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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Michael Chiarello – failed challenge

This week’s food network chef’s challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother was Michael Chiarello. Boy was this a challenge for the life of me I couldn’t find a recipe of his that I wanted to make. I don’t know what it was but everything I found either didn’t appeal to me and/or it was […]
Sauteed Bananas, Tangy Sweet Cream

This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame my Mother is Melissa D’Arabian. Melissa is the winner of The Next Food Network Star, season 5. I remember watching this show and rooting for her because she was a stay at home mom and a mother of twins. Not only that but she had […]
Uova in Brodetto: Eggs in Tomato Sauce


This week’s Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Mario Batali. He is famous for his Italian cuisine and orange crocs. He has a massive list of recipes all of which look amazing but many have hard to find ingredients and/or don’t seem like something we would love to try, and […]
Spaghetti Puttanesca

This weeks Food Network Chef Challenge hosted by I blame my Mother, is Jaime Oliver. Jaime hosts the show The Naked Chef, featuring a “stripped down” style of cooking. I don’t think I’ve ever seen his show before, but the concept sound very interesting. He has a huge list of recipes and it was hard […]
