Author Archives: dathoang

Pickled Eggs

This is a great recipe for this time of year as many of you will have an overload of hard boiled eggs around the house. Truth is – this is a great recipe anytime! I can not keep enough of these around the house. I’ll make a half a dozen and the next day, they’re […]

Chicken Parmesan Light

We love pasta in our house and crave it about once a week. I try to cut corners with calories when I can and this recipe delivers! I’ve been making it for several years now tweaking it along the way. It never disappoints while giving you the full flavor of Chicken Parmesan… and easily made […]

Blackberry Bacon Waffles

It’s National Waffle Day! Typically I don’t do ‘National Days’ but for some reason as I was perusing Twitter, I saw the mention of National Waffle Day. At this point, I was wishy-washy over what we were going to have for dinner… I opened the frig and found bacon, blackberries and buttermilk. Tonight we’re having […]

Perfectly Poached Eggs

I love poached eggs. I eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There is so much you can do with them! The problem I always have with poached eggs is when I poach them in water, they get weird… strings of white floating in the water… doesn’t do much for the presentation. I found the […]

Coconut Curry Soup

I’m so out of sorts. It’s the middle of  March and it’s 78 degrees out. I go to my closet full of sweaters and struggle to find something to wear. It all started with the time change, it took me a week to get back in rhythm and then there was St. Patty’s Day…it took […]

Irish Soda Bread Muffins

I’m not Irish…I don’t even own one piece of green clothing but I sure have fun with the holiday! When my girls were little toddlers, I would wake them up in the morning in my Irish brogue (well, my Polish Slovak Irish brogue)… and would talk to them all day in my brogue… I would […]

Lemon Ricotta Cheesecake

My dear friend, Shari invited us to her house for dinner and I offered to make dessert. All week, I wanted to bring a special dessert and wanted to bring one that was so “Shari”… Luscious and sweet with a hint of rum! I found all that in this recipe. I’m not a big fan […]

Spaghetti and Meatballs

I’ve been away from this blog and my kitchen for over a week. We were vacationing in one of our favorite places in the world – Key West. I missed my kitchen and my family was hankering for a home-cooked meal. So today, I bring you one of my most treasured recipes. But first a […]

Bittman’s Seasoned Popcorn

I’m going to admit this right now. I have a crush on Mark Bittman. Okay, it’s out there. I fessed up to my Hubby this weekend so he wouldn’t get jealous. This crush has been going on for a while now but I just never admitted publicly. Too late now, huh? Why the crush? First of […]

Key Lime Cupcakes

It’s a celebratory weekend and I thought I’d serve up the day with something sweet, bright, tart and colorful… Key Lime Cupcakes! I’m celebrating my oldest daughter’s visit. I haven’t seen her since October and we have some celebrating to make up for since I couldn’t see her at Thanksgiving or Christmas. We exchanged presents […]