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 … Continue readingTurkey Apricot Meatballs
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 … Continue readingBaked Parmesan Cracker Chicken Tenders
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 … Continue readingChicken Sundried Tomato Pesto Pasta
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 … Continue readingHungry Bear Bison Blue Cheeseburger
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 … Continue readingGalaxy Slow Cooker Tacos
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 … Continue readingLady and the Tramp Spaghetti and Meatballs
Wizarding World Beef and Guinness Stew #eattheworld #wizardingworld #harrypotter #stewrecipe … Continue readingWizarding World Beef and Guinness Stew
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 … Continue readingBaked Spaghetti
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! … Continue readingPecan Chicken with Honey Mustard Sauce
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 … Continue readingCount Down Chicken Fusilli
Disneyland’s Trader Sam’s Hawaiian Cheeseburger – A perfect tropical hamburger, wonderful for your summer menu or Tiki party! … Continue readingTrader Sam’s Hawaiian Cheeseburger
Homemade Sloppy Joes are a easy weeknight dinner and delicious. This is a family favorite! #ImprovCookingChallenge ketchup and mustard. … Continue readingHomemade Sloppy Joes
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 … Continue readingBengal BBQ Grilled Pork Sausage Skewer
Disneyland’s Big Thunder Ranch BBQ Ribs … Continue readingBig Thunder Ranch BBQ Ribs
Incredible Egg Rolls inspired by The Incredibles 2. #IncrediblesFood #FoodnFlix #Incredibles … Continue readingIncredible Egg Rolls
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 … Continue readingObviously Nachos
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. … Continue readingIndiana Jones Rolling Boulder Sliders
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 … Continue readingCoco inspired Slow Cooker Baked Flautas
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 … Continue readingSlytherin Snake Sausage Rolls
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 … Continue readingSweet Potato Gnocchi
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 … Continue readingHaunted Mansion Ribs ‘n Sausages
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 … Continue readingKäse (Cheese) Spätzle
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 … Continue readingPretzel Dogs
The Butchart Gardens Tea had a number of yummy tea sandwiches including Sausage Wraps. I had not seen pastry wrapped around larger sausages and thought this would make a nice addition to our tea menu at home. These are so easy that we’ve made them … Continue readingButchart Gardens Sausage Wraps
The tea tray included quiche so I modified the menu a bit and created this Spinach Swiss Quiche. The quiche at Butchart Gardens was quite small and served in a tart shell. I decided to make my version a little larger and used a muffin … Continue readingButchart Gardens Spinach Swiss Quiche
The Princess Fettuccine Alfredo we had on the ship was amazing. My niece is a selective eater and at first didn’t want to try it but after I offered her a taste of my dish, this became her go to menu option for the rest … Continue readingPrincess Fettuccine Alfredo
The Red Rose Taverne Garden Mozzarella Flatbread is an easy, fast and yummy lunch or dinner option. We had some amazing fresh tomatoes from our garden and I wanted to use them in a dish that would showcase them. The flatbread or pizza dough for … Continue readingRed Rose Taverne Garden Mozzarella Flatbread
The Disneyland Chieftain Chicken Skewer recipe is another great option to make the night before and provides a milder option from the Bengal Beef Skewer for the Adventureland dinner menu. This chicken recipe has a wonderful pineapple sweet and sour flavor and is absolutely delicious. … Continue readingDisneyland Chieftain Chicken Skewer
The Bengal Beef Skewer recipe inspired by the Disneyland Bengal Barbecue so far is our favorite recipe for the Adventureland Dinner Party menu. The meat has wonderful zesty and peppery flavor that tends a little the the hot side but is super delicious. My youngest … Continue readingDisneyland Bengal Barbecue Bengal Beef Skewer
This Quiche Lorraine recipe has been a family favorite for years. This is part of our Christmas morning breakfast and everyone looks forward to this dish. This year, we decided to make this recipe to celebrate Mother’s Day. This Quiche Lorraine is creamy, cheesy, rich. … Continue readingQuiche Lorraine
When we traveled to Florida, we were able to get breakfast reservations at Be Our Guest. I was excited to eat in this restaurant as we do not have anything like it at the Disneyland Resort in California. We were not disappointed as the restaurant … Continue readingAssorted Meat and Cheese Board
This Slow Cooker Braised Pork is a hearty meal that will leave you feeling satisfied. The recipe is inspired by the menu at Walt Disney World’s Be Our Guest restaurant. This slow cooker pork uses similar ingredients as Coq Au Vin. It is slow cooked … Continue readingSlow Cooker Braised Pork