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I have yet to meet a kid that doesn't like Macaroni & Cheese.  We usually have the boxed stuff in our pantry, but to be honest something about using powedered cheese just never seemed right to me.  Is that weird?  It's especially weird and odd to me when there is perfectly good cheese in the fridge.  I mean c'mon!  Doesn't make sense!  Macaroni & Cheese can't be that hard.........can it??  Just because I don't have the boxed Macaroni & Cheese doesn't mean we can't make it! So I scrambled around my fridge and took out some cheeses, milk, and butter.  Looked through the spice cabinet and took out the cornstarch and salt and set out to make homemade Macaroni.  Psh, I can do this I thought. 

Well, after about 4 or 5 attempts (on different occasions) I finally got it. Believe it or not it really is simple if you're not looking for something fancy shmancy.  And let's face it, the boxed stuff, well.........there really is nothing fancy about it, so I want to introduce you to my version.  The easiest (and much yummier) version I have seen next to Macaroni in a box.


 
 
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Hello my fellow foodies.  I've missed sharing with you.  My new business has taken more of my time afterhours than I anticipated.  Although I am happy about its progress and successes, I desperately miss this one and only hobby I have grown so attatched to.  Cooking has become so much more to me than I ever imagined it would.  It has become my escape.

Recently I was shopping at Trader Joes and decided to pick up some salami for the first time there.  Little did I realize that I would also find the best chorizo I have EVER had.  Soy chorizo that is!

The only place I have ever seen soy chorizo is at SaveMart which wasn't too bad.  After having TJ's though.....I ain't ever goin' back.  Big difference!  So much flavor!!  It was pretty close to, in fact, better than the pork and beef chorizo that we used to buy before we found soy.  I'm hooked.  Baited by salami, hooked on TJ's chorizo.  

 
 
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Making this breakfast dish makes me want to always have Homemade Enchilada Sauce on hand.  Homemade is always best of course, but if you're a fan of this mexican breakfast a canned sauce will also suffice.


 
 
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This simple, light, one pot wonder had me going back for seconds.  It's like a comfort food with very little guilt.  Well, for me there was no guilt :)

 
 
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About a week ago I had my niece and nephew over and we made a pizza from scratch which turned out to be a delicious success.  We ended up having a lot of the toppings leftover though so I used them in another fantastic dish. 

Here is what I did....