Slow Cooker Chili

When I host dinner parties in the summer, it’s all about outdoor dining with foods that can be nibbled on for hours. In the wintertime, I like to serve heartier foods that can be baked in the oven or slow cooked in a crock pot. I really liked the idea of serving big bowls of [...]

Stuffed Green Bell Peppers

After a rainy week here in Pittsburgh, the warm sunshine was a welcomed treat this weekend.  I took advantage of the weather by spending most of the daylight hours prepping my lawn for what will become a canvas of herbs and flowers.  A perfect backdrop for what will hopefully be many meals on the back [...]

Sensational Mini Meat Loaves

There is something wonderfully soul satisfying about meat loaf in the fall season.  So when a reader from Michigan, named Gerri Lynn, mentioned it had been a considerable length of time since her last meat loaf experience.  I decided this was a perfect time to pull out my trusty recipe of meaty goodness and give [...]