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Turkey Tortellini Bake

I love tortellini.  There is just something so delicious about pasta that is filled with something else. Most of the time, I just make some sauce and pour it over the tortellini....

Shrimp Fried Rice

Growing up, I loved eating fried rice.  I loved the rice from the Chinese food take out places as well as the ones that came from nicer restaurants.  My mom tried to...

Parmesan Herb Chicken Thighs

I bought about five pounds of chicken thighs from the grocery store since it was sale.  Unfortunately I didn’t really have any recipes in mind for them.  Most of the recipes I...

Rotini Bolognese

I’ve seen Bolognese sauce at restaurants before and usually just associate them with being a ground meat sauce. I’ve never really had cravings for them. I just thought they were tomato sauce...

Creamy Mushroom Soup

The grocery store near our house will periodically have sales on items which must be eaten quickly since they are going to expire soon.  When I go to the grocery store, I...

Chicken with Feta Cheese Sauce

I had bought a container of Feta cheese from Costco, since it was about double the price of the ones that are sold in the grocery store, and about 5 times bigger....

New York Strip Steak

For dinner, I was provided a rather large New York strip steak, which was available at the grocery store for a good deal, and asparagus, which Mike really likes, despite some of...

Shrimp and Avocado Angel Hair

I love Shrimp Scampi.  It’s just so fully of shrimp, smothered in garlic and butter.  What could be better?  Well, I guess you could add bacon.  I just feel bad making shrimp...

Italian Sausage Casing Removed

Many recipes call for “Italian Sausage, casing removed”.  It just seems like a lot of work to remove the casing from Italian sausage.  In addition, Italian Sausage tends to be very fatty....