My dishwasher broke… AGAIN! Ugh. It's a mess. I've had a guy out 6 times this year for a 2 year old appliance. Utterly ridiculous! When you have no dishwasher you tend not to want to use a lot of dishes. Especially pots and pans. THAT was the motivation for [...]

So I'll admit it, I'm sick of turkey leftovers at least in the traditional sense of making a plate with all the fixins. Having cooked poultry in the fridge on the other hand, totally inspiring. Tonight I used those leftovers to make something completely different, enchiladas! All it took was some pantry items, a couple [...]

You may have noticed some changes around here. Check out my edited All Recipes By Photo page, my new Weight Watchers page and changed layouts for the categories like our video posts. In honor of my recent housecleaning, I'm also adding a new section, Roni's Redos. This category will be specifically reserved for my healthy [...]

Oh my WORD! I'm SO glad I made this even though I knew the husband and toddler would hate it. Have I mentioned the husband's unmanly trait of hating chili? Seriously I must be married to the only man in America who doesn't enjoy a bowl of chili. It's CHILI! Not only is he not [...]

Nothing makes me feel better then returning home after a few indulgent days of vacationing than a homemade meal. A quick stop at the farm stand on our way home from Atlantic City equipped me with some large fresh zucchini, vine ripen tomatoes and the biggest Vidala onion I've even seen! This is how [...]

Even though the husband isn't, I'm a HUGE fan of one pan meals. A grain, a protein and tons of veggies in one easy casserole dish, you can't go wrong. Is this a casserole? Hmmmm Not sure. I tend to think of cheesy, pasta-ish style dishes as “casseroles” but I think this applies as well. [...]

I’m calling this an “idea” because the recipe needs some work. Then again, all my recipes are just ideas (and they probbaly all need some work). Do with them, as you will. This one was the product of leftover spaghetti squash and some fresh ground beef I was separating and storing from [...]

Not having enough leftover sauce for pasta night, I came up with this idea to make it stretch a bit. Mom taught me well! :~) The husband was happy, he loves anything with pasta and sauce (and he didn’t even complain about the whole wheat pasta). The toddler even picked out a [...]

Boneless cured ham is something I tend to overlook. It never really occurred to me that it could be an easy light dish until I picked one up this weekend and noticed it was only 90 calories for 3oz. The problem is they are normally too large to deal with but I [...]

I’m patting myself on the back for this one. It is one of my absolute favorite creations and today I actually had other taste testers besides the husband. Taste testers who are open and willing to try new things and they LOVED it! Man I love cooking for people who actually [...]

I am super proud of this recipe. It is by far, one of my absolute favorites. The funny thing is it came about because I had too much zucchini and lasagna in the fridge. That’s how I work, I’m creative with what I have on hand. I take it [...]