Food Blog: Butternut Squash Risotto

Risotto is one of my favorite comfort foods, and something I am naturally drawn towards whenever I see it appear on a menu.  Likewise, butternut squash is in my top three favorite fall vegetables, so I thought it might be a perfect union if I combined them both.  I did look for several recipes, but ended up doing a hybrid and working on my own.  

Garlicky Smashed Potatoes

We need to lighten things up a bit around here, so I'm going to throw in a food post that will hopefully make everyone who tries it as happy as it made us here. We love potatoes in this household, and I enjoy trying out new recipes whenever possible. I bought a 5 pound bag of red potatoes recently, and after looking at something similar from Ree Drummond (also known as The Pioneer Woman), I decided to give it a try. 

An update on Mama P

Where to begin...

Well, if you're here after seeing my recent Facebook post - and I'd figure you would be, since I haven't updated this as frequently as I've promised - then you know that this blog has shifted from a running-cooking-running-eating type of deal to something a bit more serious.  I've decided to keep friends and family informed about my Mom's cancer progress via this blog, since there are a lot of details and frankly, I didn't want to put up a 7,000 character status when I wanted/needed to share information.

Gouda bacon mac n' cheese, and an update

I have to give props to my friend Colly for calling me out on not posting here, even though I post snippets of food porn onto my Facebook feed with some regularity. Last night, in celebration of Mama P's safe arrival and general happiness at the end of the week, I decided to make honey garlic chicken, Gouda bacon mac n' cheese, kale chips, and a pear-strawberry cobbler.  Save for the kale chips, the original version of all of these recipes can be found on my Pinterest page.

Roasted Eggplant Parmesan Stacks

So it's been a long time since I posted a recipe...I posted the following photo onto Facebook and found that a few folks wanted to know how to make this, so I decided a blog would be a quick and easy way to put it out there :)