WHEW - alright people, we are settled back at home in Kansas after a 3 + week long trip to North Carolina. Seth had a 3 week training in Georgia, and we have tons of family and friends in North Carolina just a few states away (almost said one state and then checked myself and looked at a US map...Lord please never let me teach geography), so Ford and I decided to tag along and hang out in North ...
Pesto Margherita Naan Pizza
Pizza officially just got super easy. I'm talkin' store bought naan, store bought pesto, some cheese, sliced tomato, basil, bam. You done. And it just so happens to taste as delicious as those homemade, more complicated, and time consuming pizzas. Listen, I'm all bout dat homemade pizza. I love making pizza dough, and I love the process of everyone customizing their own pizzas just how they ...
Penne with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto
I meeaaannnnn, I know. It looks so good you could just reach through your shiny computer screen and grab a massive fork full. Or five. Or just grab the whole bowl...who are we kidding, no one would say no to a massive bowl of pasta after a long day #amIright? That mouthwatering red "sauce" coating those beautiful little whole grain penne noodles is none other than sun-dried tomato pesto. We use ...
25 Minute Tortellini and Veggie Saute
Anyone who comes up with recipes (like a food blogger!) finds random inspiration from various things. Something you eat at a restaurant, something you see on the Food Network, Pinterest (🙌🏻), a dish a friend or family member cooks for you, or other completely random things. This dish has a strange inspiration. A Lean Cuisine...fancy right? I got several frozen meals at the grocery store ...
Baked Gnocchi with Blistered Tomato Parmesan Sauce
Wait...I just peaked. I might as well quit blogging now, because this is as delicious as food can possibly get. My career is oveerrrrrrr 😭😭😭. But for real...this baked gnocchi is my love language. Have you ever played the game Desert Island where you go around and say the three things you would bring if you were stranded on an island somewhere like ma' man Tom Hanks and his friend Wilson? ...
Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce
Spaghetti sauce is just one of those things that you have to make from scratch. I mean...I guess you don't HAVE to, but it's just so dang easy to do! It's not like making pizza dough from scratch, where you have to knead it for several minutes, let it rest, roll it out, etc...(though I do love making pizza dough ❤️??). With spaghetti sauce, you just throw a few ingredients together and let it ...
Roasted Tomato Soup
Tomato soup and grilled cheese HAS to be one of the most comforting and delicious combinations in the entire world. Agreed? Agreed. The way I've always made tomato soup is sauteing some veggies, adding canned tomatoes, and letting that cook in a pot for however long you want. But this tomato soup uses fresh roasted tomatoes - no cans here. GET OUT OF HERE, CANS! The difference in flavor is ...
Perfect Bruschetta
I am kind of obsessed with bruschetta. Aaaand by kind of obsessed I mean one hundred percent obsessed. Obviously. Which is really very strange because I don't like tomatoes. I don't despise them but I don't enjoy them. And what is bruschetta? Tomatoes. Ninety percent tomatoes. But for some reason when you add some garlic, salt, pepper, basil, and a touch of balsamic vinegar to the ...
Caprese Salad Bites with Garlic Balsamic Reduction
Okay...once again I am SO far behind on this post. I am sorry! I hate not being consistent about posting and I never want people to wonder "where the heck did she go?" If you read my last post (on April 30th...whoops), you know how crazy this week has been for me! So far, since that last post, I drove to Atlanta, flew to Charlotte, flew to Denver, and flew back to Charlotte to help my ...
Peach Jalapeno Ketchup
Anyone I went to middle school or high school with would be shocked that I am posting a recipe for ketchup. I was known to have quite the ketchup aversion throughout those years of my life. NO idea where it came from, but it really grossed me out, and in certain instances it would actually make me sick! Like if it was on the side of a cup...or dried onto a table...or on a napkin. I know...super ...