Weeknight Supper Meal, an inspiration for one of your meals for the week including a quick roasted chicken, vegetable casserole, simple salad, and a classic Southern dessert. Flat Roasted Chicken, cutting the cooking time in half bringing a crispy, moist chicken . One of my favorite go-to meals that stretch our dollars and makes my meal planning a lot friendlier.
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Super Bowl Party Eats
Football Party Food , a collection of our favorite game day food we enjoy! I have included good eats from all spectrums, appetizers, main dishes, sandwiches, sliders, salads, and don't forget the sweet treats. Are you ready for some football this weekend? If you are having a Super Bowl Party or headed to one, these football eats are sure to wow your guest. Enjoy!
Sheet Pan Chicken Supper
Sheet Pan Chicken Supper, a complete meal cooked in one pan. Preparation is as easy as the cleanup. The possibilities of flavor combinations with chicken and vegetables are endless. I love sheet pan meals, especially on busy weeknights. When you cook the meat and vegetables together in one pan, all the flavors marry together. Simply delicious!
Weeknight Supper Meal: Crusty Pork Chops
Weeknight Supper Meal, an inspiration for one of your meals for the week including a way to makeover leftovers into another meal. These Crusty Pork Chops are my go to recipe when I want a super crunchy breading around the pork chop. I must tell you that I love to pick them up right off the plate and biting into them....who needs silverware? They are absolutely scrumptious.
Southern Style Collard Greens {Granny's Recipe}
Southern Collard Greens , a delicious Southern dish served in most households all year long, especially around the holidays. In the south, we generally cook large amounts of greens at one time, referring to them as an ole' mess of greens. My Mother's recipe for collard greens is the best. Her recipe brings out all the secrets to the perfectly cooked greens.
Sheet Pan Roasted Hamburger Steak Dinner
Roasted Hamburger Steak , lean ground beef seasoned with simple seasonings roasted in a sheet pan with whole garlic bulbs, and vegetables. The final touches bring this meal to a whole new level, melted butter; roasted garlic smeared on top--oh! my. Sheet pan dinners have become a favorite around our house lately. We love the ease of preparation and clean up, consisting of cooking the entire meal in a sheet pan.
Spicy Cabbage & Onion Steaks
Spicy Cabbage and Onion Steaks , a simple, fast and delicious humble vegetables that will wow any dinner guest. Roasted in the oven thick cabbage and onion slices to perfection. My family is a huge fan of cabbage, and I was thrilled for another recipe that uses cabbage. We like our cabbage sauteed with bacon and onions , so this is a spin off of my traditional recipe.
Curry Rice Salad
Curry Rice Salad , fluffy white rice, yellow curry powder, and bright English peas are the perfect dish to use up leftover rice. Curry Rice Salad Using Leftover Rice The joy of this recipe is how simple it is to make. Using leftover rice is always a plus when needing to get a meal on the table in minutes. If you have no rice cooked, cook it the night before and heat it to make the salad. When I have leftover rice, one of the first things I think about is making this cold rice salad. Leftover Makeover is now a new label on the blog. I will add recipes in this tab featuring leftovers from prepared dishes, ingredients from recipes, and leftover holiday meats. Leftovers are more than reheating last night's dinner for lunch. Leftovers can include ingredients leftover from recipes that are unused and stored in the fridge or pantry. I detest wasting food.
Apple Recipe Round-Up
It's September and that means apple season! Apples are by far a favorite around our house. There are so many ways to use them, appetizers to salads, or main dishes to desserts! I have gathered up a list of some of our favorites. Hope you enjoy going through these. Go ahead and pin some of them when you hover over the picture with the pop up pinterest button.
Crockpot (Hen) Chicken & Dressing {A Southern Favorite All Year Around!}
Crockpot (Hen) Chicken & Dressing , all the bells and whistles of traditional Turkey and Dressing flavors cooked in a crockpot. A Southern favorite all year around! During our cool spell here in Texas a couple of weeks ago, I had a hankering for some Chicken and Dressing after seeing a Facebook friend post that she was making some for her family.
Queso Macaroni and Cheese {Made from leftover queso.}
This recipe for Queso Macaroni and Cheese came about from having leftover queso that I made for a family get together. It was just enough to spice up some macaroni and cheese. The queso is the classic Velveeta and Rotel tomato recipe that is always a crowd pleaser. I love having leftover queso to add flavor to breakfast casseroles, vegetables, and meat dishes so I usually make more than we are going to eat. I hope the next time you make queso you will make this recipe for Queso Macaroni and Cheese. It is easy and quick to prepare not to mention yummy too, and was an excelent accompaniment to the Baked BBQ Country Style Pork Steaks . Enjoy!
Old School Cooking! Leftover Ham and Great Northern Beans {Granny's Recipe}
Leftover Ham and Great Northern Beans , cooked on the stovetop in a big soup pot like my Mother cooked her's. A c rockpot is a great option to cook them, but remember they take less time to cook than pinto beans. The upside--you get to enjoy all those juices quicker with a big slab of cornbread. Our Christmas ham this year was super delicious, and the first thing we always look forward to is cooking the ham bone in a pot of beans. In fact, it never gets frozen. Straight to the pot it went with some Great Northern Beans .
Best of 2013
I am bringing you the top 13 recipes viewed in 2013 . It is always fun to look back and see what recipes were your favorites. Thank you for all the sweet comments and tidbits along the way. You are the best! Now I am looking forward to what 2014 holds. It is going to be amazing and I am ready for all that God has planned!
Mexican Pot Roast
Mexican Pot Roast is a pot roast with a spicy twist. Most grocery stores carry all the ingredients, such as pork roast, jalapenos, Rotel tomatoes, and spices. MEXICAN POT ROAST Mexican Pot Roast is a recipe that offers many possibilities for weeknight meals, including burritos, tacos, enchiladas, and more. The holidays are just a few days away, and I wanted to share a great recipe to cook in a crockpot. With some of the b-u-s-i-n-e-s-s that come with the holidays, cooking dinner is sometimes hard to get done. Around our house, my girls love to get in the kitchen a couple of days before Thanksgiving and make up a bunch, and I mean a bunch of pie crust for our Thanksgiving pies. We even prepare some of our side dishes and freeze them for the big day. With all of that going on, it is hard to put a meal on the table, so I like to cook in my crockpot.
Easy Fried Rice {No Need for Take Out---Make it yourself!}
Asian food is one of my husband's favorite. We usually eat it twice a month. It can be kind of pricey eating out, so I try to make our favorites at home. Easy Fried Rice is one of the dishes I have started making. It is as simple as it looks at an open grill in the Asian restaurants. Start off with cooked rice and go from there adding what you want. I usually cook the egg first in sesame oil and then add the cooked rice and vegetables. This recipe is a simple and a basic one, but on occasion I dress it up with adding cooked shrimp, chicken, or pork. Delish! This Easy Fried Rice goes well with these other Asian dishes I like to make---- Sweet and Sour Pork, Sesame Noodles , Thai Style Stir Fried Chicken , Sesame Chicken , Pepper Steak, Mandarin Chicken , and Chinese Style Chop Suey . As you can see, Asian food is a favorite around our house! This recipe and others can be seen at these linky parti...
