This is another one of those super easy meals that is absolutely delicious but doesn’t look beautiful plated. I know. It is just the way it is. Some of the best recipes I have are not photogenic.

Picante chicken is the simplest stuff in the universe. It is perfect for Once a Month Cooking (OAMC) and making ahead. I made a batch of it prior to my surgery.  You just buy chicken breast, toss it in a freezer bag, cover with picante sauce and throw it in the freezer….Raw.

I think that Orzo has to be one of the most fun pastas ever invented.  It looks like big grains of rice,and nothing gets lost in it.  It can be frustrating, to me anyway, to create a pasta dish and have the components on the bottom of the pan when the pasta has all been served.  Orzo allows the other ingredients to cuddle right in.  Got to love that!
Spring is here.  I got fresh asparagus for 99 cents a pound and nothing says spring more than that.  When I bought it I knew that Pasta Primavera was not far behind.

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Sometimes I surprise myself.  This was one of those times.
It seems like pork has been on sale a lot at the local Tom Thumb store.  Translated that means that the Audets have been eating a lot of pork!

I wanted something different and I wasn’t sure what.  I knew that I wanted rosemary potatoes because I bought four rosemary trees after Christmas for a ridiculously low price.  In other words, you can plan on seeing a lot of rosemary dishes.
But for the pork I wanted something..different..something..spicy..but not southwestern.
I was sipping a cup of chai and all of a sudden I felt …read more

Honey mustard chicken is one of those dishes that is quick, easy, and family friendly.  It is flavorful enough to make the most discriminating palate happy while being easy enough to serve for a busy weeknight supper.
You wanna talk versatile? Slice it on the diagonal and put it on top of organic baby herbs for an incredible, quick salad…put it in a tortilla, with some sliced, ripe heirloom tomatoes and you have a wrap.  Serve it with  some deep, black grapes, some artisan bread, and endive with oil and vinager and you have a picnic in the French countryside.  How …read more

Yep.  Pizzaria style.  Hand tossed.
The thing is I always make hand tossed pizza.  I have been doing it for years..I can even get it spinning.  I thought..aha! This will be a piece of….cake pizza.

This is my entry for the Presto Pasta Night Round-up. Head over there and check out the rest of the pasta dishes. They are always amazing.
I discovered whole foods (not Whole Foods, that came later) sometime in the very early 1980s. Yep. Before it was cool. We were vegan for several years and then vegetarian for several years after that.
We still eat a diet that is not average for Americans. It is very vegetable based with more meat in winter than in summer. We try to eat locally and about 90% of what we eat is either …read more

If you see dusty fingerprints on this post it is because I have been strolling through the vault looking at some of the old posts. If you are looking for some quick and easy casseroles for this weekend look no further!

 
Wow.  Are you ready for the next candidate? That was amazing, wasn’t it? Wow.
O.k..here is Barak Obama’s family chili recipe.

So before I hand over this incredible recipe, tell me, if you were replacing your computer would you go with a laptop or a full size and why?
  I am telling you, blogging at the library is getting old and I dislike not being able to post pictures  because I like to look at pictures on blogs, myself. Plus, I am getting jealous of all Aisa’a yummy pictures sitting there on her posts tempting me to break my diet.    Ijust am trying to decide,I am leaning toward a laptop but I have 6 kids remaining at home that are …read more