Avocado Salad
A friend of my dad gifted us with a beautiful bounty of tomatoes and turnips. So in a quest to eat them all and not let one single tomato go bad I decided to whip up this fabulous easy, delicious and nutritious dish. Even if your not a black eyed peas fan or not to […]
Mom’s Chicken Noodle Soup
My Mom has been making this chicken noodle soup recipe for as long as I can remember. She and I both believe that when cold and flu season hits nothing is better at making you feel better than a nice big bowl of chicken noodle soup. We have had several cold and various illnesses this […]
Mini Meatloaf
My favorite recipe as a child was (and still is) Meatloaf, as a matter of fact my mom still cooks this for my as my birthday meal. I just love it. Its warm and comforting, juicy and meaty. Need I say more???? Whats funny is my dad so call “hates” meatloaf. I say this in […]
Busy Day Lo Mein
In light of having tons and tons of greens from the garden I went in search for recipes involving greens. Green’s in which you couldn’t taste, or maybe a little but not overwhelming. Though I like greens kinda I am sick of just eating them with butter and onions. DT’s not a big fan either, […]
New Years Day Feast
Every year my parents cook a traditional New Years day feast with all the traditional foods for good luck and prosperity. This year’s feast was awesome. And I didn’t cook one thing!! Thanks MOM! We had rib eye roast with horseradish sauce, sauteed cabbage, black-eyed pea cornbread, rice and gravy. The cornbread was mixed with black eyed peas, sausage […]
Cake Balls
These sweet little treats seem to be all the rage this year, and I made them for our office Christmas party. I first heard about these from a really great site called Bakerella, this women is some kind of talented. She really is amazing. Though mine pale in comparison to her’s they were mighty delicious and […]
New Recipe Page
I have added a new page at the top right of my blog called Recipes. Here I have linked all of my recipe posts. I hope you have fun looking through and hopefully trying some of these recipes. I know I have had a blast cooking, eating and sharing them. Just wait till you see […]
Smothered Chicken and Rice
I love this easy night recipe that tastes like it’s been cooking all day. The rice combines with the onion, mushroom and soup flavor and tastes wonderfully creamy. The chicken cooks to perfection and the skin gets just the perfect amount of crispiness on top, not that I eat the skin or anything, ha! For […]
Menu Plan Monday
I missed Menu plan monday last week but it is so much easier to have a plan, so here we go. Monday: Spicy Spaghetti (with salad from the garden) Tuesday: Quesadillas (recipe to come) Wednesday: Leftovers Thursday: Christmas party no cooking Friday: Pizza For more menu inspiration, check out orgjunkie.com
Cheeseburger Soup
With the cold weather we are finally having, and after eating sooo much turkey, gobble gobble. I was craving a warm comforting soup. What could be better than soup on a cold day? At least nothing to me. I am a huge soup fan, thick, thin, brothy, veggie, I love them all. This is on […]
