Bobby At the age of 61 it doesn’t take a lot to zest up my life, but I love trying new recipes and ingredients to go along with them. I was real excited when I was chosen for this opportunity with Glam Media to Zest up my life with Zesty Italian. I look at this … Read more
I have prepared Chicken Tetrazzini a number of times but when I ran into this Creamy and Cheese Chicken Tetrazzini Recipe it looked really good, so I thought I would put it on the menu for dinner. This recipe is a little time consuming but well worth the time and effort. The combination of the … Read more
This Fish Cheeseburgers Recipe is a simple and good tasting recipe. This recipe uses frozen breaded fish so it is very quick to put together. You can use fish sticks or breaded fish fillets. I used fish sticks for this recipe because I like to deep-fry them so they come out nice and crunchy. … Read more
There are many different ways to prepare chicken but sometimes it’s nice just going back to a basic recipe. This Simple Skillet Fried Chicken does take a little time to cook, but helping make up for the cooking time, is very little prep time. Basically all that is involved, is mixing the flour and seasoning … Read more
Making Gnocchi has been on my how to do list for a long time. For some reason I thought I could never find the time; but it was not as time consuming as I imagined. The Gnocchi recipe is not a lot different from any other pasta recipe. The main difference is the time involved … Read more
Things were kind of hectic around the house yesterday so I was looking for a simple recipe that I could put together quickly, and would taste really good. We don’t have any Chili’s restaurants in the area so when I saw this knock off recipe for Chili’s Monterey Chicken I thought I would give it … Read more
The local market was running dates on sale and my wife purchased some of them thinking they would make a nice snack; but she changed her mind deciding they weren’t such a nice snack after all. So what can you prepare with dates? I am sure there are a lot of recipes that you can … Read more
If you like the flavor of garlic you will love this Grilled Garlic Butter Steak Recipe. The garlic sauce is so good, and it is easy to put together while the stakes are grilling. The first time we had this recipe for dinner was when my son was home from college and he prepared it … Read more
I’m not real sure where this Mulligan Stew Recipe came from but it has been many years since I have put this recipe on the menu. I think originally Mulligan Stew was whatever you had on hand is all you needed to prepare this recipe. Mulligan stew is an improvised dish said to have been … Read more
I had some ham leftover from the Holiday so I decided to prepare this Ham and Potato Soup Recipe. I made a few minor changes to the recipe; mainly to increase the hardiness of the ingredients. This is a simple recipe and there’s a good chance if you have leftover ham from the holiday you … Read more
If you’re looking for a great side dish, or a stand-alone one-dish meal this Bacon Mac and Cheese recipe will provide it, and it’s really good. This is a very simple recipe, but does take a little more time than the customary Mac and Cheese, because of the time needed to cook the bacon. All … Read more
This Fresh Fish Cakes Recipe is another recipe that the family really liked but I kind of lost track of it through the years. Even though the family really liked it I didn’t prepare it very often because it is somewhat time consuming. What this recipe is mainly doing is combining the fish with mashed … Read more
Easter this weekend; so this Friday Lent will end. If you want to try a recipe that is a little different, but very good, give this Shrimp Stir Fry Recipe with Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice a try. I didn’t know how much difference it would make in the flavor to fresh squeeze the orange juice, … Read more
I guess I am rushing the season a little bit but I don’t very often bake corn muffins. When I saw this recipe it looked pretty good so I decided to splurge and pick up some fresh blueberries at the local market. According to the recipe you can use fresh or frozen blueberries, but I … Read more
Whenever the local market runs ground round or ground sirloin on sale I try and prepare some kind of ground steak recipe. This Salisbury Steak with Mushroom and Wine Sauce recipe is quick to prepare, has very little prep time, and is delicious. The flavors will change a little bit according to the type … Read more
It has been many years since I have made my own sausage, so I started a category for sausage making a couple of months ago. Breakfast Sausage ; I forgot how good the fresh sausage is. My wife said, “Wow this is really good you could sell a lot of this”. Well I think she … Read more
There are many different recipes for chili in the recipe books. I guess this Chile con Carne Recipe is a little different because it incorporates some ingredients I don’t usually use. This chili recipe is a little time consuming because it does call for an hour of cooking time on low temperature. The seasoning and … Read more
The day started out real nice here in Upper Michigan so I decided to fire up the grill. Right after I placed the chicken on the grill the snow started; it just doesn’t want to give way to spring. I always enjoy grilling no matter what the weather is like, and these Grilled Buffalo Chicken … Read more
Lent is starting to wind down as we get closer to Easter. I found it hard to believe that I did not have a salmon patty recipe on my blog. I don’t make these very often, but when I do, it provides something that is a little different into the menu. Canned salmon is not … Read more
We were having fish for dinner so I decided on this Tomato-Cheese Macaroni Recipe for a side dish to go along with it. This is a very simple recipe that has a really good blend of flavors. It is mildly seasoned so there is a lot of room to add some additional seasoning. I think … Read more