Grateful Rolls – This simple tradition is a fun way for your family to express what they are grateful for during your Thanksgiving dinner. As guests arrive have each person write a few things that they are grateful for on small sheets of paper. We always make our special “butter horn” rolls each Thanksgiving,
Easy Tex Mex Chicken Chili Soup
Sep12
This Easy Chicken Chili soup brings out the Tex Mex lover in all of us. Our family stirs up varying debates. Sometimes topics run deep and introspective, swapping between politics, religion and other politically incorrect table talk discussions, while others, […]
Easy (10 Minute) Chocolate Souffle Recipe
Aug26
I first shared this Easy and Elegant Chocolate Souffle recipe over at 10 Minute Dinners. It’s one of those go-to desserts that should be added to everyone’s repertoire because it looks and tastes like you spent hours in the kitchen, […]
SO EASY: Brownie Oreo Ice Cream Sandwich Cake
Jul12
This Ice Cream Sandwich Cake is one of my favorite Go-To desserts especially during the summer. If you omit the brownie crust, it can be finished in ten minutes from start to finish. Yep, I speak the truth. 😉 *************** […]
Oh So Easy Chicken Divan Recipe
May19
Easy Chicken Divan Recipe The phone rings at 5:00 and it’s your husband informing you that his sales team is coming home for dinner. They are in town for this last evening, and this is the only opening they have […]
5 Minute Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix (with Double the Chocolate)
Dec10
This polar vortex seeping the country has left many wondering if spring will ever started peeking through. Here in NC, we’ve had a two hour delayed start to school or complete cancellation nearly every day for the last two weeks. […]
Hearty Garden Harvest Vegetable Soup
Nov1
This delicious garden Harvest-Vegetable Soup is the ultimate in healthy comfort food. I heard light sizzling snapping from the kitchen. Sauteed in bit of olive oil, the delicious aroma of diced red onions, zucchini and squash floated through the home. I […]
Healthy Pumpkin Spice Latte
Oct24
Want to spice up your fall? All of you know how much I love my coffee and as my friends started clamoring for their Pumpkin Spice Latte, I gave it awhirl. Each year, I want to love it, but it’s […]
Easy Pumpkin Bar Recipe
Oct16
Entering my mother in law’s kitchen and viewing a huge jelly roll pan of pumpkin bars gracing her counter top is the first memory I have of holidays in her home. Isn’t it amazing how smells, sights, and a great […]
Red, White and Blue Dessert Delights – July 4th Inspiration
Jul3
We are hosting two large groups of people this weekend, with virtually no notice, and the need for some 4th of July dessert ideas inspiration has hit in full force. My teen age sons got home from their work camp […]
Are You Ready for Game Day? (Or Fun Food?)
Jan18
Yes, my husband grew up in Green Bay. That says it all. We bleed green and gold and even have our own brick at Lambeau field with our kids names listed followed by “Pack fans since birth.” If you throw […]
Hot Parmesan, Spinach and Artichoke Dip
Dec7
Between Thanksgiving and the Super bowl, savory appetizers are pretty much a main course in our home. I could put out a spread like this every single daily and my family would be thrilled. This Parmesan, Spinach and Artichoke Dip served […]
Our Favorite: Dump & Run Taco Soup
Nov21
This easy family recipe, our favorite taco soup, whips up in minutes. Double the recipe for extras because it freezes very well.
I Speak French: Yes, French Fries
Oct24
If you’ve been friends with me for more than five minutes or have eaten at any restaurants with me, you know that French fries are my favorite food. Yes, my girlfriends know that I always order a salad and a side of […]
Low Fat, Southern “Fried” Chicken
Oct16
Yes, I know you may be rolling your eyes, thinking there’s nothing as good as plain ‘ole Southern Fried chicken. Here in the South, they have perfected fried chicken and it’s truly an art, so it is really possible to […]
