Fettuccini with King Oyster Mushrooms

Fettuccini with King Oyster Mushrooms

This fettuccini pasta recipe is one of my favorite pasta dishes. The ingredients come together to create such a wonderful flavor.

I have been making this for several years now and thought I would share it with you. I haven't made this for some time and thought it was time to make this delightful pasta dish again. It ranks high on my list for easy fettuccini recipes.

This is not my recipe, some years ago while I was out of work I spent a lot of time watching the Cooking Channel.

I became a fan of Chef Roger Mooking follow the link to learn more about Roger and his recipes.  I watched him make this dish and knew that I had to try it.

Everything in his recipe is fresh and this is so easy to make. Here are some of the ingredients that you'll need to make this amazing dish, fresh king oyster mushrooms, fresh thyme, chives, and baby spinach.

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There is more so I urge you to follow this link to get his recipe. Fettuccini with King Oyster Mushrooms by Roger Mooking. I know you won't be sorry I think you and your family will love this one.

When you see Roger's recipe the prep time is 5 minutes and cook time is 15 minutes. Since Roger is a seasoned Chef and I'm not this took me a little longer to make. I'd say that I had this on the table in a little over 30 minutes, and it serves 4 people. Thank you, Roger, for this tasty pasta dish.


As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!

Five Winter Warm-Ups

Winter warm up soups
The fall season is now upon us here in Western New York and soon it will be winter and the snow will be flying. Oh! I'm so not ready for the cold weather.

Not to worry, though, I've combined five of my favorites from previous posts all into one post, to help you through the cold weather.


This is a family favorite and is made with meatballs. Serve with some fresh Italian bread and this soup is a meal all by itself.

Italian style wedding soup recipe

Another family favorite passed down from my grandmother. We have this soup as a starter for almost all of our Holiday meals.

How to make French Onion Soup

Impress your friends and family with this easy to make classic French Onion Soup. Another great starter for any meal.


This one is the perfect warm me up on a cold winter day and another soup you can make a meal out of. 


This award winning chili is not your average chili. My daughter makes this the best, I don't know where she got the recipe but you're going to love it. This chili is also a gameday favorite for us.

I sure hope these five winter warm ups help you through the winter season. I'll for sure be making ever single one of these this year.

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy! 

Maple Cinnamon Rolls

Maple Cinnamon Rolls

Maple Glazed Cinnamon Rolls

I do love sweets and these Maple Cinnamon Rolls are a perfect fit. After Fran and I had our children we started a  family tradition of having cinnamon rolls every Christmas morning. Even now that our kids have grown up and have their own families we still carry on that tradition.

Every year we buy Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls and pop them in the oven on Christmas morning. All these years I've never tried to make my own cinnamon rolls from scratch before. Yesterday I decided to practice and give it a try.

As you can see from the picture my practice run at this was a huge success. These maple cinnamon rolls are melt in your mouth delicious. After making these there will be no more store bought cinnamon rolls for me, not that Pillsbury doesn't make a delicious cinnamon, roll I'm now hooked on homemade.

I made these in three stages the dough, filling, and the icing following is how I managed all of this.

The Dough:

4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 package dry yeast
1/2 cup butter
1 cup milk, scalded and cooled
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup warm water
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon honey

I mixed the warm water and yeast in my you guessed my KitchenAid mixing bowl. Next in a small pan combined the milk and butter, bring this to a boil and remove it from the heat to cool.

While the milk and butter cooled I beat the two eggs in a small bowl and added the salt and honey to the warm water and yeast. Now add the milk to the water and yeast, and then add the sugar.

I began to add the flour one cup at a time while the mixer was on low speed. After the dough is formed, knead it on a floured surface a few times and put back in bowl cover it and let rise. While the dough was rising I mixed my filling in another bowl.

The Filling:

1/2 cup butter melted (To be brushed on the dough)
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons cinnamon
Raisins or chopped nuts (Optional)

Mix the two sugars and cinnamon in the bowl and reserve the butter to brush on the dough later. Roll out the dough to about 16 inches by 10 inches and brush it with the melted butter. I didn't use all of the melted butter so you may have some left over.
recipe maple cinnamon rolls

I covered the dough with the filling saving a little for the top of rolls after I sliced them. Roll the dough into a log pinch the ends together then carefully cut one-inch slices.


I prepared a 13" x 9" glass baking dish by brushing the bottom with melted butter and sprinkling it with sugar. Place the rolls into the baking dish close together I got 16 rolls in the baking dish.

Maple cinnamon roll recipe

Cover the baking dish and them rise for about 30 minutes. Now sprinkle the remaining filling on top and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes on the middle rack.

Maple Cinnamon Roll Icing

4 tablespoons softened or melted butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon Maple extract or Vanilla (I used Maple)
5 tablespoons milk (room temperature)

Whisk or mix together until combined and it looks like a glaze.  After they come out of the oven let them cool just a bit and then spoon on the icing.

maple glaze cinnamon rolls

You can make these ahead of time after you slice them you freeze these delightful cinnamon rolls and have them whenever you want. These are great for breakfast or anytime treat.

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!

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Fresh Tomato Spinach Pizza

Fresh spinach pizza recipe
I'm always in the mood for pizza, especially if I'm making my own. There is just something special about making pizza with fresh ingredients. This is an easy fresh spinach pizza recipe.

