Chicken a L'orange avec Soggy Summer Vegetables

After

Before

Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies are as delicious as they are easy. Here's the recipe:

1 box spice cake mix

1 15 oz can pumpkin puree

1 bag (12 oz) chocolate chip (I like semi-sweet but you can you any kind)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix the above ingredients really well and spoon mounds onto a greased cookie sheet. These cookies do not spread much so you can place them close together.

Bake for 12 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet and allow to cool on a wire rack.

ENJOY!

Spinach and Strawberry Salad with Poppyseed dressing

This is probaby one of my favorite salads and makes for a quick lunch. It has 3 ingredients and they are all in the title. The dressing is "Brianna's Poppyseed Dressing". I smuggled it into Canada from Portland. I have not been able to find it here and it is the absolute best dressing!

"Blueberry Cheesecake"

Unfortunately this cheesecake looks much better than it tastes. I made the mistake of not letting the cream cheese soften enough leaving a very clumply filling. I thought everything would even out while it baked in the oven but it only made the clumps harder! I also don't have a springform pan. Without one the cheesecake is difficult to remove.

The only good part was the blueberry topping which I know I'll make in the future as a topping for ice cream, crepes, or waffles, and maybe someday cheesecake.

Here's the recipe.

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Walnut Banana Bread

This is my absolute favorite banana bread recipe. It's from Jesse's mom. The bread is dense and full of flavor and texture...no toasting or butter needed! It also freezes really well.

Fajita's

Tonight I made one of Jesse's favorites...chicken fajita's. I used to always mess them up until I learned that everything cooks a lot more evenly when it's cut the same size. Mmm mmm mmm.