Homemade Chocolate Nutter Butter Ice Cream

I have been in the mood for homemade ice cream lately and since I have a very handy Cuisinart Ice Cream maker always ready to be used I made a few batches this past week.

There is just something about homemade ice cream that makes it so much better than store bought.

I can remember the old crank handle ones and even the first electric one we had when I was little.

I remember the ice and rock salt you used to have to mix and pour around the metal canister, then try like the dickens NOT to get any of the melted salt water into the canister when it was done or you'd have salty ice cream.

Maybe it's the memories that make the whole process of homemade ice cream so sweet.

Rice & Vermicelli

I have a new favorite side.  I took my Rice Pilaf recipe that I love and revamped it for a new recipe.

I added some vermicelli so it is more like those box mixes you get at the store.  You know which ones I'm talking about!

This has become a weekly staple around here and I make it at least once a week.

No Fail Pie Crust

Pie Crust........

Yes, the dreaded Pie Crust!

Not everyone is a good crust maker.  (I won't embarrass you, you know who you are, lol)

Some people are amazing crust makers.  (Mom and Auntie Sharon)

But most of us fall into the in-between of so-so crust makers.

I have a recipe that I've been using for a while now and so far (knock, knock) it has turned out every time.

I think what was a mystery to me for the longest time was why the heck; if I made the same recipe every time, sometimes they turned out and sometimes they didn't.

Chipotle Steak Burritos with Cilantro Lime Rice

Remember when I said I would post these delicious Chipotle Steak Burritos?  Well here they are!

These were made using my Chipotle Marinated Steak recipe which came from Tieghan over at Half Baked Harvest and I will forever be in her debt for sharing this amazing recipe.

Chipotle is my daughters favorite restaurant to go to and there were several weeks in a row a few months back where she ate there almost every day.

Chipotle Marinated Steak

Good after my lovelies!   I have an amazing recipe for you today!

Have you been over to see Tieghan at Half Baked Harvest yet?  You SERIOUSLY need to go visit her blog today!  I dare you to try and not come away with at least 3 new recipes to try.  I could happily spend every day over there and still find more recipes to try!

Last week at my link party Tieghan linked up an amazing recipe for Chipotle Steak Burritos, which coincidentally happen to be my daughters very favorite thing at Chipotle, and I knew I had to give them a try.

Chocolate Cream Pie

I have been making Chocolate Cream Pie for years!

It has got to be one of the simplest pies around, but I don't know a lot of people who make them.

Chocolate Pie is a family favorite around here!  The hubby loves it, the kids love it, even the kids friends love it.  I'm the only one who's not a huge fan because, as you know (if you've been following me for awhile), I'm not much of a chocolate person.

Beef & Bean Enchiritos

You have probably guessed by now that we all LOVE Mexican food around here, well except for that crazy man I'm married to!  But seriously, the kids and I could eat it every day and never get tired.

I have always made my Chicken Enchiladas with green sauce and hadn't yet tried any with red sauce, which I don't understand because when I'm out all I usually order is enchiladas with red sauce.

I used to make beef and bean burritos all the time so I thought why not combine my super easy recipe for those with a little red sauce and make them into Enchiritos, you know that wonderful combo of burrito and enchilada.