Get my fresh dough recipe from my older post here: How to Make Homemade Pizza. This recipe yields me about three smaller pizzas or two large ones.

So I whipped up the batch of dough in my KitchenAid stand mixer and was waiting for it to rise. Fran knew we had some fresh tomato, baby spinach, fresh mozzarella, and feta cheese in the refrigerator. We always like to experiment with fresh ingredients, and pizza is so versatile that way you can use just about anything you want.

Here is what we used and how we made this fresh spinach pizza. The amount will depend on your taste. We really didn't measure anything we just added these fresh ingredients as we went along.

Easy Homemade Pizza Recipe:


  • Roll out the dough in your pizza pan and brush it will olive oil
  • Next, add fresh sliced tomatoes, enough to cover the  dough
  • Layer on some fresh feta cheese
  • Now add some fresh baby spinach all over the top
  • Add some sliced mozzarella
  • Sprinkle fresh basil and some Italian seasoning
  • Season to your taste with garlic, salt, and pepper.


Fresh spinach pizza recipe
Our pizza ready to go in the oven
I preheated the oven to 450 degrees and baked this on the middle rack for 16 minutes. Then moved the pizza to the bottom rack for another 3 minutes just to make sure the bottom was golden brown.

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!

Oatmeal Craisin Muffins

Oatmeal Craisin Muffins

I must be in the muffin making mode this month, with my last post-Muffin Tin Apple Pie and now with these Oatmeal Craisin Muffins.

I like a good muffin and these are certainly great for breakfast. Oh! who I'm I kidding I like muffins any time of the day or night. The fall weather seems to put me in the right mood for baking, so I decided to try something different. I used Craisins but you could use raisins, chocolate chips, blueberries or any fruit you desire.

I started off by using the basic ingredients from my Quick Cheddar Cheese Muffins with a few changes of course.

Here is what I used to make Oatmeal Craisin Muffins:

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
5 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup butter (5 tablespoons) softened
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cup of white sugar (Plus a little more to sprinkle on top later)
2 eggs
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon honey
2 cups Quaker Oats (Quick Oats or Old Fashioned)
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups Ocean Spray Craisins

Here is how I made my best oatmeal muffins:

In a large mixing bowl, I combined the flour, baking powder, butter, salt, and sugar. Using my KitchenAid Stand Mixer I turned it on low speed using the flat beater bar and let these combine.

In another bowl, I whisked together the eggs, cinnamon, vanilla, and honey. Add this to the dry ingredients, and then add the oats, milk, and craisins. Continue on low speed until you have a nice batter as you see in the picture below.


Spoon this batter into greased muffin tins almost to the top. I sprinkled about a teaspoon of sugar on top of each one. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes on the middle rack.

Oatmeal craisin muffins ready for the oven
Ready for the oven
oatmeal craisin muffins out of the oven
Out of the oven
This recipe yielded 18 oatmeal craisin muffins, they are moist inside with a nice firm sugar coating on top. Serve these for breakfast or anytime for a snack, you might even call this oatmeal muffin recipe healthy.

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!



Muffin Tin Apple Pie

Muffin tin apple pies
The nights are starting to get cooler and perfect for our family campfires. We had our usual fire on Friday night and I had some apple pie filling left over from our Mountain Pies. It wasn't enough to make a whole pie but I didn't want to waste it, so I made these muffin tin apple pies.

I had this idea to make some mini apple pies and decided to use muffin tins. Also, I wanted to use a different pie crust, I follow Connie Murray @Happybellyfoodie.com.

Back in May of this year, Connie posted this recipe, Butter Crust Chicken Pot Pie. Ever since I read this post I've wanted to try her pie crust recipe so here was my opportunity.

When you read Connie's recipe you'll see that she made the crust in a food processor using chilled butter. I used a  KitchenAid stand mixer so I thought it best to have the butter at room temperature.

Other than that I followed her instructions perfectly and what a wonderful crust this makes, you can get this recipe by clicking the above link for her Chicken Pot Pie, and enjoy so many more of her amazing recipes.

Here is how I made these muffin tin apple pies: 


Muffin tin apple pies
After rolling the dough out to about 1/8 inch thick I used a glass top with a 3 1/2 inch diameter to cut perfect circles.

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To roll out my dough I use this handy Norpro Pastry/Pizza dough roller. I think this handy tool gives you much more control than using a rolling pin.

I've used one of these for many years and it really makes rolling out your pastry and pizza dough an easy task.

Muffin tin apple pies
Then I greased a muffin tin and carefully pressed the dough into the bottom and up the sides.

Muffin tin apple pies

I filled these with my apple mixture, oh and by the way I added 1 tablespoon of sugar and sprinkled some cinnamon into the apples while I made the pie crust. Then I cut tops for these using a 2 1/2 inch glass top and pressed them together. Adding a sprinkle of sugar and cinnamon on top, then cut two slices on the top of each one as a vent.

Muffin tin apple pies
These baked at 350 degrees for 35 minutes until the crust was golden brown. They came out of the muffin tins very easily and cooled on a wire rack.

Connie's pie crust recipe is buttery, flaky and melts in your mouth, Thank You, Connie.

As always Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!

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