Overnight Triple Cinnamon Rolls

Over the holidays, I surprised the kids one morning with home-made gooey cinnamon rolls.  I was searching for a recipe that wouldn't have me in the kitchen all morning and came across Alton Brown's Overnight Cinnamon Roll recipe.  Perfect!!  After tweaking it here and there, I came up with my version, Overnight Triple Cinnamons Rolls.  I LOVE cinnamon and add it any chance I get.  For this recipe it is not only in the filling, but also in the dough and icing (of course you can leave it out if you are not in love with it as much as I am).  I also doubled the filling recipe, I wanted these babies oozing with sugary goodness.  Over the years I have tried several recipes and this is by far my favorite, not to mention the kids gave it a thumbs up.  Indulge!

Stacked Shrimp Ceviche Salad

I love all things ceviche and salad.  I initially wanted to make a crab stacked salad, but I did not have any on hand, so as I was brainstorming I came up with this.  Instead of combining all ingredients like would a normal ceviche, I decided to layer them.  This salad was so fun to make and so refreshing with just a hint of spice.  Only thing missing is the margarita.  Indulge!

Fried Ravioli

I have been wanting to try this recipe ever since I came across it.  I wanted to incorporate a new appetizer in and thought this would be perfect, even the kids would dig it.  I adapted it from Giada De Laurentiis recipe, the only thing I changed was the sauce.  I didn't have marinara on hand, so I took a jar of my favorite pasta sauce and through it in the blender along with some parmesan cheese and red chili flakes for an added richness and spice.  I'm so glad I nibbled on a couple before serving, I am pretty sure the kids swallowed them whole, they were gone so fast. Indulge!

Roasted Chicken and Spinach Manicotti

This dish is probably the one I am most proud of.   Not quite 20 years ago (that would make me 9.. right?), I saw a recipe in a little book I had bought at the grocery store.  I was having friends over and really wanted to make something they would enjoy, I had only dabbled in the kitchen and was so unsure of the outcome.  Surprisingly enough they loved it.  Over the years I have tweaked and tweaked on the recipe and changed it to my own liking.  Little did I know that this very recipe would lead me to my love of cooking.  Indulge!

Rosemary Bread

Now who couldn't eat an Italian dish with out some melt in your mouth bread.  I love the aromatic rosemary married together with garlic and herbs.  Just right to sop up sauce left in your plate or dipped in a lovely oil.

Bucatini All’Amatriciana with Spicy Smoked Mozzarella Turkey Meatballs

I have been so behind in posting recipes.  Last year went by in a flash and I have so many to share, not to mention I have so many more to try.  I love a good pasta dish, especially one with smoked mozzarella.  This recipe is one I adapted from Giada (she is my go to girl when I'm looking for an awesome Italian dish). Indulge!

Smoked Turkey Crepes

This is my attempted to recreate a fabulous dish I had in a little cafe in Dallas called Cafe Brazil.  I love everything about this dish.  It's light, fresh and amazingly delicious.

I see a blog makeover in my future...

I have been looking at giving my blog a makeover for some time now.  I know it needs a little spicing up.  I have been looking at different designers and came across this awesome site, Designer Blogs.  They are having a giveaway right now towards a new blog makeover, wish me luck and check them out if you are looking at updated your blog design.