten teenage boys.  I had the idea to make french dip sandwiches but lot’s or recipes I saw online called for a shit ton of onions.  No thank you.  😂 What kind of beef should you use for french dip sandwiches?...

This zucchini lasagna with pork ragu tastes as if I simmered the sauce for days instead of 20 minutes. This is another recipe that came together using what I had on hand.  Several months ago I bought pork stew meat thinking I’d make some sort of stew in the cold weather.  But now it’s almost summer weather and I decided to grind up the stew...

This Nashville hot shrimp and grits recipe will be a great recipe to have in your back pocket when you are short on time. It’s ready in about ten minutes and you don’t need to pull the air fryer or deep fryer out.  Winning! What is Nashville Hot? Unlike buffalo sauce, Nashville Hot is all dry seasoning with the star ingredient usually being cayenne Pepper. ...

 Spicy Black Bean Soup Recipe I posted this spicy black bean soup in my newsletter.  Only two things – I never uploaded the photo of it, and I had a typo in the recipe. So instead of fixing the newsletter and resending it to thousands of people, I am posting it here and on IG. This literally is the best black bean soup recipe I’ve...

Black Bean Burger Recipe I am a carnivore through and through but I love these black bean burgers.  This black bean burger recipe will be your go to for Meatless Monday! The secret to these burgers is freezing the patties for 20 minutes before hitting the grill so they don’t fall apart when you try to flip them. Black Bean Burger Calories My black bean...

This pasta with zucchini and corn is great not only in the summer, but in the middle of November when the temps start to fall. I deep cleaned my pantry yesterday.  If my daughter Hannah were still living at home with me she would have shaken her head. So get ready for lots of pasta dishes while I use up what’s in my pantry! What...

Can you believe I am giving you a Meatless Monday recipe?  These Jackfruit Pulled BBQ Sandwiches are so good. If you haven’t tried jackfruit, it’s available at Trader Joe’s.  Be careful because some are canned in a brine and some in a sweet brine – don’t get the sweet one. What is jackfruit? Jackfruit is actually a member of the fig family – it’s a...

If you haven’t tried broccoli rabe, I’d love for you to try this broccoli rabe and shrimp lo mein.   The spicy peanut sauce is the perfect balance to the slight bitterness of the broccoli rabe. My store sells already roasted garlic cloves, which makes them a bit milder.  If you are using fresh garlic, start with two cloves and add more to your taste. What...

Because I recipe develop for a living, there are times at the end of the day that I just don’t feel like cooking.  That’s why I love having Curly’s® Pulled Chicken BBQ on hand to make this Curly’s BBQ Chicken Gyros. Curly’s BBQ comes in many different varieties, they even have sauceless versions too.  You can check out their store locator here to see if...