November 2011 ~ Colie's Kitchen

Nov 30, 2011

Magnifique' Chicken Pot Pie

I started with a recipe I found on Food.com. Once the pot pie filling was made I tasted it and I was pretty disappointed in how bland it tasted to me. I decided that this recipe was just not going to cut it. It's nothing personal against it's creator I just needed more pazazz! Or as my Granny always said it really needed “doctoring up”! I looked through a ton of recipes...

Braided Spaghetti Bread

Gorgeous! Through Pinterest I found this recipe, and I am in love with it. It’s not that it’s anything extraordinary, but it’s fun, easy, inexpensive, visually impressive, and a great way to use up leftovers. Saturday night we had spaghetti for dinner. I just used spaghetti sauce out of the jar. I was short on time, and let’s face it… its easy! I had remembered seeing...

Wordless Wednesday: My Mom the Artist

Me when I was a baby My Mom is an amazing commercial artist. In her spare time she is a freelance artist and draws pencil portraits for people. She does amazing work and has been very successful with it. This is just a small collection of her pieces. She has done wedding pictures, babies, military photos, and so on. Many of the pictures end up being heartbreaking because...

Melt-In-Your-Mouth Meatballs with Gravy

I really loved this recipe, my husband on the other hand did not. I couldn’t get out of him what he didn’t like, but I thought it was great. I was more work than I really wanted to do that night, but the end results were worth it. The meatballs were tender, but not mushy, and the gravy was super creamy and simply delicious! Meatball Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs. ground...

Roasted Cabbage

I love roasted vegetables, and for some reason I have grown to really enjoy cabbage. It’s taken awhile to get there, but here I am. It must be the German blood line in me creeping out. I still can’t stomach sauerkraut… maybe someday. I was looking on Penterest a few days ago and discovered a cabbage recipe I had never thought of and one that was a must try. I wasn’t in...

Garlic and Parmesan Panko Baked Fried Chicken

I was in the mood for fried chicken, but in all honestly I was being too lazy to be bothered with frying it so I decided to make dinner easy and go for oven “fried” chicken. Most recipes I found online required you to use plain bread crumbs, but I only had Italian bread crumbs, and I wasn’t in the mood for those spices. I decided to use up some panko I had...

I think Wordless is being too kind to my office… disaster zone, nightmare, disgusting, embarrassing! My office is a complete mess. As you can see from the table below I have Food in bags ready to go to the food pantry on Friday Towels waiting to be washed that were used to clean up a split drink Jell-O because I was making sure I had what I needed to Thanksgiving and somehow...

Paulie's Cottage Pie

After listening to my husband's friend Paul talk about his wonderful cottage pie recipe I had to give it a try. I listened closely to what he was saying and wrote the recipe down as soon as I got home. I hope I didn’t forget anything, but I can’t imagine that I did. This recipe turned out perfect! I don’t know that there would have been anything else I could...

Colie's Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Casserole

Admittedly I am horrible at following a recipe. Why? Because I can always think of a way to do it “better” or I need to use up something in the refrigerator, or I am missing something I need. For once none of these were the case. I liked the concept of the recipe I found online, but it wasn’t what I was going for. I had pre-cooked chicken that I roasted in the crockpot...

Sawmill Gravy Cream Gravy

As a lot of you know I have been a huge fan of Kittencals for a long time. She has some wonderful recipes that are almost always a must have in our home. It’s rare that we find something we don’t like. If we do it’s probably because someone is being over picky that night, or just doesn’t like what we are having for dinner in general. This recipe is another fantastic...

Roasting Pumpkin Seeds

One of my favorite things about carving a pumpkin is roasting the seeds. I love pumpkin seeds. They are nutritious and delicious. I love the nutty flavor! Heck you already paid for the fun of the pumpkin why not get free snacks out of the deal? I normally start the seed drying process by first washing the seeds well in cool water. Get all of the pumpkin membrane off your...