Have you ever found yourself in a rut? I mean the kind of rut that seems inescapable, unavoidable, but completely and in every way delicious? Casa Mexicana is my favorite rut. Anytime my husband and I get an opportunity for a date night (or date afternoon … we’ll take whatever we can get), we always seem […]
Most people don’t find grilled chicken breasts to be at all exciting. Even my own parents turned their nose up at the suggestion that we grill chicken breasts at a family gathering. Chicken breasts alone are NOT exciting, but they are a perfect blank slate just waiting for you to infuse it with flavor, spice, […]
Did you notice the grammatical error or two in my title? Based on my time spent in the homeschooling community, I figured that grammatical errors were the best way to get a homeschool mom’s attention. LOL I have no time to cook, and I know that I’m not alone. Because I know some of you […]
Fruit Salad is my favorite kind of salad! Growing up, my mother would make an enormous fruit salad a couple of times during the summer. Fruit Salad became a sign of summer. Affiliate links are included. I might make a small commission off of purchases through these links. Thank you for visiting and reading my […]
My mother’s birthday was on Easter this year. Since her birthday was going to be extra special this year, I offered to make her any birthday cake that she wanted. She requested that I make her a Pineapple Upside Down Cake. The only complaint I heard all day was that I should have made two […]
When I’m not using the slow cooker, there is a good chance that dinner will be on the grill. My family loves grilled chicken breasts, so I experiment with marinades often so we can change things up a bit. I use Coca-Cola in my Cola Marinade, but you could certainly use whatever cola you happen […]
My mother would make this Strawberry Fluff Cottage Cheese Salad when I was growing up. This is about the only way you would ever catch me eating cottage cheese. The strawberry gelatin, strawberries, and whipped topping are excellent at concealing the loathsome, but healthy, cottage cheese. Substituting low fat and/or sugar free ingredients can make […]
I just love lemon flavored desserts… especially in the spring and summer. There is just something really refreshing about citrus flavors. When I made the Red Velvet Brownies last winter, I knew that I would be making Lemon Brownies for the spring/summer. These Lemon Brownies will be perfect after our grilled chicken breasts for dinner […]
If you’ve been following my recipes for long, you probably realize that my husband is not a fan of fish and seafood. However, I could eat ONLY fish and seafood for all my life and not complain. Since I’m too lazy, um, … I mean, “busy”… to cook two meals (Seriously, who needs that kind […]
When I was growing up, there were certain foods that my dad refused to eat. Eggplant was high on that list. So high, in fact, that my mom called this Cajun Eggplant Rice Dressing, “Dirty Rice” instead. My dad loved my mom’s dirty rice. She had two dirty rice recipes. One recipe was the eggplant […]