This was one of Seth and I’s favorites from our college dining center.  I had a friend sneak me the recipe and then I converted it to normal people portion vs. dining center portion. What you will need: 3/4 box of rigatoni noodles 1 family size + 1 regular size can of tomato soup 1/4 [...]

Disclaimer: Winter is descending on Iowa so that means back to little or no natural light in our apartment.  Which makes things appear less appealing.  Sorry. My mom’s pumpkin bars are uh-mazing.  AMAZING.  They are one of her signature dishes.  I am attempting to replicate them, but I can’t guarantee that the torch has been [...]

Tis the season for holidays and parties.  Everyone needs that one perfect little thing to bring to those events that everyone will love and will make you look like a culinary genius.  Right?  I mean, not everybody is ready to whip out a batch of these.  So, I will share with you my go to [...]

This recipe is a family tradition.  It is the main reason why I got a Kitchen Aid mixer as a wedding present.  So I could make rolls.  I know this recipe may sound intimidating, but really, it is more time consuming than difficult.  It is a GREAT way to impress people at dinner parties or [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I was trying to come up with an easy dessert to take over to a friend’s to go with dinner.  I’ve used a lot of my recipes over and over and am kind of tired of  a lot of them.  Recently I’d been making chocolate pudding as a low fat [...]