Recipe: Chicken Enchilada Pot Pie

Chicken Enchilada Pot Pie from www.thisgalcooks.com #enchiladas #mexicanfood

I know what you’re thinking. Pot pies usually have the crust on top of the filling, not the bottom. But this delicious pot pie has the crust on the bottom. You could call it a reverse pot pie. Which is absolutely fine. Why the crust on the bottom? So you can top the pie with [...]

Recipe: Cheesy Eggplant Parmesan

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Eggplant is one of my favorite vegetables. I enjoy it grilled, baked and fried. When I went through my vegetarian phase, I ordered vegetarian gyros that were filled with eggplant, roasted red peppers and feta. Have you ever tried Moussaka? It’s a delicious Greek dish that you must try if you haven’t. I want to [...]

Recipe: Deep Dish Taco Pie

Deep Dish Taco Pie - This Gal Cooks (wm)

One of my favorite types of food is Mexican style  food. Tacos, enchiladas, fajitas, chili rellanos. You name it, I probably like it. There’s a local Mexican restaurant down the road from our house called Rancho Chico. They have awesome food. And the chips and salsa, well, they are so good that it’s hard to [...]

Recipe: Stir Fry Vegetables with Penne

Stir Fry Vegetables with Penne - This Gal Cooks (wm2)

Good Monday evening! How was everyone’s weekend? Mine was pretty good. My mom came to visit us on Saturday and stayed until this afternoon. Mom and I did some shopping, Ken and I took her out to dinner Saturday evening and to breakfast this morning and yesterday we did a BBQ. Ken smoked a Boston [...]

Recipe: Garlic Sesame Rice Noodles

sesame garlic rice noodles

Who loves easy recipes? I sure do. Not that I dislike complex recipes but working full-time Monday through Friday sometimes results in my not feeling up to cooking an elaborate meal during the week. When I can find a quick, easy delicious recipe that’s still basically made from scratch, I usually try it. When I [...]

Recipe: Thai Coconut Curry Soup

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A couple of weeks ago I stumbled upon a wonderful soup recipe that was shared at my Marvelous Mondays party. Cindy from Everyday Insanity shared a  Thai Coconut Chicken Soup recipe at the party and when I saw it, I knew I had to try it. I enjoy making soups and I love to try [...]

Recipe: Curry Crab Rangoon

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As I mentioned in a previous post, I made appetizers for our New Years Eve celebration. If you missed that post and the delicious recipe (Spinach & Artichoke Wontons) that I shared, you can view it here. In addition to making those delicious appetizers, I also made the recipe I will be sharing with you [...]

Recipe: Moroccan Chickpea and Lentil Stew

Moroccan Chickpea & Lentil Stew

Lately I’ve been interested in learning about and cooking ethnic inspired foods. I’ve tried Mediterranean style food and a few Indian inspired foods and I really enjoy the flavors of those types of foods. The combination of the spices is fantastic. My boyfriend also enjoys these types of foods. I started browsing some Moroccan inspired [...]

Recipe: Thai Peanut Sauce with Whole Wheat Noodles

thai peanut noodles

I’ve been in the mood to make ethnic inspired foods lately. Recently I made some Greek inspired dishes as well as some Asian inspired dishes. I’ll be sharing the recipes for those with you soon. Today I’m going to share a recipe for Thai Peanut Sauce with you. I found this recipe over at one [...]

Red Chili Chicken

Red Chili Chicken

I’m a huge fan of Chinese food but for some reason, I rarely make it at home. In fact, I’ve only made 3 Chinese type dishes in my lifetime so I’d say it’s time to venture into that area of home cooking sometime soon. One of the three Chinese dishes I’ve made was inspired by [...]