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Bunny Buns

Do you want to make your Easter dinner extra special this year? Then Bunny Buns are the perfect way to get your family excited about the meal! Not only are they fun to make and serve, but they also make your Easter dinner table extra festive and vibrant.  Bunny Buns For Easter A fun way to serve rolls for your Easter Dinner.  With just a few easy steps, you can quickly whip up a batch of Bunny Buns that the whole family will love. I have been seeing these Bunny Bun rolls in the blog world for a while now, and I usually see them made with Rhodes Dinner Rolls.

Spicy Cajun Potato Salad {A Different Twist on Potato Salad}

Spicy Cajun Potato Salad is very easy to make and taste better when made the day before.  It has the perfect spicy kick but not too spicy with a secret ingredient. This recipe for Spicy Cajun Potato Salad came about from needing to use up some Yukon golden potatoes and green onions before they go bad.

Key Lime Pie Magic Cookie Bars {New Spin on the Magic Cookie Bars}

Key Lime Pie Magic Cookie Bars  are super soft, gooey, and decadent and have amazing flavors of Key Lime Pie.    Create Delicious Key Lime Pie Magic Cookie Bars in Minutes! Get ready to enjoy the delicious flavor of Key Lime Pie in these Magic Cookie Bars. In minutes, you can make this simple and tasty treat. Try these Key Lime Pie Magic Cookie Bars today, and get ready to be amazed! Easter is just around the corner, and I had this recipe for Key Lime Pie Magic Cookie Bars well before Christmas and never got to make them.

Easter White Trash and Cute Gift bags

If you are looking for an easy and quick Easter candy treat this year, you will want to try  White Trash  Candy  Re cipe  I make to celebrate each holiday.  White Trash Recipe The white trash recipe is sometimes called White Chocolate Trail Mix.  It literally takes minutes to make using the microwave to melt the chocolate and then pour over the three other ingredients....so good. The basic recipe for the trash is the same each time.  I just change the color of the M&Ms for what holiday we are celebrating.  I use cute pink, yellow, blue, and purple M&Ms for Easter.  What child doesn't love to get M&Ms in their Easter basket! You can't believe how this stuff is so delicious and highly addictive. I try to give away as much of it as possible to remedy that.   I found these cute little Easter bags at Hobby Lobby this year, and they were perfect for giving them away in. The grandchildren especially loved the...

Homemade Butterscotch Pie + the secret to keeping the meringue from shrinking when baked! {Granny's Recipe}

Homemade Butterscotch Pie , calling for brown sugar instead of white sugar and piled high with swirls of meringue.  Devine for butterscotch lovers out there! Again, another one of my Mother's pie recipes.  Most of you have never eaten at my Mother's table. To go on and on about her gift of baking pies seems a little prejudiced I know.

Easy Beef Tips in Mushroom Sauce

Easy Beef Tips in Mushroom Sauce are easy to prepare for company coming.  Let them hang out in the oven for four hours while preparing side dishes and desserts.   No Peak Beef Tips These incredibly easy beef tips can be made in a slow cooker/crockpot or in the oven.  All you need is stew meat cut into 3/4 inch cubes, cream of mushroom soup, onion soup mix, and the secret ingredient 7-up.  You can serve them with egg noodles, mashed potatoes, or butter rice. Some time back, a friend of mine shared this wonderful recipe for beef tips with me.  She said it comes from a cookbook called "Easy Does It Cookbook" by Carol Burns and Liz Miller.

Asparagus Spears with Sesame

I am so happy it is springtime because it means the arrival of asparagus season. Here is a Chinese recipe featuring asparagus, as a simple vegetable marinade or as an easy six ingredient salad, Asparagus Spears with Sesame. The asparagus is briefly boiled and submerged in ice water to cool completely and then topped with a flavorful dressing made with sesame oil, soy sauce, and sugar.  

Southwestern Mango Fruit Salad, {What Do You Think Makes This Salad Southwestern?}

Southwestern Fruit Salad came about from trying to come up with a fruit salad to go with a Southwestern Cornbread Salad that I was serving at r our church gathering.    I just started with the lusciousness of fresh mangoes and went from there. For the dressing, I mix two parts lime juice with one part agave and added a little cayenne pepper to give it a little kick.

Shortbread Crust

Shortbread Crust is made with your hands, not a rolling pin. Pat the dough around the pie plate into a crust. It tastes just like a shortbread cookie. Perfect for cream pies. EASY SHORTBREAD CRUST The shortbread crust is so easy to make and is a perfect place to start if you are new to or afraid of making pie dough. Are you intimidated when it comes to making a homemade pie crust, or are you just looking for an easy pie crust recipe? I am often told, "I made pie dough one time, and it turned out to be one big mess," so I just keep buying the ready made ones. WHERE CAN I FIND THE RECIPE?  TAKE ME TO THE RECIPE FOR SOUTHERN SPOONBREAD Below, under the next heading, I give a list of preferred ingredients, tips, and cooking instructions for the Southern Spoonbread and similar recipe ideas you can have. Or you can scroll down to the bottom, where you will find a full printable recipe card with amounts of the ingredients and complete instructions with notes. I have been...

Easy Strawberry Pie {In An Easy Homemade Buttery Shortbread Crust}

Diner Style Strawberry Pie , easy to make and made with few ingredients, fresh strawberries, strawberry jello, cook and serve pudding, and don't forget the homemade whipped cream!  The shortbread pie crust is just as easy.   Time to make some Easy Diner Style Strawberry Pie in an Easy Homemade Buttery Shortbread Crust .