Cranberry Caramelized Onion Cheese Spread


This is my favorite holiday appetizer. The cranberries are so very festive and combined with the blue cheese mixture it’s slightly sweet, tart and tangy. It hits my taste buds in all the right places. But be warned it does have blue cheese, and there tend to be some people with a hatred for blue […]
Macaroon Pudding

My mom has been talking about this recipe for years, and I finally was able to pin her down to make it today for us. My great-grandmother Thompson apparently use to make this at all holiday meals, but I don’t remember ever eating it. It’s a simple basic recipe that using very basic ingredients, except […]
Molten Chocolate Baby Cakes

This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Danny Boome. I wasn’t very familiar with his show rescue chef, but he had some awesome recipes listed. I choose the Molten Chocolate Baby Cakes, because they are something I’ve always wanted to try and I’ve had a hankering for chocolate lately. […]
Chicken Fried Steak and Gravy

This recipe is featured in my E-licious E-cookbook, stop by to see more details about the e-book and over 45 yummy recipes. One of the very first things I learned to cook from my mom was chicken fried steak, but in our household it’s not just beef steak. But deer back strap, which is the […]
Refried Black beans and Tomatillo Sauce

This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Daisy Martinez. Daisy has a showed called Viva Daisy, I have yet to see the show but from her recipes I can tell I will love it. She has a latin style of cooking that I just love. So because of that […]
Chocolate Pumpkin Oatmeal


After spending so much time cooking, searching and obsessing over pumpkin recipes. I finally found a super easy way to use up those pumpkin leftovers. You know for all those recipes that call for just 1 cup from a 15 oz can of pumpkin. This makes a yummy, healthy and filling breakfast. It’s super fast […]
Scrambled Eggs over Asparagus


This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Claire Robinson. Claire hosts the show 5 called 5 ingredients fix. As you might guess using 5 ingredients or less in her recipes. How easy is that? I found her recipe for Scrambled eggs and Asparagus rather appealing, since I love both […]
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

*Be Sure to enter my Pioneer Women Cookbook Giveaway, click here for details.* Just when you think Halloween is over, no more pumpkin recipes. Ha Ha Ha (evil laugh)!! Well I’ve still got a few more up my sleeve, but I promise they are so good and healthy too boot. Like these Oatmeal Pumpkin Cookies. […]
Olive Oil Cake – Ladi Tourta

This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Cat Cora. I’ve only seen her on the Iron Chef and she’s great to watch, but had no clue that he main style of cooking is Greek! Greek food is not something I am very familiar with or like so much, so […]
Pumpkin Macarons

The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe. These Macarons are not to be confused with the American macaroons that have coconut. They are light airy fluffy and hard to master. To […]
