Cucumber Guacamole Tea Sandwich are flavorful sandwiches that are perfect for tea time or lunch. Pair with scones and a small treat. I am working on a number of recipes that would make great additions to tea time menus. I love throwing together a tea style meal, I think they are fun and the foods …
Turkey Apricot Meatballs are a delicious and simple dinner option that offers fantastic flavors using Dijon mustard and apricot jam. These are one of our favorite go to meal options. These are easy to make. To make the meatballs, combine the ground turkey and seasonings together and form the meatballs. The sauce is easy to …
Tasty and easy oven Baked Parmesan Cracker Chicken Tenders using saltine crackers and Parmesan Cheese. This is a twist on an old favorite that will have your family saying “Yum”. We all need easy recipes that make for quick week night dinners and this one fits the bill. I love that I was able to …
Disney’s Pumpkin Soup is the third recipe in our Holiday Side Dish week comes from Epcot’s Sunshine Seasons restaurant in Walt Disney World. When we visited the Living with The Land attraction on our trip to Florida, we truly enjoyed seeing the greenhouses and learning about alternative ways to grow gardens. We even did the …
Fantastical Food Fight issued a challenge to make a meal in 30 minutes. I was in the mood for pasta so I turned to Disney’s California Adventure’s Boardwalk Pizza and Pasta’s menu for ideas. I decided if I were in the park, I would order the Chicken Sundried Tomato Pesto Pasta as it sounded fantastic. …
August is National Sandwich month and the Foodie Extravaganza asked us to share our favorite sandwiches. This one definitely qualifies as a favorite for me. The Jolly Holiday Specialty Toasted Cheese Sandwich is a sinful combination of three cheeses, pancetta and blackberry jam grilled to perfection. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it. This is …
I wanted to include a salad in my Critter Country inspired menu and the Hungry Bear Restaurant has a really yummy one, the Hungry Bear Picnic Salad. The salad is described as “seasoned Turkey Breast, Strawberries, Feta Cheese, Cranberries, Roasted Almonds and Jicama on top of Mixed Greens with a Strawberry Vinaigrette” on their menu. …
Sinful Hungry Bear Bison Blue Cheeseburger is juicy and full of flavor. The bison meat paired with the bacon, kale and mushrooms topped with a fantastic homemade blue cheese dressing just can’t be beat. This burger is inspired by the Halloween Time special food offerings at Disneyland. This one was from the Hungry Bear Restaurant. …
Blue Bayou Golden Beet & Arugula Salad is a dinner menu item at Disneyland’s Blue Bayou restaurant. It is described as arugula, goat cheese, strawberries, pickled red onions and pistachio served with sherry vinaigrette. A picture of the salad was shared on the Disney Parks Blog for the Valentines Day 2019 celebration. It looked so …
Galaxy Slow Cooker Tacos are inspired by Summer of Heroes at Disney’s California Adventure “The Most Dangerous Tacos in the Galaxy“. Just add green onion slaw, purple cabbage and salsa. The version at Disney was served with green tortillas, buy you can use flour or corn tortillas. The recipe is inspired by Guardians of the …
I joined a Share the Love game posted from #FoodBloggerLove group. We claim the last blogger in the comment stream and add our own link. Then we have a week to post an inspired recipe. I was excited to claim Chef Sarah Elizabeth. She and I have been in several different blogging groups over the years, …
This month’s Improv Cooking Challenge was to use Italian Seasoning and Wine in a recipe. Give how close we are to Valentine’s day, this immediately made me think of Lady and the Tramp and their romantic pasta dinner at Tony’s. That was my inspiration to come up with Lady and the Tramp Spaghetti and Meatballs. …
Wizarding World Beef and Guinness Stew #eattheworld #wizardingworld #harrypotter #stewrecipe
This month’s #BakingBloggers theme is Baked Pasta. I must admit that other than a traditional lasagna, I’ve never really made much in the baked pasta department. I started looking for inspiration and surprisingly found it in the Walking Dead. I decided to make Baked Spaghetti as this is a meal that keeps showing up on …
Welcome to the November Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop, hosted by My Pinterventures. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you too) to not just pin, but to make it happen! This month, I chose to make Turkey Pot Pie Soup. I was inspired by the new holiday …
Pecan Chicken with Honey Mustard Sauce is a perfect dish for a special occasion or for a weeknight meal when you want to feel pampered!
Count Down Chicken Fusilli is a recipe adapted from D23. This is part of the menu for Alien Pizza Planet (formerly Redd Rockett’s Pizza Port) in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. This dish sounded delicious and I just had to give it a try. I adapted the original recipe to leverage store bought alfredo and pesto sauce to …
Our family has really enjoyed the Kung Fu Panda movies and we always wanted to try the Secret Ingredient Noodle Soup. I wanted a delicious, easy soup that could be pulled together on a weeknight. I also wanted something our entire family would enjoy. We went through many iterations to get to this version and …
Disneyland’s Trader Sam’s Hawaiian Cheeseburger – A perfect tropical hamburger, wonderful for your summer menu or Tiki party!
