My Cookbook

I spent years eating frozen meals and cereal from a box.  Before I got married the most intense meal I could make was spaghetti...with store bought sauce.  Then I meet my husband who not only loves to eat, but loves to cook. I thought that I had hit the jackpot! I would never have to cook EVER! Instead, I found myself feeling guilty for not chipping in and helping with meals so I started engaging in weekly cooking experiments where I attempted to cook something new every week.  Want to know what I discovered? I actually kind of like to cook.  I also am not as bad as I thought.  It has taken practice, and trial and error, but here are some of the recipes that I have tried and loved. I'm still not prepared to call myself a cook- but if I can do it you surely can too!

Below are a list of all my favorites: 

APPETIZERS and SIDES

-Banana Bread
-BBQ Fruit
-Bruschetta 
-Chicken and Basil Pesto

-Green Bean Casserole 

-Potato Skins

-Twice Baked Potatoes
-Zucchini Bread 

ENTREES 

Beef

-Traditional Pot Roast

-Cowboy Calzones  
-Lasagna Style Baked Ziti
-Orange Teriyaki Beef with Noodles
-Homemade Spaghetti and Meatballs 
-Steak Sandwich
-Beef with Snow Peas 
-Lasagna Roll-Ups 
 

Chicken

-Chicken Cacciatore

-Chicken Enchiladas (My Favorite!)
-Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo 
-Country Style Chicken Kiev 
-Lemon Greek Chicken
-Chicken Pasta
-Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

-Salsa Chicken 

-Chicken Spaghetti 

-Chicken Tetrazzini
-Chicken Tikki Masala 
-Hearty Jambalaya

Pork
-Chipotle Marinated Pork Chops with Chimichurri Sauce  

-Kahlua Pork
-Oven Barbecued Pork Chops 
-Slow Cooked Car Siu Pork Roast  
-Hearty Jambalaya 

Fish 
-Linguine with Clam Sauce 
-Hearty Jambalaya 

Meatless

-Bacon Mac
-Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
-Homemade Lasagna
-Lower Calorie Fettucine Alfredo

DESSERTS

-Monster Cookies
-Peanut Butter Cookies 

-Sugar Cookies
-Strawberry Shortcake
-New York Times #1 Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Contact

Feel free to email me your suggestions, ideas, or questions at duolynoted@gmail.com.

Also, don't forget to follow me on Twitter: @duolynoted

About Melissa

My name is Melissa and thanks for stopping by Duoly Noted.

Some very important things you should know about me: I 100% believe that everything looks better in the color red. If I were stranded on a desert island and only had sushi, coffee, and wine I would not only survive, but when the rescue boat came I would tell them to keep on going. My standard evening wear is black yoga pants and a collegiate hooded sweatshirt. I am not a great speller, but think an angry letter can right most wrongs. I do not know how to cook, so I force myself to engage in weekly self-taught cooking experiments. In my free time I write, run, and read. I listen to my music too loud and dance around when I think I am alone. I am a devoted member of the Church of Oprah.  I have two children, which may-or-may-not take the form of furry dogs.

(aren't they the cutest????)

Duoly Noted began as a blog that my husband (then boyfriend) and I started together to blog about the 2008 presidential election.  Since then, Obama got elected, Dan and I got married, and this blog became completely my own little monster.

Instead of writing about politics, I write about my life.  The archives of this blog chronicles our engagement, graduation from law school, the wedding, our big move from Washington to Dallas, our first year of marriage, and beyond!

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Email: duolynoted@gmail.com
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