Crispy Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches

If I got to choose my last meal, I would totally have something breaded and fried. It’s my weakness and I especially love a crispy sandwich. I have to say this crispy pork tenderloin sandwich is my new favorite. It gets it’s crunch from crushed saltine crackers, instant flour and a bath in hot peanut oil.

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Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes

I have to start out by telling you I was very leery of the whole wheat pancake. But when a pancake craving strikes and you have vowed to eat clean, making these fluffy wonders is sadly out of the question so you curse yourself a little and give the darn wheat ones with no sugar a

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Butterfinger Blondies

My mixer hasn’t seen much action the past few months and Noah really wanted to make a pretend birthday cake. Yep, he’s a weird but very very smart child. He can think of any excuse for dessert. He’d been throwing me a pretend birthday party all morning and what’s a party without cake? I have trained

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Thai Chicken Pizza

This Thai Chicken Pizza is packed with rich flavors. Whole wheat crust topped with a peanut sauce, shredded chicken and cheese. Top with shredded carrots and cilantro after baking. A whole wheat crust is slathered with a slightly spicy peanut sauce then topped with shredded chicken, a sprinkling of mozzarella cheese and baked to golden

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Pork and Turkey Breakfast Sausage Patties

Skip the store-bought stuff and make your own healthier breakfast sausage patties. Part pork and part turkey make these lighter but still full of flavor. We are big on breakfast for dinner around here or brinner as we like to call it. Sometimes it’s just comfort food at it’s finest and other times it’s the fact that

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My 3 Year Blogiversary

Today celebrates 3 years since my very first blog post. It’s kind of hard to believe it’s been that long. I first started this little blog to share the recipes I was trying with my family and friends and as I continued forward, it became so much more. It has pushed me to go outside

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Chicken Satay with Spicy Peanut Sauce

I love cookbooks. Seriously. LOVE. I have a ton and am running out of room to store them in my kitchen. I’m starting to consider a bookshelf or wire baskets hung on the wall so that I can continue my obsession collection. Wouldn’t three of those baskets hung vertically on the wall be really cute! I think

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