Blackberry Grilled Cheese Sandwich

If Elvis Presley had his peanut butter and banana grilled sandwich to die for, I have this blackberry preserves and grilled cheese sandwich as my addiction. I discovered this sandwich Read more

Clean-Your-Fridge Egg Omelet

This egg omelet can be pulled with almost anything in the refrigerator. Have leftover crisp bacon from breakfast or chicken strips from yesterday’s lunch? Dump it in! The possibilities are almost limitless. Read more

Mixed Berries with Mascarpone Cream

Here is something sweet
A luscious berry treat
That need not the kitchen heat
Yes, the poetry sucks
But oh my! this dessert rocks!
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Caprese Sandwich

I’ve been off from work for a week now. I was rushed to the ER on Tuesday due to acute abdominal pain and, after an agonizing 5 hours wait at Read more

Herbed Chicken Stuffed with Feta Cheese and Sun-dried Tomatoes

This recipe works as the previous recipe entry in the archive, Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Breast with Provolone Cheese Stuffing. Chicken breasts are wrapped in a form of fat which seals moisture during the cooking process. As the bacon in the former entry and the chicken skin in this recipe crisp, the fat Read more

Mini Bacon Ranch and Pico de Gallo Pizzas

Sunday was my 38th birthday. Traditionally, I would have prepared a couple of dishes and have a mini gathering at home. Not this year, though. I didn’t even cook Read more

All Grown-Up: Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Basil Leaves and Stramato

Anupama is inviting bloggers and non-bloggers alike to get slicing and to bring on their sandwich masterpieces to her Food-n-More’s The Sandwich Festival. My submission is the classic grilled cheese sandwich, with an added “grown-up” twist. I assembled my version using thick-sliced french bread,
provolone cheese, fresh basil leaves and slices of Read more

Spaghetti Pizza

Whatever happened to Shakey’s Pizza? It just occured to me as I am typing this (my powers of observation have never been exemplary) that I haven’t seen one in ages when a few years ago they used to dot almost every street corner Read more

Written by Lalaine · Filed Under Pasta! Pasta! 

Cheese Tortelleni with Asparagus Tips and Ham

February 27, 2008

For a pasta that is supposedly inspired by “a navel viewed through a peephole“, tortellini never fails to deliver for my family. It has graced my table Read more

Written by Lalaine · Filed Under Eggs and Dairy, Pasta! Pasta! 

Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Breast with Provolone Cheese Stuffing

February 25, 2008

I am a lover of chicken breast. I gladly pay the additional .89 cents that the Colonel charges as it’s the only part I eat. The thing with cooking it though is, Read more

Written by Lalaine · Filed Under Chicken and Poultry 

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