Hey Amy!

As we march through this week of Patsy’s hand me down recipes, today I share an easy way to use leftover chicken (or turkey or ham).  This is a fast meal (maybe 15 minutes of prep) and a one so simple, a teen could begin it for you while you are making your way home [...]

I sometimes wonder if I have a little Italian blood in me because I love Italian food.  I have tried for years to perfect my sauce; that should clearly be the sign there is no Italian in me.  I love this dish and have been making it for years.  I cannot recall where I got [...]

When I think of comfort food a few things come to mind–grilled cheese, tomato soup, slippery pot pie and mac n’ cheese.  Lately I have been seeing fried macaroni n’ cheese and mac n’ cheese bites on a lot of menus.  Seems it is the new trendy item like the cupcake. I searched for a [...]

Two of my readers–Nicole and Yasmine–asked about Pumpkin recipes for the fall; Nicole wanted pumpkin pasta.  After scouring my library of recipes, I found this one I grabbed from the Washington Post years ago.  It’s a very flavorful dish and, you guessed it, simple to make!  Why don’t you plan a dinner party for next [...]

I sometimes wonder if there is a little Italian in me as I love their food so much.  I think I must be half Italian and half Japanese based on my favorite foods!  There are many ways to make pasta.  Some days I think if we ate a different pasta dish every day we could [...]

Bell peppers are so colorful and lovely within any dish.  They bring flavor and beauty, something many ingredients are unable to do!  This is a simple, vegetarian dish that is refreshing after a work out, a day in the garden or even a nice addition to a meal.  Ingredients: 1 red bell pepper 1 orange [...]

Welcome to the best cookbook ever created in the history of cookbooks–the Star Wars Cookbook.  I love me some Star Wars.  Return of the Jedi is on the TiVo and is the ole standby on good days and bad.  Anyway, I love this cookbook.  The photos are funny and the recipes are easy for a [...]