You’ll Sneak Sick Days From Work Just To Make This Gumbo I recently stayed over at a friend’s house for dinner, and she made us her favorite gumbo dish. When I was eating it, I couldn’t get enough! In fact, I ate three bowls of it all by myself! My friend was snickering throughout the [...]
A Little Irish Influence Really Intensifies The Flavor While my grandmother has made some very delicious dishes in her time, my Grandpa Joe made the best meatloaf of all time. Any time I used to visit my grandparents’ house as a child, I always asked for the mushroom meatloaf. If I spent a weekend there, [...]
This Is The Perfect Side Dish For Parties And Meals The craziest thing happened to me last weekend: my youngest daughter sprung on me last minute that she volunteered me to contribute a snack to her school’s welcome-back-to-school party! Has your kid ever done that to you? I was in an absolute panic because the [...]
This Recipe Is So Versatile That Everyone Has To Love It I grew up in Texas for ten years as a child, so I know what I’m talking about when I say I’ve eaten good BBQ! By spring, my family was always hosting some type of cookout every weekend the weather would allow us. However, [...]
This Classic Dish Just Got Even Better Spaghetti and meatballs? Doesn’t everyone have a recipe for spaghetti and meatballs? Not like this one! This recipe for Crock Pot Meatballs in Red Sauce is actually my mother’s recipe, and she used to make it every single week when I was a kid. As a mother myself [...]
This American Classic Recipe Just Got Better As a single mom, and with two kids, I can tell you first-hand that it’s hard work having a full dinner prepared every night of the week. It’s exhausting and time consuming to spend so much of my evening in the kitchen; so, just like any other parent, [...]
This Extra Special Pie Has Won First Prize For Three Years! Sometimes, regular, old birthday cake just doesn’t cut it! Sometimes, you need to change up your dessert game a little to keep things interesting. I frequently submit recipes to my church’s baking competitions, and this recipe for Chocolate Candy Bar Pie has won first [...]
These Are The Best Bites Of Sweet And Salty! With three kids, my family is always hosting some type of party for them. Whether it’s a birthday, an accomplishment at school, a church confirmation, or any other celebration, we’re hosting it. In fact, the parents of my kids’ friends have even started asking me to [...]
A Special Ingredient Makes This Dish Affordable For Any Budget Cans of condensed soups should be a kitchen staple in every good cook’s home! Adding condensed soup to casseroles saves so much time and money, and that’s why I fell in love with this Cheesy Creamy Chicken and Rice Casserole. My sister, Betsy, has a [...]
Fluffy And Buttery: These Buttermilk Biscuits Are Like Pillows From Heaven! I don’t know about you, but I love southern comfort food. From greens, to grits, to barbequed meats, there’s nothing that beats southern cooking. My Aunt Denise is from Tennessee; and, when she moved up towards my neck of the woods in Pennsylvania, she [...]