Black Bean Chorizo Pizza

I am sure that you think I might have gone a little nuts with this one. The Mr. definitely thought that when I told him what was for dinner. I cannot take all the credit on this one though. One of my good friend's who is also a marine wife makes this black bean dish with essentially the same ingredients but she mashes it up and adds the cheese on top. Every time she makes it I gobble it up and usually go back and clean out her leftovers. Hey, what are friends for anyways? I am just doing my friendly duties to make sure that she never runs out of room in her refrigerator.

Apple, Pear and Orange Cranberry Sauce

I am not a huge fan of the cranberry crap in a can, and yes that is exactly what I call it. I will eat a piece to be nice if you put it in front of me but something about the way it remains in the can shape with the ridges in it really just weird me out. With that being said, every year my husband insists that we have this molded jiggly red thing that resembles a can. Even though I try to mash it up so that I am not reminded of what it is, I still cannot eat more than a bite. So this year I decided that since we are going to a friend of ours who is also in the military, the cooking responsibility would be split and I could take the extra time needed to make cranberry sauce from scratch.

Szechuan Noodles With Spicy Beef Sauce

This is probably one of my favorite pasta dishes. I came across this recipe over at Sherry's blog. I thought it would be something tasty and different but I had no idea just how delicious this was going to be. This is one of those dishes where you could literally eat the whole thing by yourself and still want more.

Vegetarian Taco Soup

Now the the weather is finally cooling down here I have been making more and more fall time dishes. I love making dishes in the slow cooker because of how easy it is. I don't have to keep an eye on it, stir it or fuss over it the entire time that it is in there. So needless to say, when I can make a dish in the slow cooker I usually try to do it.

Beef Stroganoff

When I usually have beef stroganoff it usually comes from the frozen section of the grocery store. I don't know why but I never thought to make it at home. Now, I don't know if I can ever go back to that frozen stuff again. This was super easy to make with barely any fuss in the kitchen and a very minimal clean up afterward. the meat comes out to be very tender and it holds all of the flavors of the sauce from cooking all day. The Worcestershire sauce and sour cream adds a slight tanginess to it but it is balanced out with the cream cheese. I found that if you cube the cream cheese before adding it to the slow cooker it will help it melt faster and there will be less of a chance of there being pockets of cream cheese in your sauce. If by chance you cannot find golden mushroom soup, cream of mushroom will work just as well.