Peking Pork & Easy Pad Thai

White Chicken Chili

Parmesan-Crusted Chicken w/Ginger-Honey Carrots

Blackberry Glazed Ham
I love ham. Not so wild about pork chops, ironically, but ham, bacon, prosciutto --everything in that family is great. So when I bought a ham this week, I was excited to roast it with a root beer glaze, something I had tried with pork chops before with great success (I still need to post that particular recipe...sorry, folks). Anyway, when I got up this morning, I found the last can of root beer on the table. Empty. I could have run to the store, but honestly, just for a can of soda? Instead I decided to come up with another recipe. I didn't have any apple juice, either, so that eliminated a lot of things I came acro

Two Great New Dinners
I had pictures of these, but accidentally deleted them from my Blackberry before I sent them to myself (silly Shirley!). Trust me--they both looked yummy!The first dish was from an Ocean Spray ad. They have this whole series of recipes created by Tyler Florence, whose recipes I always like :-). I made the Chicken Tenderloins with Cranberry Mustard Sauce, except I used chicken breasts instead of tenderloins (I really don't like tenderloins because they have that weird tendon thin

Paula's Yummy Enchiladas
I made a recipe my friend gave me the other day and it was a huge hit with everyone in the house. My daughter, who LOVES Mexican food, particularly burritos and enchiladas, went back for seconds, and had the leftovers the next day. The only change I made was to add some cheese to the beef mixture (and also top it with cheese as instructed) because we love cheese ;-)For me, this recipe made two 13" X 9" pans of enchiladas--I think it was about 12 or 14. They were eaten pretty fast, LOL, so I didn't really pay much attention. Because I had so many, I used extra enchilada sauce, too. So here is Paula's recipe, with the amounts I used added by me :-)Paula's Enchi

Chicken with Gnocchi Dumplings
A couple weeks ago, I made chicken with dumplings--the Tyler Florence recipe, which was highly rated by my whole family and definitely on my To Do Again list. So when I came across another type of chicken and dumpling recipe, I was a little hesitant to try it.But it did use gnocchi, which is one of my all-time favorite things to eat (though not something I have made from scratch...at least with potatoes. For one, mashed potatoes rarely last long enough to become leftovers here, and for another, it just seemed like a lot of effort, LOL, when I can just buy them already made at

A Day for Soup
My daughter is sick (just a cold, not the flu). She requested I make homemade chicken noodle soup. Apparently the Tomato Tortellini Soup the other day wasn't enough, LOL.So, being a good mommy, I roasted some whole chicken breasts, got some stock I'd made before out of the freezer, and made homemade chicken noodle soup, complete with the thick Inn-Maid noodles she likes.She's having her second or third bowl right now :-)Then for dinner, she wanted Chicken and Dumplings, and I had just caug