Homemade Sloppy Joes are a easy weeknight dinner and delicious. This is a family favorite! #ImprovCookingChallenge ketchup and mustard.
This month’s Fantastical Food Fight theme is kebabs. The requirements are the recipe must be new and the food must be skewered and cooked. July is National Grilling Month, so I decided to grill my skewers. I chose to develop a recipe inspired by Disneyland’s Bengal BBQ, the Bengal BBQ Grilled Pork Sausage Skewer. This was …
Our family enjoys soup and the Wizarding World English Ale and Cheese Soup sounded so good we couldn’t resist making a version for home. The resulting taste of the soup will depend heavily on the cheddar and ale that you select. The stronger the flavor of either, the stronger the flavor of your soup. We …
Incredible Egg Rolls inspired by The Incredibles 2. #IncrediblesFood #FoodnFlix #Incredibles
This month I’m joining the Fantastical Food Fight for the first time. The theme this month is Salad. I decided to make a salad I’ve been thinking about for some time; the Wizarding World Rotisserie Chicken Salad inspired by the Three Broomsticks menu at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood. The salad …
As part of my Super Heroes menu this month, I decided on Obviously Nachos that were part of Disney’s California Adventure Summer of Heroes in 2017. The nachos are described as “Fried blue corn tortillas with red pepper cheese sauce, mojo-marinated chicken, chipotle crèma and green onions”. This is an easy meal to pull together …
This month on the Monday Movie Challenge, we are taking on inspiration from our Mom’s favorite movie. One of my mom’s favorites is Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. I used inspiration from the Jock Lindsey’s Hanger Bar menu from Orlando, Florida. The Rolling Boulder Sliders is no longer on the menu, …
This month’s theme for Food ‘N Flix is Disney Pixar’s Coco and Culinary Adventures with Camilla is our host. The film is about a boy who wants to be a musician but due to a family incident in the past, the entire family is forbidden to play music. They make shoes, but Miguel is not …
For the main dish for this months Hungry Bear menu I created the Hungry Bear Crispy Chicken Sandwich from the Hungry Bear restaurant at Disneyland. This sandwich takes a little prep to make but it’s not too time consuming, just a little messy. Once that’s done, it just bakes until golden brown and then is …
Firefly’s Wife Soup is inspired by the TV show, Firefly, from the episode “War Stories”. At the end of the show, Zoe makes soup for her husband, Wash and he responds “Mmmm, Wife Soup, I must’ve done good”. Zoe is a warrior, and doesn’t spend a lot of time cooking. When we see her make …
At the beginning of the Firefly series, the crew of Serenity pick up passengers. One of the passengers, Sheppard Book, brings fresh strawberries on board from his time at the Abbey. While we don’t see the strawberries show up at the dinner table that night, we do see Kaylee enjoying eating one of them as …
For my starter menu item in this months Theme of the Month Menu Hogwarts Tea Party, I decided on Hufflepuff Chilled Mango Soup. I decided a healthy chilled soup would be the perfect way to start the tea. Mangoes have a beautiful yellow color and the flavor is a bit unexpected. This is a quick …
For 2018, I am starting something new. Each month I will showcase a Theme of the Month Menu. This month I am putting together a Harry Potter Hogwarts inspired tea party. The main inspiration comes from the colors of the houses, with the exception of Slytherin, where I am using the house symbol, a snake, …
The Royal Street Chicken Salad at French Market at Disneyland in New Orleans Square is a wonderful and healthy option available in the park. French Market is a great restaurant for yummy food and to enjoy the atmosphere. This salad is a wonderful option if you are looking for something a little healthier but with …
This month’s Food ‘n Flix Challenge is the movie Clueless. The main character in the movie, Char, is constantly trying to help her father eat healthy. She often will make him or bring him a salad and makes sure that he eats it for dinner. Given her focus on eating healthy I was inspired to …
My husband has been making this Sweet Potato Gnocchi for years and has it done to a science. While this take a little time, the result is absolutely delicious and the batch is large enough for at least two dinners. It is also a great recipe to take camping as it is quick to prepare …
This month’s Food ‘n Flix Club Challenge movie was Planes, Trains and Automobiles. I have never seen this movie, even though I am an 80’s kid and watched many John Hughes films. This one did have a unique style, and maybe that is why I missed it in the past. It is a crazy adventure …
This year I wanted to create a dinner for Halloween inspired by Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion ride and came up with this Haunted Mansion Ribs ‘n Sausages for our main dish. The Haunted Mansion has many skeletons throughout the ride. The one that I most remember is right at the start as you pass a casket …
Recently we had the opportunity to attend a party to celebrate one of my son’s swimmer friends returning home from Germany for a visit. She brought a number of German treats home for us to sample. This included chips and many varieties of gummies. She also had homemade Spätzle for us. The Spätzle was delicious …
One of our family’s favorite go to meals is Pretzel Dogs. My sister will even occasionally get upset with us if we make these Pretzel Dogs without her. It is tradition that we invite our extended family over when we make these as they are just so yummy. The dish is made with homemade pretzel …
