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Happy St. Patricks Day!

March 16, 2016 by eghassett

Drunken Irish Beef Pie with Guinness

St. Patty’s Day snuck up on me, so I haven’t created any new recipes.  Instead, I’m bringing back last years favorites…Drunken Irish Pot Pie and Irish Coffee with Cinnamon Whipped Cream.  I’m proud of both of those recipes and hope you’ll give them a try! Wondering where I have been lately?  Well, I’m excited to share…

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Chocolate Covered Cherry Martini and More Valentines Treats

February 13, 2016 by eghassett

Chocolate Covered Cherry Martini

This was my signature Valentine’s cocktail from last year…the Chocolate Covered Cherry Martini…. and for the kids Chocolate Covered Cherry Italian Sodas! And don’t forget the Red Hot Heart Pancakes for your Valentine breakfast tomorrow! Other Valentine treats I’ve shared are below, click on picture to link you to the recipes!  Enjoy! Happy Valentine’s Day!…

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Filed Under: Cocktails, Valentine's Day Tagged With: chocolate covered cherry, Valentine cocktail, valentines ideas, valentines recipes

Red Hot Martini

February 12, 2016 by eghassett

Red Hot Martini

My childhood memories of Valentine’s Day bring back the flavors of hot, fiery cinnamon Red Hots.  And if you’ve made my Homemade Fireball, you know I LOVE fiery cinnamon cocktails!  So, I bring you my latest Valentine cocktail….the Red Hot Martini, it’s beautiful AND delicious! Finding the right ingredients for my cocktails takes lots of…

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Filed Under: Cocktails, Festive Fun!, Valentine's Day Tagged With: festive cocktail, Valentine cocktail, valentines day

Snowflake Pancakes

February 2, 2016 by eghassett

snowflake pancakes

Happy Snow Day!!! Colorado got over a foot of snow and school is cancelled!  This calls for hot cocoa and Snowflake Pancakes!! I tend to get a little “themey” with my pancakes…candy canes during the holidays, red hot pancakes for Valentines Day, pumpkin in the fall, jack o’ lanterns on Halloween, and zoo animals when…

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Filed Under: Festive Fun!, Holiday Goodness, What's for Breakfast?, Winter Warmers Tagged With: festive pancakes, pancake art

Orange and Blue Fever

January 17, 2016 by eghassett

The Orange Crush

Hello Football Fans! I am super excited to watch the Broncos play the Steelers today!  I have been a Bronco fan my whole life.  Growing up in Denver, we watched all the games on Sundays, weathering some not-so-great seasons.  But we never gave up on our team, making the winning seasons even sweeter. This is…

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Filed Under: Festive Fun!, Football Party Tagged With: football cocktail, football party, football snacks

Butternut Squash, Apple and Sausage Bisque

November 20, 2015 by eghassett

Butternut Squash, Apple and Sausage Bisque

This recipe was born out of the desire to have a second meal made from the previous night’s delicious fall flavors of butternut squash, apples and sausage.  (Click here for my Butternut Squash, Apple and Sausage Turnovers recipe.) My first thought was to bake the leftover veggies into a fall pot pie crumble (which I…

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Filed Under: Fall Deliciousness, Festive Fun!, Sausage, Soup Tagged With: butternut squash soup, fall bisque, fall soup, sausage soup

Butternut Squash, Apple and Sausage Turnovers

November 19, 2015 by eghassett

Butternut Squash, Apple and Sausage Turnovers

Welcome to fall!  Beautiful autumn colors, sunshiny days, chilly nights and delicious fall foods. In our family fall also means soccer filled weekends.  Being the coach of two out of three of our kids’ teams keeps my weekdays busy as well!  But I love every minute of getting to be coach!  It’s such a wonderful opportunity…

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Filed Under: Fall Deliciousness, Festive Fun!, Sausage Tagged With: apples and sausage, butternut squash, dinner turnovers, fall dinner, piggyback meal, sausage

Pulled Pork Tacos with Avocado Cream Sauce

June 17, 2015 by eghassett

Pulled Pork Tacos with Avocado Cream Sauce

These authentic tacos start with slow cooked pork, get topped with sweet and spicy slaw and finish with a drizzle of avocado cream sauce. The pork gets slow-cooked the night before as part of our Mini-Weekly Menu for Pulled Pork Sandys with Bbq Sauce and Homemade Slaw.  The coleslaw gets made ahead for last night’s meal as well, leaving…

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Filed Under: Easy dinner, Pork, Summer!, Taco Tuesday Tagged With: crock pot, crock pot pork, pork tacos, Taco Tuesday

Pulled Pork Sandy with Bbq and Homemade Slaw

June 16, 2015 by eghassett

pulled pork sandy with bbq and slaw

  I have fallen in love with homemade cole slaw!  And the texture combination of cool slaw alongside tangy Bbq sauce and hot pulled pork in this sandwich is divine. This sandwich is super easy and better yet will provide most of what’s needed for tomorrow night’s Pork Tacos.  Pork cooked slow in the crock…

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Filed Under: Easy dinner, Pork, Sandwiches, sauces and sides, Summer! Tagged With: crock pot pork, easy dinner, homemade coleslaw, pork sandwich, slaw with bbq

Warm Pineapple Chicken Quesadillas

June 2, 2015 by eghassett

Warm Pineapple Chicken Quesadillas

Have you ever had grilled pineapple?  So yummy!!  If you have time to grill some pineapple for this recipe it would be even better! However, this recipe is designed for a quick mid-week meal to piggyback last night’s Simple Lemon Chicken.  I am working to create smaller weekly menus that combine your efforts, resulting in…

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Filed Under: Caribbean, Chicken, Easy dinner, Spring Goodness, Taco Tuesday Tagged With: chicken quesadillas, easy dinner, mexican, pineapple and chicken, quesadillas

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Hi, I’m Gena!

I love snow, kids and pure maple syrup!

More importantly, I am the happy mom of three, with a busy weekday schedule. I believe in balance, good ingredients and fun! I spend a lot of time planning our weekly menus and want to share my efforts with you!

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