Jenny's Migas and some random recipes from PW

I made the migas a couple of weeks ago but never got around to posting it. I guess summer has been pretty busy...or lazy...or maybe some of both...

Anyway, I really liked the migas. It tasted very fresh, light, and on the healthy side for PW! I just used sharp cheddar cheese and only used green pepper and not the red one too. My husband wasn't a huge fan of the migas. He said it needed a little more kick to it. I used the whole jalepeno, but I think it must have been a really mild one. It really wasn't spicy at all and usually when I cook with jalepeno my fingertips are burning afterwards, making taking my contacts out at night pure joy...I really need to keep some gloves around for when I cook with jalepenos! I did put a little tabasco on top of my eggs to give it some heat and I thought it was great.

While I was on vacation in Utah I had an opportunity to make a few recipes from the PW cookbook. My mom bought the book after hearing me rave about various recipes from it, so I was able to use her book. I didn't take any pictures though, which I should have!

One night I made the Chicken Spaghetti for everybody. We all really liked it. It was just a good comfort food casserole. I thought it would be a great thing to make when you need to take dinner to people because it made a lot and it seemed to be a crowd-pleaser.

We also made the creamy, herbed Rosemary Potatoes. These were seriously the best potatoes I have had in a long time. I could not get over how wonderful they were. Everybody else at the table was going crazy over them too. We made them just as the recipe says and they were absolutely delightful. I hope I'm not over-selling these potatoes...but they really were so good. After reading the recipe it's not hard to understand why they are so good. They are definitely on the decadent side of things...I think they would be great to serve for company. They would go perfect with a nice steak, pork tenderloin, or grilled chicken, etc. I can't remember what we served them with...I just remember the potatoes :)

One night my mom made the Blackberry Cobbler. My brother and his wife came over for dinner that night, along with my grandma. It happened to be a night I was having dinner at my in-laws. When I got home there were literally 2 bites of cobbler left. My mom saved it for me so I could at least try it! The 2 bites I had were good :) I will have to make it again I think. It's definitely safe to say that my mom and dad are enjoying the PW cookbook.

And I did make the Olive Bread a while back. I made it back when we were making the lasagna. You can barely see it in the lasagna picture, kind of in the top left corner. My husband and I are olive lovers, so this bread really worked for us. But I will state that you really, really, really need to love olives to like this bread. It was very rich and salty, like Audrey said. I think you could definitely cut the green olives by half to help with this, or leave them out completely if you are not a fan of them and the bread would still be plenty olive-y.

Anyway, sorry this post is so long. I got my Our Best Bites cookbook from Amazon the other day. I have already looked through it a few times! I am excited to start it.