Grilled Chicken and Bucatini with Pesto

If I was on death row, and the death row people came to me with the question,”What do you want for your last meal?” These are a couple of the items I would request (at this point in my life): A fresh plain bagel, toasted, slathered with Philadelphia cream cheese (around 4 oz.), and then…

Breakfast Dinner

Ah, breakfast for dinner!  It is important to me because I never eat big, greasy, sweet and salty meals in the morning.  Well, at least since the party ended.  Back in the day it was nothing to party until 5 a.m. then go to breakfast at a greasy truck stop.   So unless I make breakfast…

Beef Stew

The number one reason I do not have the desire to make a pot of beef stew is directly related to the color it usually turns out to be.  Beef stew is so ugly!  If you want to see precisely what I am talking about go to Google images and type in beef stew.  Before you, a sea…

Spicy Mexican Meatloaf

 I feel like I need to write something heartfelt, personal, and profound about my original recipes.  “It was really good!” or “Yummy!” just do not seem to really sum up the way I feel when I make and eat food.  Especially when I put something into my mouth that I consider wonderful.  It just does not…

Grilled Shrimp Caprese

From:  Wiktionary caprese m. and f. (m and f plural capresi) of, or related to Capri, its people or its culture insalata caprese f. (plural insalate capsalad of mozzarella, sliced tomato and basil ) a simple resi An extremely simple, and simply delicious appetizer: Ingredients: -1 lb. raw shrimp (26-30 count, peeled)-cherry tomatoes-fresh basil (look…

Strata

Here’s the definition from Cookthink:Strata is a bread pudding-like layered comfort food casserole made with eggs, cheese and stale cubed bread (or sometimes hash browns).(The strata is assembled ahead of time by layering ingredients in a casserole dish and chilling overnight or for 8 hours before bringing it back up to room temperature and baking….