Spaghetti with Summer Vegetables

This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame my mother is Tyler Florence. I just love his show he has a wonderful take on his recipes and plus he’s just so darn cute. Gotta love that. I choose his Spaghetti with Summer Squash and tomatoes, because it looked easy and uses summer squashes […]
Orange Sugar Fried Donut Holes


This week’s Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Sunny Anderson. She hosts the show Cooking for Real, and likes to cook meals that Real people eat. I had fun browsing through her recipes but landed upon this easy donut recipe. Using store biscuits as the dough couldn’t be any easier. […]
Espresso Martini

This weeks Food Network chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Sandra Lee. She hosts the show Semi Homemade and always has a wonderful take on delicious foods. I choose a simpler recipe this week and was looking for a good cocktail. A girls gotta have a drink every now and again. And […]
Spicy Romano Chicken

*If you like recipes like these be sure to stop by my new E-cookbook E-licious for over 45 recipes!* Last week DT and I went to eat at Johnny Carino’s Italian restaurant one of my favorite restaurants. Almost every time we go there I order the Spicy Romano chicken. I just love the creamy spicy […]
Pork Chops in Creamy Champagne Sauce with Rustic Garlic Mashed Potatoes

This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Robin Miller. She hosts the show quick fix Meals. I chose this recipe because DT loves pork chops and I love champagne, so win win. The sauce was amazing and the pork chops delicious, but the real favorite of the night was […]
Cajun Fish with Shrimp Cheese Grits

I have skipped the Food Network Challenges hosted by I Blame My Mother for a few weeks now and truth be told it was nice to take a break from cooking for a bit. Though I am now ready to get back in the swing of things with Robert Irvine, you might have seen his […]
Caramel Croissant Pudding

This week’s Food Network Chefs Cooking Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Nigella Lawson. I’ve seen her show a few times and she always seems to make delicious and simple foods. The second I saw her Caramel Croissant pudding I knew I must try it, and it looked so easy. I like to […]
Fish Cakes with sweet potato chips

DT has been working hard lately and hasn’t been home much so when he is I like to treat him and make something fried. Good ole fashioned fried foods are his favorite. This is my take on fish cakes using fresh fish. It has such a great flavor with the fresh bites of fish, bell […]
Creamed Corn with Bacon

This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Michael Symon. Michael won the Next Food Network Iron Chef competition and is also a owner of several restaurants. I wasn’t too familiar with his style of cooking since I didn’t see his show. But I stumbled across this recipe for Creamed […]
Huevos Rancheros


One of DT’s favorite meals when we use go out to eat is Huevos Rancheros, a classic Mexican breakfast. So I thought I would surprise him and recreate it at home. If you’ve never heard of them they are basically fried eggs with a cooked salsa served on or sometimes crumbled in corn tortillas, they […]
