Laura's Corner Kitchen - Inspiration for cooking, baking, recipes, and all things kitchen related

Bars Breakfast Desserts Gifts from the Kitchen Recipes Snack

One-Bowl Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting are super easy!

Snack

Make Your Own Chicken Bone Broth

Chicken Main Dish Recipes

Easy to make Artichoke Chicken

Gifts from the Kitchen

Homemade Vanilla Extract is Simple to Make

Blog

Corner Restaurants

Main Street Creamery

A visit to Main Street Creamery in Washington, MO is the perfect after dinner treat!

Corner Restaurants

Old Dutch Hotel & Tavern

Old Dutch Tavern & Hotel is the perfect anniversary spot in Washington Missouri.

Main Dish Soups

Turkey Chili is a simple weeknight, one pot, Dutch oven meal that’s ready in 1 hour. I love to throw this together after work because it’s fast and easy, and has less fat than my usual chili recipe. It’s light enough to eat on top of Perfect Baked Potatoes or in a bowl topped with […]

Main Dish Side Dish

Perfect Baked Potatoes

One of my top three favorite foods is the humble potato! I love them every possible way: baked, twice baked, boiled, fried, chips, au gratin, scalloped, mashed, Hasselback, and in soups, stews, and salads and more. My college days were filled with baked potatoes for dinner. That was it – just a plain baked potato […]

Main Dish Pasta Restaurant Inspired

Creamy Lemon Pesto Ravioli

Recently my husband and I had the privilege of traveling to California to see our oldest son. We had an amazing time visiting with Michael! Even though he was working most of the days we were there, he planned some incredible experiences for our time together. Michael and I are both cooks. We love to […]

Field Trip Videos

Field Trip to Lucky Dog Farm

Meet Darlene Smith, owner of Lucky Dog Farm! She and her husband Ryan and their two kids run the regenerative, organic farm in a growing community that’s eager for local, healthy, and nutrient dense food.

Appetizers

Buffalo Chicken Wontons

Buffalo Chicken Wontons Buffalo Chicken Wontons will be the hit of your next gathering. Crispy crunchy, golden brown Buffalo Chicken Wontons are the perfect hand held appetizer. While this recipe makes 100 crispy, delicious Buffalo Chicken Wontons, you can easily cut this recipe in half and make 50. Or use half the filling in wontons […]

Desserts Pie

Yogurt Pie

Yogurt Pie What better way to start the summer cook out season than with a light, refreshing Yogurt Pie that takes 5 minutes to prepare and uses only 4 ingredients? Yogurt Pie is one of the first, quick dessert recipes I created over 30 years ago. My father-in-law Jack was a big fan of fruit […]

Casserole Chicken Main Dish Pasta

Chicken, Broccoli & Penne in Garlic Cream Sauce

Chicken, Broccoli & Penne in Garlic Cream Sauce is the perfect, quick weeknight meal. It’s ready in 30 minutes. This quick meal can be made even easier and faster with a few shortcuts. Buy the broccoli in ready to use packages. I find that a 12 ounce bag of prewashed florets is about 4 cups. […]

Breakfast Recipes

Buttermilk Pancakes From Scratch

Buttermilk Pancakes From Scratch Buttermilk Pancakes From Scratch are fast, easy & delicious and the perfect choice to make for Mother’s Day breakfast. If you have never made pancakes from scratch, here’s your golden opportunity to impress your family! Make Buttermilk Pancakes From Scratch your go-to recipe to produce light, fluffy golden pancakes with a […]