The Daily Dish Recipes

Grilled chicken is a favorite around here during grill season, but I have to find new ways to prepare it so that it isn’t always the same.  My kids love helping in the kitchen, but can’t help with the grill just yet so I let them do the preparation and this one is super easy [...]

Wow, our garage sale is only four days a way at this point. We will be doing a pre-sale Friday night and then most of the day Saturday will be the actual sale. I have been pricing on and off all weekend, and let me just say – it’s hard! I have a tendency to [...]

Baked Potato Salad 8 baking potatoes 1/2 lb. bacon 1 lb. shredded American cheese 1/2 onion, chopped 1 c. mayonnaise salt and pepper to taste Butter the bottom of a 9×13 baking pan. On the stove, bring a large pot of water to boil, add salt before it boils. Put the potatoes into the pot [...]

Teaching others to live frugally is my expertise, and there is nothing better than finding a deal in the grocery store on food, as I tell many of my students. I love to save money, and I love to buy food, so combining the two, is a winning combination in our household. Did you know [...]

It always amazes me when I stumble across sites that depict the amazing creations that people make into cakes. Wedding cakes have always fascinated me, but there are so many others that are amazing and fun to look at. Check out these awesome cakes. What do you think? From Mike’s Amazing Cakes Be sure to [...]

Give Me Five end-of-summer wrap up thoughts. 1. Hanging with my favorite hometown band, Whiskey Dixon made the summer all the better. Being able to take my kids to a couple of gigs made it even better. 2. I’m disappointed that we didn’t take any camping trips this summer. We are avid campers and it [...]

Heading out to the DuQuoin State Fair today to see my boys (Whiskey Dixon) play. Today is Tim’s last official gig with Whiskey Dixon, so I feel I need to be there to see him play himself out. Plus, the band and all our friends are a blast to hang out with. I am all [...]

We love to have breakfast for dinner at our house, but instead of taking the milk and cereal or traditional pancakes or waffles, we kick it up a notch and try to make a casserole or two…. This super easy, and delicious casserole is one of my family’s favorites! Sausage and Egg Breakfast Casserole Recipe [...]

These are some of the best and easiest cookies to make. They are delicious and they call for my favorite breakfast cereal of all time!  Some of you might remember them from when mom or grandma made them when you were a young child. I have also heard some say they remember them from Home [...]

I read so much that I have the hardest time when I go to the library because I feel as if I’ve read practically everything. Obviously, I have not. But still I have a hard time. So I was walking up and down the library aisles about two weeks ago, and I saw this whole [...]